NameAntonio Garrido MONTEAUGUDO Y MORENO
Birth26 Sep 1885, Madrid, Spain
Death15 Feb 1967, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles Co., California
Burial17 Feb 1967, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Emetery, Glendale, CA
OccupationFilm Star
Spouses
Birth23 Mar 1884, Ruby Hill, Nevada
Death23 Feb 1933, Los Angeles Co., California
OccupationHomemaker, Philanthropist
FatherCharles Adelbert CANFIELD (1848-1913)
MotherChloe Phoebe WESCOTT (1859-1906)
Marriage27 Jan 1923, Los Angeles Co., California
No Children
Notes for Antonio Garrido MONTEAUGUDO Y MORENO

He legally changed his name from the former to the latter on December 21, 1922. The value of his estate in 1967 amounted to $1,100,000

He immigrated to the U.S. from Spain in 1901

He began to act in 1912 and appeared/starred in about 146 films (both silent and "talkies") with his last film being made/shot in 1958 in Havana Cuba which was never released in the U.S.

At the time of Daisy C. Canfield Danziger Moreno's death in 1933, the couple were separated but not divorced. He shared 1/3 of her estate and her three children by Danziger shared equally the remaining 2/3 under California law. Daisy Canfield Danziger Moreno died intestate

The value of her estate amounted to $1,241,133.

Antonio Moreno was second only to Valentino as a silent screen lover. He starred in “The Temptress” and “Madame Pompadour”.394

Daisy and Antonio built a million dollar estate overlooking Silver Lake, off Sunset Blvd in LA.
He resided in Los Angeles in 1948.

aka: Antonio Monteaugudo Moreno
Notes for Daisy Emma (Spouse 1)
Killed in automobile accident in Los Angeles. She drove off a 300-foot clift while racing along Mulholland Drive in 1933. She died only weeks after the couple’s (Antonio and Daisy) sudden separation.394

Death Cert LA City #2551 Funderal Director Pierce Bros, LA. Inquest and autopsy. Auto accident-crushing injuries to chest and lungs-car over embankment of Mulholland Drive near Cahuenga. Daisy was married to Jay M. Danziger of LA, who was connected with Mexican Petrol Oil Co, Salt Lake, UT. Daisy was divorced from Jay and married the silent film star, Antonio Moreno 1/27/23. They built a million dollar estate overlooking Silver Lake where Antonio resided until 1948. In the 1920 California Registry, Daisy is listed as follows: Danziger, Daisy C (Mrs.), office address-510 S. Spring, Rm. 1008 (Ambassador Hotel). There is no listing for her or Jay Danziger in the 1921-1923 registry's.182

Her ashes were turned over to family members.

She built what is known as “Crestmount" aka the "Danziger Mansion" aka the "Canfield-Moreno Mansion" atop the Silverlake district in Los Angeles, CA in 1922/1923 and moved into it in 1923 with her new husband, Antonio M. Moreno, who was a silent film star of that era. He went on to play in one hundred and forty-six films spanning years from 1912 thru 1958. The home is on four + acres and has 15,000 + square feet complete with its own ballroom. In 1929 they gave the home to the trust that operates the home as a girls school for training purposes (much in the manner of Charles Canfield's McKinley Industrial Home For Boys that he founded along with M.H. Whittier in 1900). In 1953 the home was deeded to the Catholic Church (Franciscan Sisters Of The Immaculate Conception Order) who used it as a convent and school until the 1987 Whittier earthquake damaged it which resulted in its abandonment, where it stands today, 1994. Daisy C. Canfield Danziger Moreno was killed instantly in an automobile accident when her car went over the cliff up on Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles, CA while she was returning home from a party in Hollywood. She was cremated.

The three children of Jay M. Danziger and Daisy C. Canfield Danziger were raised by Daisy C. Canfield Moreno and Antonio M. Moreno (her second husband) but they were never adopted by Moreno due to the objectives of their birth-father "Jake" Danziger even though the three children changed their surnames from Danziger to Moreno

Crestmont is a L.A. historical site. It is owned by Dana Hollister, and is now named “The Paramour”. Some public events are held there.
see: http://www.theparamour.com/index.html206
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