Carmen Montejo
Carmen Montejo (born María Teresa Sánchez González; May 26, 1925 - February 25, 2013) was a Cuban-born actress of telenovelas, stage and the Golden age of the cinema of Mexico.
Real name: María Teresa Sánchez González Montejo started her career in radio as a child at the age of 6 in Cuba in a show titled Abuelita Cata transmitted on CMOX. While still in Cuba she was nicknamed "Muñeca" Sánchez in theatre and because of her golden curls as the Cuban Shirley Temple. She began acting studies in 1939 at Universidad de La Habana under Ludwing Shayovich. After concluding her collage studies her parents offered her a trip to the United States but instead she chose to go to Mexico for two months.
After arriving in Mexico she obtained a job in radio claiming to be a famous star in Cuba with a role in the radionovela El diario de Susana Galván. In 1943 she obtained a role in the film Resurrección directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and then Chano Ureta who changed her professional name to "Carmen Montejo" when she told him she lived across the Hotel Montejo.
In Venezuela she participated in one of the first films shot in that country titled Páramo (1954). In theater she obtained the role of Adela in the 1946 production of The House of Bernarda Alba of Federico García Lorca. She co-starred with Virginia Fábregas and was directed by Ricardo Mondragón at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. She has also participated in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Trojans.
In television she has performed roles in many telenovelas as well as the sitcom Tres Generaciones with Angélica María and Sasha Sokol in the 1980s.
For her work in television, films and theatre, Montejo was inducted into the Paseo de las Luminarias.
Carmen Montejo died on February 25, 2013, in Mexico City. She was 87.
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Films (80)
Pedro Infante: La trayectoria
2008 · Self
Las Ladrilleras
2006
The Faces of the Moon
2002 · Mariana Toscano
Corazones rotos
2002
Mimí Derba
2000 · Self
The Magic Hour
2000
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985 · Celia
¡Mamá, soy Paquito!
1984 · Mrs. Falcon
Ni Chana Ni Juana
1984
The Death of a Stallion
1983
The Hex
1983 · Emilia
Burdel
1982 · Madre de Juan
In the Storm
1982 · Doña Toña
El Bronco
1982
The Great Victory
1981
Corrupción oficial
1980
En la trampa
1979 · Laura
Los hijos de Sanchez
1978
The Children of Sanchez
1978 · Aunt Guadalupe
Prisión de mujeres
1977 · Marta/ La Macabra
Dinastía de la muerte
1977 · Mother
Resigned for Reasons of Health
1976 · María
El Rey
1976
Coronation
1976 · Doña Elisa - Abuela
Omen
1974 · Doña Agueda
The Prophet Mimi
1973 · Magdalena, prostituta vecina
The Cubs
1973 · Mrs. Cuéllar
Magdalena’s True Vocation
1972 · Zoyla
Doña Macabra
1972 · Demetria
The Crazy Virgins
1972 · Elena Guardiola
They Call Him Marcado
1971 · Remedios
Perverse Doll
1969 · Tía Jenny
Memories of the Future
1969
Adventures of Juliancito
1969 · Tía Claudia
Sor Ye-yé
1968 · Madre superiora
The Adolescents
1968
La recta final
1966 · Martha Maretti
El río de las ánimas
1964
Las Troyanas
1963
Los Jóvenes
1961 · Rosa, Madre de Alicia
El potro salvaje
1958
The Vampire
1957 · Eloisa
Dos diablitos en apuros
1957
La pequeña enemiga
1956
Angel Face
1956
El túnel 6
1955 · Rosita, Esposa de Gustavo
Estafa de amor
1955
The Suspect
1955 · Señora Adela Perez
El plagiario
1955
La infame
1954 · Luisa Barrios de Benet
Reportaje
1953 · Feminist Nurse
Light in the High Plains
1953
Legítima defensa
1953
Misericordia
1953 · Juliana
Remember to Live
1953 · Leonora
Cuatro horas antes de morir
1953 · Marga
Sor Alegría
1952
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
1951 · Yolanda
Lodo y Armiño
1951
Engagement ring
1951
Mujeres sin mañana
1951 · Marta
Monte de piedad
1951 · María Franco Ruiz
In the Palm of Your Hand
1951 · Clara Stein
Todos son mis hijos!...
1951
Entre abogados te veas
1951 · La Víctima (Catalina Prado)
Dinero maldito
1949
Late Afternoon
1949 · Lucia
Cita con la muerte
1949 · Carmen
Bamba
1949 · Tirsa Mendieta
Secreto entre mujeres
1949 · Marta
We the Poor
1948 · Yolanda la Tísica
A media luz
1947 · Susana
Yo fui una usurpadora
1946
Crimen en la alcoba
1946 · Martha
La señora de enfrente
1945
Entre hermanos
1945 · Pilar
El camino de los gatos
1944
Caminito alegre
1944
Ave sin nido
1943
No matarás
1943 · Cristina Montes
Séries (13)
Love Without Makeup
2007 · Verónica Vda. de Velázquez
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002 · Self
Adventures in Time
2001 · Margarita Rosales de Flores
Amigos X Siempre
2000 · Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal
Serafín
1999 · Gigi (voz)
Te Sigo Amando
1996 · Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero
Mágica juventud
1992 · Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita
Tres generaciones
1987 · Director
Den of Wolves
1986 · Esperanza Mandujano
El Engaño
1986 · Selene
Juana Iris
1985 · María Luisa
El Maleficio
1983 · Doña Emilia González Vda. de Castellanos
Paloma
1975 · Gloria Nava