Carmen Montejo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1925
- Died
- February 25, 2013 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Pinar del Río, Cuba
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Pedro Infante: La trayectoria
Movie · as Self
Love Without Makeup
TV · as Verónica Vda. de Velázquez · 25 eps
Las Ladrilleras
Movie
Corazones rotos
Movie
The Faces of the Moon
Movie · as Mariana Toscano
Las Lunas del Auditorio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Adventures in Time
TV · as Margarita Rosales de Flores · 105 eps
Mimí Derba
Movie · as Self
The Magic Hour
Movie
Amigos X Siempre
TV · as Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal · 115 eps
Serafín
TV · as Gigi (voz) · 80 eps
Te Sigo Amando
TV · as Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero · 115 eps
Mágica juventud
TV · as Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita · 110 eps
Den of Wolves
TV · as Esperanza Mandujano · 85 eps
El Engaño
TV · as Selene · 130 eps
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Movie · as Celia
Juana Iris
TV · as María Luisa · 170 eps
¡Mamá, soy Paquito!
Movie · as Mrs. Falcon
Ni Chana Ni Juana
Movie
The Death of a Stallion
Movie
The Hex
Movie · as Emilia
El Maleficio
TV · as Doña Emilia González Vda. de Castellanos · 160 eps
El Bronco
Movie
In the Storm
Movie · as Doña Toña
Burdel
Movie · as Madre de Juan
The Great Victory
Movie
Corrupción oficial
Movie
En la trampa
Movie · as Laura
The Children of Sanchez
Movie · as Aunt Guadalupe
Los hijos de Sanchez
Movie
Prisión de mujeres
Movie · as Marta/ La Macabra
Dinastía de la muerte
Movie · as Mother
El Rey
Movie
Coronation
Movie · as Doña Elisa - Abuela
Resigned for Reasons of Health
Movie · as María
Paloma
TV · as Gloria Nava · 220 eps
Omen
Movie · as Doña Agueda
The Cubs
Movie · as Mrs. Cuéllar
The Prophet Mimi
Movie · as Magdalena, prostituta vecina
Magdalena’s True Vocation
Movie · as Zoyla
Doña Macabra
Movie · as Demetria
The Crazy Virgins
Movie · as Elena Guardiola
They Call Him Marcado
Movie · as Remedios
Why Was I Born a Woman?
Movie
Adventures of Juliancito
Movie · as Tía Claudia
Perverse Doll
Movie · as Tía Jenny
Memories of the Future
Movie
The Adolescents
Movie
Sor Ye-yé
Movie · as Madre superiora
La recta final
Movie · as Martha Maretti
El río de las ánimas
Movie
Las Troyanas
Movie
Los Jóvenes
Movie · as Rosa, Madre de Alicia
El potro salvaje
Movie
The Vampire
Movie · as Eloisa
Dos diablitos en apuros
Movie
Angel Face
Movie
La pequeña enemiga
Movie
El plagiario
Movie
The Suspect
Movie · as Señora Adela Perez
Estafa de amor
Movie
El túnel 6
Movie · as Rosita, Esposa de Gustavo
La infame
Movie · as Luisa Barrios de Benet
Remember to Live
Movie · as Leonora
Misericordia
Movie · as Juliana
Legítima defensa
Movie
Reportaje
Movie · as Feminist Nurse
Cuatro horas antes de morir
Movie · as Marga
Light in the High Plains
Movie
Sor Alegría
Movie
Engagement ring
Movie
In the Palm of Your Hand
Movie · as Clara Stein
Monte de piedad
Movie · as María Franco Ruiz
Mujeres sin mañana
Movie · as Marta
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Movie · as Yolanda
Entre abogados te veas
Movie · as La Víctima (Catalina Prado)
Todos son mis hijos!...
Movie
Lodo y Armiño
Movie
Bamba
Movie · as Tirsa Mendieta
Secreto entre mujeres
Movie · as Marta
Late Afternoon
Movie · as Lucia
Cita con la muerte
Movie · as Carmen
Dinero maldito
Movie
We the Poor
Movie · as Yolanda la Tísica
A media luz
Movie · as Susana
Yo fui una usurpadora
Movie
Crimen en la alcoba
Movie · as Martha
Entre hermanos
Movie · as Pilar
La señora de enfrente
Movie
El camino de los gatos
Movie
Caminito alegre
Movie
No matarás
Movie · as Cristina Montes
Ave sin nido
Movie
Resurrección
Movie · as Presa