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.
Filmography
all 89
Movies 77
TV Shows 12
self 2
Nadie es libre (2013)
Love Without Makeup (2007)
Las Lunas del Auditorio (2002)
The Faces of the Moon (2002)
Corazones rotos (2002)
Adventures in Time (2001)
Mimí Derba (2000)
The Magic Hour (2000)
Friends 4 Ever (2000)
Sigo Te Amando (1996)
Mágica juventud (1992)
Tres generaciones (1987)
Den of Wolves (1986)
El Engaño (1986)
La Casa Que Arde de Noche (1985)
Juana Iris (1985)
Mamá, soy Paquito (1984)
Ni Chana, ni Juana (1984)
The Death of a Stallion (1983)
The Hex (1983)
Burdel (1982)
In the Storm (1982)
El Bronco (1982)
The Great Victory (1981)
Corrupción oficial (1980)
En la trampa (1979)
The Children of Sanchez (1978)
Prisión de mujeres (1977)
Resigned for Reasons of Health (1976)
El Rey (1976)
Coronation (1976)
Paloma (1975)
Omen (1975)
The Prophet Mimi (1973)
The Cubs (1973)
Magdalena’s True Vocation (1972)
Doña Macabra (1972)
The Crazy Virgins (1972)
They Call Him Marcado (1971)
Perverse Doll (1969)
Memories of the Future (1969)
Adventures of Juliancito (1969)
Sor Ye-yé (1968)
The Adolescents (1968)
La recta final (1966)
El río de las ánimas (1964)
Las Troyanas (1963)
Los Jóvenes (1961)
El potro salvaje (1958)
The Vampire (1957)
Dos diablitos en apuros (1957)
La pequeña enemiga (1956)
Angel Face (1956)
El túnel 6 (1955)
Estafa de amor (1955)
La sospechosa (1955)
El plagiario (1955)
La infame (1954)
Reportaje (1953)
Light in the High Plains (1953)
Legítima defensa (1953)
Misericordia (1953)
Remember to Live (1953)
Cuatro horas antes de morir (1953)
Sor Alegría (1952)
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? (1951)
Lodo y armiño (1951)
Engagement ring (1951)
Mujeres sin mañana (1951)
Monte de piedad (1951)
In the Palm of Your Hand (1951)
Todos son mis hijos!... (1951)
Entre abogados te veas (1951)
Dinero maldito (1949)
Late Afternoon (1949)
Cita con la muerte (1949)
Bamba (1949)
Secreto entre mujeres (1949)
We the Poor (1948)
A media luz (1947)
Yo fui una usurpadora (1946)
Crimen en la alcoba (1946)
La señora de enfrente (1945)
Entre hermanos (1945)
El camino de los gatos (1944)
Caminito alegre (1944)
No matarás (1943)
Ave sin nido (1943)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1925-05-26
Deathday2013-02-25 (87 years old)
Birth PlacePinar del Río, Cuba
ChildrenMaría Montejo
CitizenshipsMexico
Also Known AsMaría Teresa Sánchez González
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