
Carmen Montejo
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.
Acting (74 movies)

The Adolescents
1968

Omen
1975

Mimí Derba
2000

Adventures of Juliancito
1969

The Death of a Stallion
1983

The Vampire
1957

They Call Him Marcado
1971

La recta final
1966

Remember to Live
1953

Magdalena’s True Vocation
1972

Bamba
1949

Entre hermanos
1945

El Rey
1976

Engagement ring
1951

A media luz
1947

Coronation
1976

In the Palm of Your Hand
1951

La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985

El Bronco
1982

El camino de los gatos
1944

The Cubs
1973

The Prophet Mimi
1973

Angel Face
1956

Doña Macabra
1972

The Great Victory
1981

Corazones rotos
2002

The Faces of the Moon
2002

En la trampa
1979

No matarás
1943

La infame
1954

La pequeña enemiga
1956

El plagiario
1955

La sospechosa
1955

Dos diablitos en apuros
1957

Perverse Doll
1969

El potro salvaje
1958

Misericordia
1953

Monte de piedad
1951

Mujeres sin mañana
1951

Mamá, soy Paquito
1984

Prisión de mujeres
1977

Resigned for Reasons of Health
1976

The Hex
1983

Yo fui una usurpadora
1946

Estafa de amor
1955

We the Poor
1948

¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
1951

Ave sin nido
1943

Crimen en la alcoba
1946

La señora de enfrente
1945

Entre abogados te veas
1951

The Crazy Virgins
1972

Legítima defensa
1953

Caminito alegre
1944

El río de las ánimas
1964

Las Troyanas
1963

Sor Ye-yé
1968

Todos son mis hijos!...
1951

In the Storm
1982

Secreto entre mujeres
1949

Lodo y armiño
1951

The Magic Hour
2000

Sor Alegría
1952

The Children of Sanchez
1978

Memories of the Future
1969

Reportaje
1953

Cuatro horas antes de morir
1953

Cita con la muerte
1949

Late Afternoon
1949

Burdel
1982

Los Jóvenes
1961

Light in the High Plains
1953

Las Ladrilleras
2006

Ni Chana, ni Juana
1984
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