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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Pinar del Río, Cuba, 1925-05-26

Died: 2013-02-25

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1943	Ave sin nido		50
2	1943	No matarás		52
3	1944	Caminito alegre		50
4	1944	El camino de los gatos		50
5	1945	Entre hermanos	Pilar	50
6	1945	La señora de enfrente		53
7	1946	Crimen en la alcoba	Martha	50
8	1946	Yo fui una usurpadora		50
9	1947	A media luz	Susana	55
10	1948	We the Poor	Yolanda la Tísica	80
11	1949	Secreto entre mujeres		50
12	1949	Bamba	Tirsa Mendieta	53
13	1949	Cita con la muerte		50
14	1949	Late Afternoon	Lucia	62
15	1951	Entre abogados te veas		56
16	1951	Todos son mis hijos!...		60
17	1951	In the Palm of Your Hand	Clara Stein	61
18	1951	Monte de piedad	María Franco Ruiz	50
19	1951	Mujeres sin mañana	Marta	55
20	1951	Engagement ring		50
21	1951	Lodo y armiño		50
22	1951	¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?	Yolanda	79
23	1952	Sor Alegría		50
24	1953	Cuatro horas antes de morir		50
25	1953	Remember to Live	Leonora	50
26	1953	Misericordia		60
27	1953	Legítima defensa		50
28	1953	Light in the High Plains		0
29	1953	Reportaje	Feminist Nurse	69
30	1954	La infame	Luisa Barrios de Benet	55
31	1955	El plagiario		50
32	1955	La sospechosa	Señora Adela Perez	62
33	1955	Estafa de amor		60
34	1956	Angel Face		50
35	1956	La pequeña enemiga		50
36	1957	Dos diablitos en apuros		57
37	1957	The Vampire	Eloisa	68
38	1958	El potro salvaje		50
39	1961	Los Jóvenes	Rosa, Madre de Alicia	66
40	1963	Las Troyanas		60
41	1964	El río de las ánimas		50
42	1966	La recta final	Martha Maretti	50
43	1968	Los adolescentes		40
44	1968	Sor Ye-yé	Madre superiora	49
45	1969	Adventures of Juliancito	Tía Claudia	59
46	1969	Memories of the Future		40
47	1969	Perverse Doll	Tía Jenny	66
48	1971	They Call Him Marcado	Remedios	44
49	1972	The Crazy Virgins	Elena Guardiola	56
50	1972	Doña Macabra	Demetria	54
51	1972	Magdalena’s True Vocation	Zoyla	70
52	1973	The Cubs	Mrs. Cuéllar	49
53	1973	The Prophet Mimi	Magdalena, prostituta vecina	63
54	1975	Omen	Doña Agueda	47
55	1976	Coronation	Doña Elisa - Abuela	49
56	1976	El Rey		54
57	1976	Resigned for Reasons of Health	María	58
58	1977	Prisión de mujeres	Marta/ La Macabra	52
59	1978	The Children of Sanchez	Aunt Guadalupe	57
60	1979	En la trampa	Laura	58
61	1980	Corrupción oficial		50
62	1981	The Great Victory		34
63	1982	El Bronco		50
64	1982	In the Storm	Doña Toña	45
65	1982	Burdel	Madre de Juan	48
66	1983	The Hex	Emilia	0
67	1983	The Death of a Stallion		50
68	1984	Ni Chana, ni Juana		72
69	1984	Mamá, soy Paquito	Mrs. Falcon	78
70	1985	La Casa Que Arde de Noche	Celia	58
71	2000	The Magic Hour		46
72	2000	Mimí Derba	Self	0
73	2002	Corazones rotos		56
74	2002	The Faces of the Moon	Mariana Toscano	55
75	2006	Las Ladrilleras		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Paloma	Gloria Nava	50
2	1983	El Maleficio	Doña Emilia González Vda. de Castellanos	0
3	1985	Juana Iris	María Luisa	100
4	1986	El Engaño	Selene	0
5	1986	Den of Wolves	Esperanza Mandujano	74
6	1992	Mágica juventud	Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita	0
7	1996	Te Sigo Amando	Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero	70
8	2000	Friends 4 Ever	Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal	70
9	2001	Adventures in Time	Margarita Rosales de Flores	75
10	2002	Las Lunas del Auditorio	Self	73
11	2007	Love Without Makeup	Verónica Vda. de Velázquez	70

Carmen Montejo

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