Carmen Montejo
- Teen actor
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.
Acted in
Love Without Makeup
2007
as Verónica Vda. de Velázquez
Las Ladrilleras
2006
Las Lunas del Auditorio
2002
as Self
The Faces of the Moon
2002
as Mariana Toscano
Corazones rotos
2002
Adventures in Time
2001
as Margarita Rosales de Flores
Mimí Derba
2000
as Self
The Magic Hour
2000
Friends 4 Ever
2000
as Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal
Te Sigo Amando
1996
as Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero
Mágica juventud
1992
as Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita
Den of Wolves
1986
as Esperanza Mandujano
El Engaño
1986
as Selene
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985
as Celia
Juana Iris
1985
as María Luisa
Mamá, soy Paquito
1984
as Mrs. Falcon
The Death of a Stallion
1983
The Hex
1983
as Emilia
Burdel
1982
as Madre de Juan
In the Storm
1982
as Doña Toña
El Bronco
1982
The Great Victory
1981
Corrupción oficial
1980
En la trampa
1979
as Laura
The Children of Sanchez
1978
as Aunt Guadalupe
Prisión de mujeres
1977
as Marta/ La Macabra
Resigned for Reasons of Health
1976
as María
El Rey
1976
Coronation
1976
as Doña Elisa - Abuela
Paloma
1975
as Gloria Nava
Omen
1975
as Doña Agueda
The Prophet Mimi
1973
as Magdalena, prostituta vecina
The Cubs
1973
as Mrs. Cuéllar
Magdalena’s True Vocation
1972
as Zoyla
Doña Macabra
1972
as Demetria
The Crazy Virgins
1972
as Elena Guardiola
They Call Him Marcado
1971
as Remedios
Perverse Doll
1969
as Tía Jenny
Memories of the Future
1969
Adventures of Juliancito
1969
as Tía Claudia
Sor Ye-yé
1968
as Madre superiora
Los adolescentes
1968
La recta final
1966
as Martha Maretti
El río de las ánimas
1964
Las Troyanas
1963
Los Jóvenes
1961
as Rosa, Madre de Alicia
El potro salvaje
1958
The Vampire
1957
as Eloisa
Dos diablitos en apuros
1957
La pequeña enemiga
1956
Angel Face
1956
Estafa de amor
1955
La sospechosa
1955
as Señora Adela Perez
El plagiario
1955
La infame
1954
as Luisa Barrios de Benet
Reportaje
1953
as Feminist Nurse
Light in the High Plains
1953
Legítima defensa
1953
Misericordia
1953
Remember to Live
1953
as Leonora
Cuatro horas antes de morir
1953
Sor Alegría
1952
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
1951
as Yolanda
Lodo y armiño
1951
Engagement ring
1951
Mujeres sin mañana
1951
as Marta
Monte de piedad
1951
as María Franco Ruiz
In the Palm of Your Hand
1951
as Clara Stein
Todos son mis hijos!...
1951
Entre abogados te veas
1951
Late Afternoon
1949
as Lucia
Cita con la muerte
1949
Bamba
1949
as Tirsa Mendieta
Secreto entre mujeres
1949
We the Poor
1948
as Yolanda la Tísica
A media luz
1947
as Susana
Yo fui una usurpadora
1946
Crimen en la alcoba
1946
as Martha
La señora de enfrente
1945
Entre hermanos
1945
as Pilar
El camino de los gatos
1944
Caminito alegre
1944
No matarás
1943
Ave sin nido
1943