Carmen Montejo
Born
May 26, 1925
Died
February 25, 2013 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Pinar del Río, Cuba
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.
Love Without Makeup
Verónica Vda. de Velázquez · (25 episodes)
2007
Las Ladrilleras
2006
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self · (1 episode)
2002
The Faces of the Moon
Mariana Toscano
2002
Corazones rotos
2002
Adventures in Time
Margarita Rosales de Flores · (105 episodes)
2001
Mimí Derba
Self
2000
The Magic Hour
2000
Friends 4 Ever
Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal · (115 episodes)
2000
Te Sigo Amando
Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero · (115 episodes)
1996
Mágica juventud
Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita · (110 episodes)
1992
Den of Wolves
Esperanza Mandujano · (85 episodes)
1986
El Engaño
Selene · (1 episode)
1986
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Celia
1985
Juana Iris
María Luisa · (1 episode)
1985
Mamá, soy Paquito
Mrs. Falcon
1984
The Death of a Stallion
1983
The Hex
Emilia
1983
El Maleficio
Doña Emilia González Vda. de Castellanos · (160 episodes)
1983
Burdel
Madre de Juan
1982
In the Storm
Doña Toña
1982
El Bronco
1982
The Great Victory
1981
Corrupción oficial
1980
En la trampa
Laura
1979
The Children of Sanchez
Aunt Guadalupe
1978
Prisión de mujeres
Marta/ La Macabra
1977
Resigned for Reasons of Health
María
1976
El Rey
1976
Coronation
Doña Elisa - Abuela
1976
Paloma
Gloria Nava · (1 episode)
1975
Omen
Doña Agueda
1975
The Prophet Mimi
Magdalena, prostituta vecina
1973
The Cubs
Mrs. Cuéllar
1973
Magdalena’s True Vocation
Zoyla
1972
Doña Macabra
Demetria
1972
The Crazy Virgins
Elena Guardiola
1972
They Call Him Marcado
Remedios
1971
Perverse Doll
Tía Jenny
1969
Memories of the Future
1969
Adventures of Juliancito
Tía Claudia
1969
Sor Ye-yé
Madre superiora
1968
Los adolescentes
1968
La recta final
Martha Maretti
1966
El río de las ánimas
1964
Las Troyanas
1963
Los Jóvenes
Rosa, Madre de Alicia
1961
El potro salvaje
1958
The Vampire
Eloisa
1957
Dos diablitos en apuros
1957
La pequeña enemiga
1956
Angel Face
1956
Estafa de amor
1955
La sospechosa
Señora Adela Perez
1955
El plagiario
1955
La infame
Luisa Barrios de Benet
1954
Reportaje
Feminist Nurse
1953
Light in the High Plains
1953
Legítima defensa
1953
Misericordia
1953
Remember to Live
Leonora
1953
Cuatro horas antes de morir
1953
Sor Alegría
1952
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Yolanda
1951
Lodo y armiño
1951
Engagement ring
1951
Mujeres sin mañana
Marta
1951
Monte de piedad
María Franco Ruiz
1951
In the Palm of Your Hand
Clara Stein
1951
Todos son mis hijos!...
1951
Entre abogados te veas
1951
Late Afternoon
Lucia
1949
Cita con la muerte
1949
Bamba
Tirsa Mendieta
1949
Secreto entre mujeres
1949
We the Poor
Yolanda la Tísica
1948
A media luz
Susana
1947
Yo fui una usurpadora
1946
Crimen en la alcoba
Martha
1946
La señora de enfrente
1945
Entre hermanos
Pilar
1945
El camino de los gatos
1944
Caminito alegre
1944
No matarás
1943
Ave sin nido
1943