About

Known credits:
83
Birthday:
1925-05-26
Place of birth:
Pinar del Río, Cuba
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Carmen Montejo

Overview

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
2007 Love Without Makeup Actor Verónica Vda. de Velázquez N/A
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2002 The Faces of the Moon Actor Mariana Toscano 58
Average
2002 Corazones rotos Actor 58
Average
2001 Adventures in Time Actor Margarita Rosales de Flores 72
Good
2000 Mimí Derba Actor Self N/A
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2000 The Magic Hour Actor 59
Average
2000 Friends 4 Ever Actor Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal 69
Fair
1996 Te Sigo Amando Actor Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero 68
Fair
1992 Mágica juventud Actor Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita N/A
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1986 Den of Wolves Actor Esperanza Mandujano 72
Good
1986 El Engaño Actor Selene N/A
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1985 La Casa Que Arde de Noche Actor Celia 58
Average
1985 Juana Iris Actor María Luisa 70
Good
1984 Mamá, soy Paquito Actor Mrs. Falcon 59
Average
1983 The Death of a Stallion Actor 59
Average
1983 The Hex Actor Emilia N/A
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1982 Burdel Actor Madre de Juan 59
Average
1982 In the Storm Actor Doña Toña 58
Average
1982 El Bronco Actor 58
Average
1981 The Great Victory Actor 58
Average
1980 Corrupción oficial Actor 59
Average
1979 En la trampa Actor Laura 59
Average
1978 The Children of Sanchez Actor Aunt Guadalupe 59
Average
1977 Prisión de mujeres Actor Marta/ La Macabra 59
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1976 Resigned for Reasons of Health Actor María 59
Average
1976 El Rey Actor 59
Average
1976 Coronation Actor Doña Elisa - Abuela 59
Average
1975 Paloma Actor Gloria Nava 69
Fair
1975 Omen Actor Doña Agueda 58
Average
1973 The Prophet Mimi Actor Magdalena, prostituta vecina 59
Average
1973 The Cubs Actor Mrs. Cuéllar 58
Average
1972 Magdalena’s True Vocation Actor Zoyla 59
Average
1972 Doña Macabra Actor Demetria 58
Average
1972 The Crazy Virgins Actor Elena Guardiola 58
Average
1971 They Call Him Marcado Actor Remedios 58
Average
1969 Perverse Doll Actor Tía Jenny 59
Average
1969 Memories of the Future Actor 59
Average
1969 Adventures of Juliancito Actor Tía Claudia 59
Average
1968 Sor Ye-yé Actor Madre superiora 58
Average
1968 The Adolescents Actor 58
Average
1966 La recta final Actor Martha Maretti 59
Average
1964 El río de las ánimas Actor 59
Average
1963 Las Troyanas Actor 59
Average
1961 Los Jóvenes Actor Rosa, Madre de Alicia 59
Average
1958 El potro salvaje Actor 58
Average
1957 The Vampire Actor Eloisa 59
Average
1957 Dos diablitos en apuros Actor 59
Average
1956 La pequeña enemiga Actor 59
Average
1956 Angel Face Actor 59
Average
1955 Estafa de amor Actor 59
Average
1955 La sospechosa Actor Señora Adela Perez 59
Average
1955 El plagiario Actor 59
Average
1954 La infame Actor Luisa Barrios de Benet 59
Average
1953 Reportaje Actor Feminist Nurse 59
Average
1953 Light in the High Plains Actor N/A
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1953 Legítima defensa Actor 59
Average
1953 Misericordia Actor 59
Average
1953 Remember to Live Actor Leonora 59
Average
1953 Cuatro horas antes de morir Actor 58
Average
1952 Sor Alegría Actor 58
Average
1951 ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? Actor Yolanda 60
Fair
1951 Lodo y armiño Actor 59
Average
1951 Engagement ring Actor 58
Average
1951 Mujeres sin mañana Actor Marta 58
Average
1951 Monte de piedad Actor María Franco Ruiz 59
Average
1951 In the Palm of Your Hand Actor Clara Stein 58
Average
1951 Todos son mis hijos!... Actor 58
Average
1951 Entre abogados te veas Actor 58
Average
1949 Late Afternoon Actor Lucia 59
Average
1949 Cita con la muerte Actor 59
Average
1949 Bamba Actor Tirsa Mendieta 58
Average
1949 Secreto entre mujeres Actor 59
Average
1948 We the Poor Actor Yolanda la Tísica 62
Fair
1947 A media luz Actor Susana 59
Average
1946 Yo fui una usurpadora Actor 59
Average
1946 Crimen en la alcoba Actor Martha 58
Average
1945 La señora de enfrente Actor 58
Average
1945 Entre hermanos Actor Pilar 59
Average
1944 El camino de los gatos Actor 58
Average
1944 Caminito alegre Actor 58
Average
1943 No matarás Actor 58
Average
1943 Ave sin nido Actor 58
Average

Directing
1987 Tres generaciones Directing Director N/A
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