
Carmen Montejo
Born May 26, 1925 · 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.
Notable Appearances
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Prisión de mujeres

The Suspect

The Magic Hour

Angel Face

Memories of the Future

La Casa Que Arde de Noche

La infame

Coronation

The Faces of the Moon

Crimen en la alcoba

Resigned for Reasons of Health

In the Palm of Your Hand

El plagiario

Todos son mis hijos!...

Entre abogados te veas

Perverse Doll

¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?

Cuatro horas antes de morir

The Great Victory

The Death of a Stallion

Cita con la muerte

Light in the High Plains

The Crazy Virgins

Sor Ye-yé

Monte de piedad

Mimí Derba

El potro salvaje

Omen

Reportaje

¡Mamá, soy Paquito!

The Cubs

Corazones rotos

La recta final

El río de las ánimas

Mujeres sin mañana

Doña Macabra

The Prophet Mimi

They Call Him Marcado

La señora de enfrente

Los Jóvenes

En la trampa

El Bronco

The Vampire

El camino de los gatos

Yo fui una usurpadora

Engagement ring

The Adolescents

In the Storm

Burdel

La pequeña enemiga

Lodo y Armiño

Dos diablitos en apuros

Misericordia

Remember to Live

Secreto entre mujeres

No matarás

The Hex

Estafa de amor

Adventures of Juliancito

Las Troyanas

El Rey

Caminito alegre

Sor Alegría

Entre hermanos

Bamba

Legítima defensa

A media luz




















