Acting · Pinar del Río, Cuba · Born May 26, 1925
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.
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2007
as Verónica Vda. de Velázquez
MovieLas Ladrilleras
2006
TVLas Lunas del Auditorio
2002
as Self
MovieThe Faces of the Moon
2002
as Mariana Toscano
MovieCorazones rotos
2002
TVAdventures in Time
2001
as Margarita Rosales de Flores
MovieMimí Derba
2000
as Self
MovieThe Magic Hour
2000
TVFriends 4 Ever
2000
as Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal
TVSerafín
1999
as Gigi (voz)
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1996
as Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero
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1992
as Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita
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1987
as Celia
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1986
as Esperanza Mandujano
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1986
as Selene
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1985
as María Luisa
Movie¡Mamá, soy Paquito!
1984
as Mrs. Falcon
MovieNi Chana Ni Juana
1984
MovieThe Death of a Stallion
1983
MovieThe Hex
1983
as Emilia
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1983
as Doña Emilia González Vda. de Castellanos
MovieBurdel
1982
as Madre de Juan
MovieIn the Storm
1982
as Doña Toña
MovieEl Bronco
1982
MovieThe Great Victory
1981
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1980
MovieEn la trampa
1979
as Laura
MovieLos hijos de Sanchez
1978
MovieThe Children of Sanchez
1978
as Aunt Guadalupe
MoviePrisión de mujeres
1977
as Marta/ La Macabra
MovieDinastía de la muerte
1977
as Mother
MovieResigned for Reasons of Health
1976
as María
MovieEl Rey
1976
MovieCoronation
1976
as Doña Elisa - Abuela
TVPaloma
1975
as Gloria Nava
MovieOmen
1974
as Doña Agueda
MovieThe Prophet Mimi
1973
as Magdalena, prostituta vecina
MovieThe Cubs
1973
as Mrs. Cuéllar
MovieMagdalena’s True Vocation
1972
as Zoyla
MovieDoña Macabra
1972
as Demetria
MovieThe Crazy Virgins
1972
as Elena Guardiola
MovieThey Call Him Marcado
1971
as Remedios
MoviePerverse Doll
1969
as Tía Jenny
MovieMemories of the Future
1969
MovieAdventures of Juliancito
1969
as Tía Claudia
MovieSor Ye-yé
1968
as Madre superiora
MovieThe Adolescents
1968
MovieLa recta final
1966
as Martha Maretti
MovieEl río de las ánimas
1964
MovieLas Troyanas
1963
MovieLos Jóvenes
1961
as Rosa, Madre de Alicia
MovieEl potro salvaje
1958
MovieThe Vampire
1957
as Eloisa
MovieDos diablitos en apuros
1957
MovieLa pequeña enemiga
1956
MovieAngel Face
1956
MovieEstafa de amor
1955
MovieThe Suspect
1955
as Señora Adela Perez
MovieEl plagiario
1955
MovieLa infame
1954
as Luisa Barrios de Benet
MovieReportaje
1953
as Feminist Nurse
MovieLight in the High Plains
1953
MovieLegítima defensa
1953
MovieMisericordia
1953
as Juliana
MovieRemember to Live
1953
as Leonora
MovieCuatro horas antes de morir
1953
as Marga
MovieSor Alegría
1952
Movie¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
1951
as Yolanda
MovieLodo y Armiño
1951
MovieEngagement ring
1951
MovieMujeres sin mañana
1951
as Marta
MovieMonte de piedad
1951
as María Franco Ruiz
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1951
as Clara Stein
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1951
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1951
as La Víctima (Catalina Prado)
MovieLate Afternoon
1949
as Lucia
MovieCita con la muerte
1949
MovieBamba
1949
as Tirsa Mendieta
MovieSecreto entre mujeres
1949
as Marta
MovieWe the Poor
1948
as Yolanda la Tísica
MovieA media luz
1947
as Susana
MovieYo fui una usurpadora
1946
MovieCrimen en la alcoba
1946
as Martha
MovieLa señora de enfrente
1945
MovieEntre hermanos
1945
as Pilar
MovieEl camino de los gatos
1944
MovieCaminito alegre
1944
MovieAve sin nido
1943
MovieNo matarás
1943
as Cristina Montes
