Carmen Montejo
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Adventures in Time
Margarita Rosales de Flores
2001
Series
Te Sigo Amando
Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero
1996
Series
El Engaño
Selene
1986
Series
Amigos X Siempre
Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal
2000
Series
Paloma
Gloria Nava
1975
Series
Juana Iris
María Luisa
1985
Series
Den of Wolves
Esperanza Mandujano
1986
Series
El Maleficio
Doña Emilia González Vda. de Castellanos
1983
Series
Mágica juventud
Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita
1992
Series
Las Lunas del Auditorio
Self
2002
Series
Serafín
Gigi (voz)
1999
Film
Las Ladrilleras
2006
Film
Perverse Doll
Tía Jenny
1969
Film
Prisión de mujeres
Marta/ La Macabra
1977
Film
Dinastía de la muerte
Mother
1977
Film
La pequeña enemiga
1956
Film
Magdalena’s True Vocation
Zoyla
1972
Film
Angel Face
1956
Film
The Crazy Virgins
Elena Guardiola
1972
Film
The Great Victory
1981
Film
La infame
Luisa Barrios de Benet
1954
Film
Coronation
Doña Elisa - Abuela
1976
Series
Love Without Makeup
Verónica Vda. de Velázquez
2007
Film
El plagiario
1955
Film
Sor Ye-yé
Madre superiora
1968
Corrupción oficial
1980
Film
Mimí Derba
Self
2000
Film
The Suspect
Señora Adela Perez
1955
Film
Ni Chana Ni Juana
1984
Film
Entre abogados te veas
La Víctima (Catalina Prado)
1951
Film
Late Afternoon
Lucia
1949
Film
The Children of Sanchez
Aunt Guadalupe
1978
Film
Lodo y Armiño
1951
Film
¡Mamá, soy Paquito!
Mrs. Falcon
1984
Film
Los hijos de Sanchez
1978
Film
We the Poor
Yolanda la Tísica
1948
Film
The Vampire
Eloisa
1957
Film
Adventures of Juliancito
Tía Claudia
1969
Film
Omen
Doña Agueda
1974
Film
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Celia
1987
Film
Reportaje
Feminist Nurse
1953
Film
El potro salvaje
1958
Film
El Bronco
1982
Film
No matarás
Cristina Montes
1943
Film
Monte de piedad
María Franco Ruiz
1951
Film
Estafa de amor
1955
Film
They Call Him Marcado
Remedios
1971
Film
Los Jóvenes
Rosa, Madre de Alicia
1961
Film
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Yolanda
1951
Film
Remember to Live
Leonora
1953
Film
The Cubs
Mrs. Cuéllar
1973
Film
Burdel
Madre de Juan
1982
Film
Doña Macabra
Demetria
1972
Film
The Faces of the Moon
Mariana Toscano
2002
Film
In the Palm of Your Hand
Clara Stein
1951
Film
The Death of a Stallion
1983
Film
Memories of the Future
1969
Film
Resigned for Reasons of Health
María
1976
Film
The Magic Hour
2000
Film
In the Storm
Doña Toña
1982
Film
Secreto entre mujeres
Marta
1949
Film
The Adolescents
1968
Film
The Prophet Mimi
Magdalena, prostituta vecina
1973
Film
Cuatro horas antes de morir
Marga
1953
Film
En la trampa
Laura
1979
Film
La recta final
Martha Maretti
1966
Film
Bamba
Tirsa Mendieta
1949
Film
Crimen en la alcoba
Martha
1946
Film
Entre hermanos
Pilar
1945
Film
El Rey
1976
Film
Dos diablitos en apuros
1957
Film
Light in the High Plains
1953
Film
Corazones rotos
2002
Film
Misericordia
Juliana
1953
Film
Ave sin nido
1943
Film
Las Troyanas
1963
Film
A media luz
Susana
1947
Film
Todos son mis hijos!...
1951
Film
El río de las ánimas
1964
Film
Mujeres sin mañana
Marta
1951
Film
La señora de enfrente
1945
Film
Cita con la muerte
Carmen
1949
Film
El camino de los gatos
1944
Film
Sor Alegría
1952
Film
Engagement ring
1951
Film
Caminito alegre
1944
Film
The Hex
Emilia
1983
Film
Yo fui una usurpadora
1946
Film
Legítima defensa
1953