Carmen Montejo

Carmen Montejo

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
Birthday: 1925-05-26
Place of Birth: Pinar del Río, Cuba
Also Known As: María Teresa Sánchez González

Movies List of Carmen Montejo

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The Adolescents

1968 Movie
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Omen

1975 Movie
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Mimí Derba

2000 Movie
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The Vampire

1957 Movie
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They Call Him Marcado

1971 Movie
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La recta final

1966 Movie
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Remember to Live

1953 Movie
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Corrupción oficial

1980 Movie
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Bamba

1949 Movie
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Entre hermanos

1945 Movie
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El Rey

1976 Movie
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Engagement ring

1951 Movie
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A media luz

1947 Movie
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Coronation

1976 Movie
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El Bronco

1982 Movie
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The Cubs

1973 Movie
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The Prophet Mimi

1973 Movie
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Angel Face

1956 Movie
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Doña Macabra

1972 Movie
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The Great Victory

1981 Movie
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Corazones rotos

2002 Movie
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The Faces of the Moon

2002 Movie
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En la trampa

1979 Movie
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No matarás

1943 Movie
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La infame

1954 Movie
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La pequeña enemiga

1956 Movie
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El plagiario

1955 Movie
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La sospechosa

1955 Movie
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Perverse Doll

1969 Movie
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El potro salvaje

1958 Movie
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Misericordia

1953 Movie
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Monte de piedad

1951 Movie
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Mujeres sin mañana

1951 Movie
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Mamá, soy Paquito

1984 Movie
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Prisión de mujeres

1977 Movie
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The Hex

1983 Movie
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Yo fui una usurpadora

1946 Movie
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Estafa de amor

1955 Movie
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We the Poor

1948 Movie
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Ave sin nido

1943 Movie
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Crimen en la alcoba

1946 Movie
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The Crazy Virgins

1972 Movie
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Legítima defensa

1953 Movie
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Caminito alegre

1944 Movie
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Las Troyanas

1963 Movie
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Sor Ye-yé

1968 Movie
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In the Storm

1982 Movie
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Secreto entre mujeres

1949 Movie
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Lodo y armiño

1951 Movie
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The Magic Hour

2000 Movie
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Sor Alegría

1952 Movie
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Reportaje

1953 Movie
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Cita con la muerte

1949 Movie
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Late Afternoon

1949 Movie
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Burdel

1982 Movie
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Los Jóvenes

1961 Movie