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