
Carmen Montejo
Born: 1925-05-26
Place of Birth: Pinar del Río, Cuba
Biography
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

The Death of a Stallion

La recta final

The Crazy Virgins

Perverse Doll

La pequeña enemiga

We the Poor

El camino de los gatos

El Bronco

The Vampire

Misericordia

The Hex

The Cubs

Light in the High Plains

They Call Him Marcado

Engagement ring

El Rey

Burdel

Entre hermanos

Doña Macabra

La infame

Secreto entre mujeres

Reportaje

Omen

Cita con la muerte

Coronation

El plagiario

Ave sin nido

Memories of the Future

The Faces of the Moon

La sospechosa

El río de las ánimas

Adventures of Juliancito

Mimí Derba

Mamá, soy Paquito

The Great Victory

Ni Chana, ni Juana

Prisión de mujeres

Estafa de amor

The Children of Sanchez

In the Palm of Your Hand

Monte de piedad

Sor Ye-yé

Lodo y armiño

The Prophet Mimi

La Casa Que Arde de Noche

Magdalena’s True Vocation

En la trampa

No matarás

Remember to Live

Late Afternoon

Entre abogados te veas

In the Storm

¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?

Mujeres sin mañana

Angel Face

Los Jóvenes

Las Ladrilleras

El potro salvaje

Todos son mis hijos!...

Bamba

The Adolescents

Resigned for Reasons of Health

Corazones rotos

The Magic Hour

Crimen en la alcoba

Cuatro horas antes de morir

Sor Alegría

Dos diablitos en apuros

Yo fui una usurpadora

Legítima defensa

Caminito alegre

Las Troyanas

A media luz
