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.
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
Love Without Makeup
Las Lunas del Auditorio
The Faces of the Moon
Corazones rotos
Adventures in Time
Mimí Derba
The Magic Hour
Friends 4 Ever
Te Sigo Amando
Mágica juventud
Den of Wolves
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Juana Iris
Mamá, soy Paquito
The Death of a Stallion
Burdel
In the Storm
El Bronco
The Great Victory
En la trampa
The Children of Sanchez
Prisión de mujeres
Resigned for Reasons of Health
El Rey
Coronation
Paloma
Omen
The Prophet Mimi
The Cubs
Magdalena’s True Vocation
Doña Macabra
The Crazy Virgins
They Call Him Marcado
Perverse Doll
Memories of the Future
Adventures of Juliancito
Sor Ye-yé
The Adolescents
La recta final
El río de las ánimas
Las Troyanas
Los Jóvenes
El potro salvaje
The Vampire
Dos diablitos en apuros
La pequeña enemiga
Angel Face
Estafa de amor
La sospechosa
El plagiario
La infame
Reportaje
Legítima defensa
Remember to Live
Cuatro horas antes de morir
Sor Alegría
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Lodo y armiño
Engagement ring
Mujeres sin mañana
Monte de piedad
In the Palm of Your Hand
Todos son mis hijos!...
Entre abogados te veas
Late Afternoon
Cita con la muerte
Bamba
Secreto entre mujeres
We the Poor
A media luz
Yo fui una usurpadora
Crimen en la alcoba
La señora de enfrente
Entre hermanos
El camino de los gatos
Caminito alegre
No matarás
Ave sin nido