Carmen Montejo

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…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Te Sigo Amando (1996) — Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero
2. We the Poor (1948) — Yolanda la Tísica
3. Den of Wolves (1986) — Esperanza Mandujano
4. Adventures in Time (2001) — Margarita Rosales de Flores
5. The Vampire (1957) — Eloisa
6. ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? (1951) — Yolanda
7. ¡Mamá, soy Paquito! (1984) — Mrs. Falcon
8. In the Palm of Your Hand (1951) — Clara Stein
9. La Casa Que Arde de Noche (1987) — Celia
10. Sor Ye-yé (1968) — Madre superiora
11. The Cubs (1973) — Mrs. Cuéllar
12. Perverse Doll (1969) — Tía Jenny
13. Reportaje (1953) — Feminist Nurse
14. Omen (1974) — Doña Agueda
15. Prisión de mujeres (1977) — Marta/ La Macabra
16. Ni Chana Ni Juana (1984)
17. Friends 4 Ever (2000) — Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal
18. They Call Him Marcado (1971) — Remedios
19. Doña Macabra (1972) — Demetria
20. Adventures of Juliancito (1969) — Tía Claudia
21. The Prophet Mimi (1973) — Magdalena, prostituta vecina
22. The Magic Hour (2000)
23. Memories of the Future (1969)
24. Coronation (1976) — Doña Elisa - Abuela
25. En la trampa (1979) — Laura
26. The Children of Sanchez (1978) — Aunt Guadalupe
27. Los Jóvenes (1961) — Rosa, Madre de Alicia
28. Dinastía de la muerte (1977) — Mother
29. Magdalena’s True Vocation (1972) — Zoyla
30. The Great Victory (1981)
31. No matarás (1943) — Cristina Montes
32. El río de las ánimas (1964)
33. Late Afternoon (1949) — Lucia
34. El Rey (1976)
35. A media luz (1947) — Susana
36. Corazones rotos (2002)
37. The Faces of the Moon (2002) — Mariana Toscano
38. La infame (1954) — Luisa Barrios de Benet
39. The Suspect (1955) — Señora Adela Perez
40. Misericordia (1953) — Juliana

Directed

1. Tres generaciones (1987) — Director