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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.


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Born:
May 26, 1925 In Pinar del Río, Cuba
Movie/TV Credits:
49
First Appeared:
In the movie Ave sin nido 1943-08-12
Latest Project:
Movie The Faces of the Moon 2002-05-17
Known For
Filmography
Movie Corazones rotos 2002-02-08
Movie The Faces of the Moon Mariana Toscano 2002-05-17
Movie The Magic Hour 2000-10-01
Series Den of Wolves Esperanza Mandujano 1986-10-13
Movie La Casa Que Arde de Noche Celia 1985-06-28
Movie Mamá, soy Paquito Mrs. Falcon 1984-04-21
Movie El Bronco 1982-02-10
Movie Burdel Madre de Juan 1982-09-03
Movie The Great Victory 1981-06-10
Movie En la trampa Laura 1979-03-08
Movie Prisión de mujeres Marta/ La Macabra 1977-09-15
Movie Coronation Doña Elisa - Abuela 1976-06-03
Movie Resigned for Reasons of Health María 1976-09-02
Movie El Rey 1976-06-10
Movie The Cubs Mrs. Cuéllar 1973-05-10
Movie The Prophet Mimi Magdalena, prostituta vecina 1973-12-27
Movie The Crazy Virgins Elena Guardiola 1972-05-31
Movie Magdalena’s True Vocation Zoyla 1972-11-02
Movie Adventures of Juliancito Tía Claudia 1969-04-12
Movie Perverse Doll Tía Jenny 1969-12-26
Movie Memories of the Future 1969-06-25
Movie The Adolescents 1968-02-02
Movie Sor Ye-yé Madre superiora 1968-03-09
Movie El potro salvaje 1958-03-31
Movie The Vampire Eloisa 1957-10-04
Movie La pequeña enemiga 1956-05-10
Movie Angel Face 1956-03-01
Movie El plagiario 1955-04-28
Movie Estafa de amor 1955-06-29
Movie La sospechosa Señora Adela Perez 1955-06-03
Movie La infame Luisa Barrios de Benet 1954-01-21
Movie Reportaje Feminist Nurse 1953-11-13
Movie Remember to Live Leonora 1953-02-05
Movie Misericordia 1953-03-13
Movie Monte de piedad María Franco Ruiz 1951-08-01
Movie Entre abogados te veas 1951-03-02
Movie In the Palm of Your Hand Clara Stein 1951-06-21
Movie Mujeres sin mañana Marta 1951-09-05
Movie ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? Yolanda 1951-12-20
Movie Engagement ring 1951-11-01
Movie Late Afternoon Lucia 1949-08-05
Movie We the Poor Yolanda la Tísica 1948-03-25
Movie A media luz Susana 1947-01-15
Movie Crimen en la alcoba Martha 1946-10-16
Movie Yo fui una usurpadora 1946-10-23
Movie La señora de enfrente 1945-09-21
Movie El camino de los gatos 1944-11-26
Movie Ave sin nido 1943-08-12
Movie No matarás 1943-08-19
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