1925-05-26 ( 99 years old ) in Pinar del Río, Cuba
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.
Movies
Las Ladrilleras
2006-12-31
The Faces of the Moon
2002-05-17
Corazones rotos
2002-02-08
Mimí Derba
2000-10-18
The Magic Hour
2000-10-01
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1985-06-28
Mamá, soy Paquito
1984-04-21
The Death of a Stallion
1983-11-10
The Hex
1983-09-30
Burdel
1982-09-03
In the Storm
1982-04-01
El Bronco
1982-02-10
The Great Victory
1981-06-10
Corrupción oficial
1980-01-01
En la trampa
1979-03-08
The Children of Sanchez
1978-06-16
Prisión de mujeres
1977-09-15
Resigned for Reasons of Health
1976-09-02
El Rey
1976-06-10
Coronation
1976-06-03
Omen
1975-02-13
The Prophet Mimi
1973-12-27
The Cubs
1973-05-10
Magdalena’s True Vocation
1972-11-02
Doña Macabra
1972-09-30
The Crazy Virgins
1972-05-31
They Call Him Marcado
1971-12-25
Perverse Doll
1969-12-26
Memories of the Future
1969-06-25
Adventures of Juliancito
1969-04-12
Sor Ye-yé
1968-03-09
Los adolescentes
1968-02-02
La recta final
1966-01-01
El río de las ánimas
1964-02-13
Las Troyanas
1963-07-01
Los Jóvenes
1961-09-28
El potro salvaje
1958-03-31
The Vampire
1957-10-04
Dos diablitos en apuros
1957-01-17
La pequeña enemiga
1956-05-10
Angel Face
1956-03-01
Estafa de amor
1955-06-29
La sospechosa
1955-06-03
El plagiario
1955-04-28
La infame
1954-01-21
Reportaje
1953-11-13
Light in the High Plains
1953-05-01
Legítima defensa
1953-03-24
Misericordia
1953-03-13
Remember to Live
1953-02-05
Cuatro horas antes de morir
1953-01-01
Sor Alegría
1952-10-01
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
1951-12-20
Lodo y armiño
1951-11-30
Engagement ring
1951-11-01
Mujeres sin mañana
1951-09-05
Monte de piedad
1951-08-01
In the Palm of Your Hand
1951-06-21
Todos son mis hijos!...
1951-03-23
Entre abogados te veas
1951-03-02
Late Afternoon
1949-08-05
Cita con la muerte
1949-06-22
Bamba
1949-06-02
Secreto entre mujeres
1949-04-01
We the Poor
1948-03-25
A media luz
1947-01-15
Yo fui una usurpadora
1946-10-23
Crimen en la alcoba
1946-10-16
La señora de enfrente
1945-09-21
Entre hermanos
1945-05-18
El camino de los gatos
1944-11-26
Caminito alegre
1944-02-17
No matarás
1943-08-19
Ave sin nido
1943-08-12
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