1925-05-26 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.
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Las Ladrilleras | 2006-12-31 | |
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Las caras de la Luna | Mariana Toscano | 2002-05-17 |
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Corazones rotos | 2002-02-08 | |
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Entre la tarde y la noche | 2000-10-01 | |
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Mimí Derba | Self | 2000-10-18 |
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La casa que arde de noche | Celia | 1985-06-28 |
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Mamá, soy Paquito | Mrs. Falcon | 1984-04-21 |
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La muerte del Palomo | 1983-11-10 | |
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El maleficio | Emilia | 1983-09-30 |
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Burdel | Madre de Juan | 1982-09-03 |
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El Bronco | 1982-02-10 | |
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En la tormenta | Doña Toña | 1982-04-01 |
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El gran triunfo | 1981-06-10 | |
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Corrupción oficial | 1980-01-01 | |
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En la trampa | Laura | 1979-03-08 |
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The Children of Sanchez | Aunt Guadalupe | 1978-06-16 |
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Prisión de mujeres | Marta/ La Macabra | 1977-09-15 |
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Renuncia por motivos de salud | María | 1976-09-02 |
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Coronación | Doña Elisa - Abuela | 1976-06-03 |
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El Rey | 1976-06-10 | |
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Presagio | Doña Agueda | 1975-02-13 |
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El Profeta Mimí | Magdalena, prostituta vecina | 1973-12-27 |
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Los cachorros | Mrs. Cuéllar | 1973-05-10 |
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Las vírgenes locas | Elena Guardiola | 1972-05-31 |
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La verdadera vocación de Magdalena | Zoyla | 1972-11-02 |
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Doña Macabra | Demetria | 1972-09-30 |
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Los Marcados | Remedios | 1971-12-25 |
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Los recuerdos del porvenir | 1969-06-25 | |
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La muñeca perversa | Tía Jenny | 1969-12-26 |
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Aventuras de Juliancito | Tía Claudia | 1969-04-12 |
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Los adolescentes | 1968-02-02 | |
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Sor Ye-yé | Madre superiora | 1968-03-09 |
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La recta final | Martha Maretti | 1966-01-01 |
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El río de las ánimas | 1964-02-13 | |
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Las Troyanas | 1963-07-01 | |
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Los Jóvenes | Rosa, Madre de Alicia | 1961-09-28 |
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El potro salvaje | 1958-03-31 | |
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Dos diablitos en apuros | 1957-01-17 | |
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El vampiro | Eloisa | 1957-10-04 |
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Cara de ángel | 1956-03-01 | |
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La pequeña enemiga | 1956-05-10 | |
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La sospechosa | Señora Adela Perez | 1955-06-03 |
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Estafa de amor | 1955-06-29 | |
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El plagiario | 1955-04-28 | |
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La infame | Luisa Barrios de Benet | 1954-01-21 |
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Luz en el páramo | 1953-05-01 | |
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Cuatro horas antes de morir | 1953-01-01 | |
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Reportaje | Feminist Nurse | 1953-11-13 |
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Acuérdate de vivir | Leonora | 1953-02-05 |
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Misericordia | 1953-03-13 | |
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Legítima defensa | 1953-03-24 | |
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Sor Alegría | 1952-10-01 | |
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Todos son mis hijos!... | 1951-03-23 | |
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En la palma de tu mano | Clara Stein | 1951-06-21 |
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Entre abogados te veas | 1951-03-02 | |
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Lodo y armiño | 1951-11-30 | |
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Anillo de compromiso | 1951-11-01 | |
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Mujeres sin mañana | Marta | 1951-09-05 |
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¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer? | Yolanda | 1951-12-20 |
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Monte de piedad | María Franco Ruiz | 1951-08-01 |
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Al caer la tarde | Lucia | 1949-08-05 |
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Cita con la muerte | 1949-06-22 | |
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Secreto entre mujeres | 1949-04-01 | |
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Bamba | Tirsa Mendieta | 1949-06-02 |
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Nosotros los pobres | Yolanda la Tísica | 1948-03-25 |
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A media luz | Susana | 1947-01-15 |
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Yo fui una usurpadora | 1946-10-23 | |
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Crimen en la alcoba | Martha | 1946-10-16 |
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La señora de enfrente | 1945-09-21 | |
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Entre hermanos | Pilar | 1945-05-18 |
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Caminito alegre | 1944-02-17 | |
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El camino de los gatos | 1944-11-26 | |
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No matarás | 1943-08-19 | |
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Ave sin nido | 1943-08-12 |
