Carmen Montejo

Carmen Montejo
Born	María Teresa Sánchez González (1925-05-26)May 26, 1925 Pinar del Río, Cuba
Died	Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1943–2008
Spouse(s)	Manuel González Ortega
Children	María González

Carmen Montejo (born María Teresa Sánchez González; May 26, 1925 - February 25, 2013) was a Cuban-born Mexican actress of telenovelas, stage and the Golden age of the cinema of Mexico.

Biography

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 college 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.

Death

Carmen Montejo died on February 25, 2013, in Mexico City. She was 87.

Theater

• Los Efectos de los Rayos Gamma
• Los Zorros
• Las Troyanas
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• The House of Bernarda Alba (1946)

Telenovelas

En Nombre del Amor (2009) as Madeleine Martelli Amor sin Maquillaje (2007) as Veronica Aventuras en el tiempo (2001) as Margarita Rosales de Flores Amigos X siempre (2000) as Julia Vidal Serafín (voice, 1999) as Gigi Te sigo amando (1997) Mágica juventud (1992) as Pepita Cuna de lobos (1986) as Esperanza Mandujano El engaño (1986) as Selene El maleficio (1986) as Doña Emilia Juana Iris (1985) as María Luisa Juventud (1980) as Dona Cuca Pecado de amor (1978) as Cristina Otero Mundos opuestos (1976) as Antonia Paloma (1975) as Gloria La tierra (1973) as Cordelia La cruz de Marisa Cruses (1970) as Clarita El diario de una señorita decente (1969)

El retrato de Dorian Gray (1969) Dicha robada (1967) as Teresa El juicio de nuestros hijos (1967) Los medio hogares (1966) Nuestro barrio (1965) Las abuelas (1965) Secreto de confesión (1965) Apasionada (1964) Destino (1963) Doña Macabra (1963) Las momias de Guanajuato (1962) Estafa de amor (1961) La insaciable (1961) La casa del odio (1960) El rapto (1960)

Films

Las caras de la luna (2002) as Mariana Toscano Corazones rotos aka Broken Hearts (2001) as Doña Fide Las caras de la luna (2001) Entre la tarde y la noche (1999) La casa que arde de noche (1985) Ni Chana, ni Juana (1984) Burdel (1982) El gran triunfo (1981) Mamá, soy Paquito (1981) as Sra. Falcon La muerte del Palomo (1981) En la tormenta (1980) En la trampa (1979) The Children of Sanchez (1978) as Guadalupe Dinastía de la muerte (1977) as Doña Herminia del Fierro Prision de mujeres (1976) Coronación (1976) as Abuela Renuncia por motivos de salud (1975) El rey (1975) as Señora del Rivero Presagio (1974) El profeta Mimi (1972) Los cachorros (1971) Doña Macabra (1971) La verdadera vocación de Magdalena (1971) Los marcados (1970) as Remedios Las vírgenes locas (1970) ¿Por qué nací mujer? (1970) La muñeca perversa (1969) The Adolescents (1968) Aventuras de Juliancito (1968) Sor Ye-Ye (1967) La recta final (1966) El río de las ánimas (1964) Los jóvenes (1960) El Vampiro (1957) as Eloisa Dos diablillos en apuros (1957) Cara de ángel (1956) El túnel seis (1955)

El plagiario (1955) Estafa de amor (1954) La sospechosa (1954) La infame (1953) as Luisa Barrios de Benet Luz en el páramo (1953) El potro salvaje (1953) Reportaje (1953) as Nurse Cuatro horas antes de morir (1953) Acuérdate de vivir (1952) Misericordia (1952) Sor Alegría (1952) Mujeres sin mañana (1951) as Marta Todos son mis hijos (1951) What Has That Woman Done to You? (1951) as Yolanda Lodo y armiño (1951) Anillo de compromiso (1951) as Chavela Valdes En la palma de tu mano (1951) as Clara Stein Entre abogados te veas (1951) Monte de piedad (1950) Al caer la tarde (1949) Secreto entre mujeres (1949) Bamba (1948) as Tirsa Cita con la muerte (1948) Nosotros los pobres (1948) as Yolanda, la Tísica A media luz (1947) Crimen en la alcoba (1946) Yo fui una usurpadora (1945) La señora de enfrente (1945) as Gilberta Madrigales Entre hermanos (1945) Caminito alegre (1944) Camino de los gatos (1943) Ave sin nido (1943) No matarásl (1943) Resurrección (1943)

Television

• Mujer, casos de la vida real (2002, episode Un viejo amor) as Margarita
• Tres Generaciones (1989)

External links

• Carmen Montejo at the telenovela database
• Carmen Montejo at esmas.com
• Carmen Montejo at the Internet Movie Database