Carmen Montejo

Carmen Montejo
Born	María Teresa Sánchez González (1925-05-26)May 26, 1925 Pinar del Río, Cuba
Died	February 25, 2013(2013-02-25) (aged 87) 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.^[1] 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)

References

↑ "Murió Carmen Montejo - Univision Novelas y Series". Novelasyseries.univision.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2013-02-26.

Agrasánchez Jr., Rogelio (2001). Bellezas del cine mexicano/Beauties of Mexican Cinema. Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez. ISBN 968-5077-11-8.

External links

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

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