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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.936 |
Birthday | 1925-05-26 |
Place of Birth | Pinar del Río, Cuba |
Also Known As | María Teresa Sánchez González, |
1968
The Adolescents
4/3
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967
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The Adolescents
1975
Omen
4.7/9
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2000
Mimí Derba
0/0
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Mimí Derba
1969
Adventures of Juliancito
5.9/8
Adaptation of the adventures of Tom Sawyer, played by actor Juliancito Bravo.
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Adventures of Juliancito
1983
The Death of a Stallion
5/2
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The Death of a Stallion
1957
The Vampire
6.7/39
A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear dist...
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The Vampire
1971
They Call Him Marcado
4.4/8
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They Call Him Marcado
1966
La recta final
5/2
A jockey is pushed by his former trainer, in order to win one last race after his downfall into alcohol and depression.
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La recta final
1953
Remember to Live
5/2
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Remember to Live
1972
Magdalena’s True Vocation
7/6
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Magdalena’s True Vocation
1980
Corrupción oficial
5/2
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Corrupción oficial
1949
Bamba
5.3/3
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Bamba
1945
Entre hermanos
5/2
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Entre hermanos
1976
El Rey
5.4/5
Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ransom.
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El Rey
1951
Engagement ring
5/4
Newlyweds struggle with career issues and poverty.
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Engagement ring
1976
Coronation
4.9/7
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Coronation
1947
A media luz
5.5/4
Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson.
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A media luz
1951
In the Palm of Your Hand
6.059/17
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In the Palm of Your Hand
1985
La Casa Que Arde de Noche
5/9
A prostitute enters a brothel and establishes a rivalry faking love with the old owner.
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La Casa Que Arde de Noche
1982
El Bronco
5/3
Boxer fights his way up toward a world championship and faces ups and downs in his love life.
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El Bronco
1944
El camino de los gatos
5/4
Love story and family-melodrama set during the Mexican War Of Independence, 1860s.
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El camino de los gatos
1973
The Cubs
5/10
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.
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The Cubs
1973
The Prophet Mimi
6.3/7
Childhood trauma and religious repression causes little boy to grow up and murder
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The Prophet Mimi
1956
Angel Face
5/3
Mischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from divorcing.
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Angel Face
1972
Doña Macabra
5.4/9
The story of Armida (named ¨Doña Macabra¨ by her neighbors) and Demetria, two old women who live in an old house with Octavio, a kind of mad scientist...
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Doña Macabra
1981
The Great Victory
3.4/5
The adventures and misadventures the popular singer Rigo Tovar, his relationships, trips and unparalleled successes
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The Great Victory
2002
Corazones rotos
5.6/5
Many stories of families within an urban complex.
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Corazones rotos
2002
The Faces of the Moon
5.5/4
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The Faces of the Moon
1979
En la trampa
5.8/6
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En la trampa
1954
La infame
5.5/4
For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a norma...
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La infame
1943
No matarás
5.2/6
A mother stands by helplessly while a scandal involving marital infidelity, blackmail and murder takes shape around her daughter.
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No matarás
1956
La pequeña enemiga
5/2
Doctor-husband-father tries to juggle home life and mistress.
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La pequeña enemiga
1955
El plagiario
5/2
Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
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El plagiario
1955
La sospechosa
6.2/5
After a trip to Europe, Regina de Alba comes home and finds out her mother is nowhere to be found. When her step-father's criminal past becomes known,...
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La sospechosa
1957
Dos diablitos en apuros
5.7/3
Two kids embark on far-fetched desperate schemes to prevent their parents from divorcing.
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Dos diablitos en apuros
1969
Perverse Doll
6.6/14
A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.
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Perverse Doll
1958
El potro salvaje
5/3
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El potro salvaje
1953
Misericordia
6/5
Faded rich family has a housekeeper who struggles to keep them fed and comfortable after their fortune disappears; she also sacrifices herself on beha...
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Misericordia
1951
Monte de piedad
5/4
Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
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Monte de piedad
1951
Mujeres sin mañana
5.5/4
Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.
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Mujeres sin mañana
1984
Mamá, soy Paquito
8/21
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Mamá, soy Paquito
1977
Prisión de mujeres
5.2/9
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Prisión de mujeres
1976
Resigned for Reasons of Health
5.8/3
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Resigned for Reasons of Health
1983
The Hex
0/0
Horror tv movie from Mexico
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1946
Yo fui una usurpadora
5/4
Brilliant young doctor discovers his wife doesn't want to bear children, so he finds someone else to exxperience fatherhood with.
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1955
Estafa de amor
6/5
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1948
We the Poor
8.005/103
Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood. He pursues a romance with the pretty C...
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1951
¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
7.923/39
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1943
Ave sin nido
5/2
Husband, sterile wife, fertile mistress, daughter.
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1946
Crimen en la alcoba
5/4
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Crimen en la alcoba
1945
La señora de enfrente
5.3/3
Two travelers visiting a small town link up together and then run afoul of the gossip of church ladies.
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La señora de enfrente
1951
Entre abogados te veas
5.6/5
Crooked lawyer runs amok, making a mockery of the legal system.
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Entre abogados te veas
1972
The Crazy Virgins
5.6/5
Handsome young swindler throws himself into the clutches of three rich spinsters who live in their own little fantasy world on their crumbling estate.
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The Crazy Virgins
1953
Legítima defensa
5/5
Mr. X is convicted of killing Mr. Y and serves a jail sentence. After being released, he discovers that Mr. Y is still alive...
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Legítima defensa
1944
Caminito alegre
5/4
An elderly homeless man is welcomed into an Old Folks' Home and becomes acquainted with the dramas of several of his companions.
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Caminito alegre
1964
El río de las ánimas
5/6
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El río de las ánimas
1963
Las Troyanas
6/4
Adaptation of Euripides: lamentations of the women of Troy after their defeat in war.
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Las Troyanas
1968
Sor Ye-yé
4.9/15
Maria is a young orphan who lives with her wealthy aunt. Maria sings in a cocktail bar with his friends, who form a rock band, and enjoy the night wit...
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Sor Ye-yé
1951
Todos son mis hijos!...
6/4
Good son takes the blame for father's peculations and goes off to work in the rain forest to pay off Pops' debt. Meanwhile, daughter and bad son negle...
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1982
In the Storm
4.5/4
In the storm is a Mexican film of the year 1980 directed by Fernando Vallejo. The film is about the time of La Violencia in Colombia. Vallejo wanted t...
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In the Storm
1949
Secreto entre mujeres
5/4
A big ol' player has different stages of a thing happening with each of the five women in a household.
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Secreto entre mujeres
1951
Lodo y armiño
5/4
Wealthy libertine tries to seduce another man's mistress by threatening to send him to jail if she doesn't put out. Blowback from his sleazy behavior...
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Lodo y armiño
2000
The Magic Hour
4.6/7
Minerva, a middle age writer, decides to break the uncertainty that prevents her from creating the novel that for years she has nested in her mind. Un...
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The Magic Hour
1952
Sor Alegría
5/2
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Sor Alegría
1978
The Children of Sanchez
5.7/6
Hall Bartlett directs the rural drama The Children of Sanchez, based on the tome The Children of Sanchez: Autobiography of a Mexican Family written by...
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The Children of Sanchez
1969
Memories of the Future
4/6
A story where the Cristero Rebellion creates a story of love, passion, and betrayal. When the Federal Rosas and his lover arrive in a town, a local wo...
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Memories of the Future
1953
Reportaje
6.9/12
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Reportaje
1953
Cuatro horas antes de morir
5/2
The film tells the intense countdown of a man sentenced to death.
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Cuatro horas antes de morir
1949
Late Afternoon
6.2/5
A former farmhand now with money, wants to buy his former boss's farm and marry his daughter, but they refuse.
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Late Afternoon
1949
Cita con la muerte
5/2
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Cita con la muerte
1982
Burdel
4.8/4
(AKA: Ratero 2 or Cada quien su madre.) Innocent man forced to hide from the police, ends up taking refuge in a brothel.
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Burdel
1961
Los Jóvenes
6.6/7
A gang member is attracted to a beautiful young woman, but approaching her only causes problems that will be difficult to solve.
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Los Jóvenes
1953
Light in the High Plains
0/0
Luz en el páramo is a 1953 Venezuelan film directed by Víctor Urruchúa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.
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