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Activity Actress
Real name María Teresa Sánchez González
Nationality Indefinite
Birth May 26, 1925 (Pinar del Río – Cuba)
Death February 25, 2013
BIOGRAPHY
The actress, writer and director, María Teresa Sánchez González, better known as Carmen Montejo, was born in Pinar del Río , Cuba, on May 26 , 1925. She began her career as a child on Cuban radio, in a program called Abuelita Cata. She was called the “Sanchez Doll” because of her curls. She entered the University of Havana in 1939 to study dramatic art.
After completing her studies, her parents offered her a trip to the United States, but she preferred to exchange it for a two-month visit to Mexico. In 1942 she arrived in Mexico, accompanied by her mother and her older brother. She quickly joined the cast of the radio soap opera El Diario de Susana Galván and in 1943 she debuted on the big screen with the film Resurrección (1943). That same year, director Chano Urueta offered her a character in his film No Mataras (1943), and suggested she adopt a stage name “Carmen” and “Montejo” after the name of the hotel where she had stayed upon her arrival. she.
In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the palm of your hand (1951), Women without tomorrow (1951), What has that woman given you? (1951), Remember to Live (1953), Love Scam (1955) and The Vampire (1957) among many others. She worked alongside great figures from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema such as Pedro Infante, Blanca Estela Pavón, Katy Jurado, Miguel Inclán, Delia Magaña, Andrea Palma, Rebeca Iturbide, Wolf Ruvinskis, Miroslava and Rosario Granados among many others.
At the end of the 50s he began to get involved in many theater and television projects, participating in soap operas such as El maleficio (1983) , Cuna de Lobos (1986) , Te seguir amando (1996) , Aventuras en el tiempo (2001) , Amor without makeup (2007) and In the name of love (2008). She died on February 25, 2013, at age 87, in Mexico City, Mexico.
