Carmen Montejo

Carmen Montejo

Born: May 26, 1925
Died: February 25, 2013
in 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.

Movies for Carmen Montejo...

Title: Love Without Makeup
Character: Verónica Vda. de Velázquez
Released: September 17, 2007
Type: TV
Amor sin Maquillaje is a mini novela that was shown in 2007. It is a production of Rosy Ocampo, who also produced La Fea Mas Bella. The stars are Sergio Goyri and Marlene Favela; It was a tribute to the 50 years of telenovelas in Mexico.
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Title: Las Lunas del Auditorio
Character: Herself
Released: September 4, 2002
Type: TV
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The Faces of the Moon
Title: The Faces of the Moon
Character: Mariana Toscano
Released: May 17, 2002
Type: Movie
The Faces of the Moon is the story of five women from five different countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, USA and Spain), invited to Mexico City to be the jury of the Third Annual Latin American Women's Film Festival. In six vertiginous days these women share their past experiences, their ghosts and, their expectations. The group views and critiques the festival's film entries, and, in the process, the women reveal their personal, political and national histories.
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Corazones rotos
Title: Corazones rotos
Released: February 8, 2002
Type: Movie
Many stories of families within an urban complex.
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Title: Adventures in Time
Character: Margarita Rosales de Flores
Released: March 19, 2001
Type: TV
Violeta lives with her uncle because her mother died soon after she was born and she never knew her father, she stays with her grandmother from time to time as well. Violeta has a boyfriend named Ángel who gives her a pet dog. While at her grandmother's house, Violeta discovers a time machine that her grandfather built, so she and her friends travel to different time periods. They visit several important events in Mexican history, learning these stories firsthand.
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Mimí Derba
Title: Mimí Derba
Character: Self
Released: October 18, 2000
Type: Movie
Mimí Derba is a documentary about one of the pioneers in acting and film production in México. In 1917, along with photographer Enrique Rosas, she founded one of the first film production companies: Azteca Films. Alejandra Moya captures a brief glimpse into the first Mexican female director.
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The Magic Hour
Title: The Magic Hour
Released: October 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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. Unintentionally, she returns to the port where she was born and she encounters a past full of ghosts and chimeras. Paradoxically, she founds herself because of this journey back home, so she begins writing the story of her life, of her own childhood, with its magical past and tragedy.
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Title: Friends 4 Ever
Character: Doña Julia Ruvalcaba vda. de Vidal
Released: January 10, 2000
Type: TV
The story is set at a prestigious, but rigid and repressive school called Instituto Vidal. Its strict owner, Julia Vidal, was once kind but has now turned into a bitter woman following the death of her husband and her daughter, Lauriel. Her granddaughter, Ana, a very sweet and intelligent 10 year old, also has been affected by the death: She has been rendered virtually speechless by the trauma, though she expresses herself through music and possesses an extraordinary ability to move objects with her mind. Ana's unscrupulous father, Francisco Capistrán, however, has taken advantage of the situation to try to steal Julia's school. The timely arrival of Ana's uncle, Salvador, Amanda and her adopted son changes everything. Ana’s sad and lonely life takes an unexpected turn for the better and she regains her joy in a series of adventures bursting with humor, excitement, music and thrilling surprises.
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Title: Sigo Te Amando
Character: Paula Garza Vda. de Torres-Quintero
Released: November 18, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Mágica juventud
Character: Leonor Jiménez Vda. de Retana/Pepita
Released: November 30, 1992
Type: TV
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Title: Den of Wolves
Character: Esperanza Mandujano
Released: October 13, 1986
Type: TV
Cuna de lobos is a Mexican soap opera produced by Televisa and broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas in 1986 to 1987. The serial, about the struggle for power within a wealthy Mexican dynasty, was enormously popular in its native Mexico. It was also a hit in several foreign countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia. The soap opera starring antagonistically María Rubio as the main villain interpreting the evil "Catalina Creel", with Gonzalo Vega, Diana Bracho, Alejandro Camacho and Rebecca Jones.
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Title: El Engaño
Character: Selene
Released: March 21, 1986
Type: TV
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La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Title: La Casa Que Arde de Noche
Character: Celia
Released: June 28, 1985
Type: Movie
A prostitute enters a brothel and establishes a rivalry faking love with the old owner.
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Title: Juana Iris
Character: María Luisa
Released: April 22, 1985
Type: TV
Juana Iris is a Mexican telenovela from 1985, starring Victoria Ruffo and Valentín Trujillo.
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Mamá, soy Paquito
Title: Mamá, soy Paquito
Character: Mrs. Falcon
Released: April 21, 1984
Type: Movie
Paquito lives with his mother in poverty. When she dies, he looks for his father's love, who is a very wealthy man.
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The Death of a Stallion
Title: The Death of a Stallion
Released: November 10, 1983
Type: Movie
When a dedicated jockey finds that the local politicians are not to be trusted and begins to feel his romance with a beautiful woman slowly slipping away, his last-ditch effort to risk it all for his trusted horse Palomo shows that sometimes animals are truly man's best friend.
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The Hex
Title: The Hex
Character: Emilia
Released: September 30, 1983
Type: Movie
Horror tv movie from Mexico
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Burdel
Title: Burdel
Character: Madre de Juan
Released: September 3, 1982
Type: Movie
(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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In the Storm
Title: In the Storm
Character: Doña Toña
Released: April 1, 1982
Type: Movie
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 to make the film in Colombia, however he found numerous obstacles to film it in the country so he decided to do it in Mexico with Mexican actors and recreating the Colombian landscapes in that country.
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El Bronco
Title: El Bronco
Released: February 10, 1982
Type: Movie
Boxer fights his way up toward a world championship and faces ups and downs in his love life.
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The Great Victory
Title: The Great Victory
Released: June 10, 1981
Type: Movie
The adventures and misadventures the popular singer Rigo Tovar, his relationships, trips and unparalleled successes
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Corrupción oficial
Title: Corrupción oficial
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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En la trampa
Title: En la trampa
Character: Laura
Released: March 8, 1979
Type: Movie
Oscar Cardenas is a free young man who dreams of being a racer. One day he is trapped by Isabel Salas, a young secretary, who while finds a husband, she is sleeping with her boss. Oscar and Isabel end at the altar. From that moment Oscar, is falling into the traps that the 'society' puts over him...
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The Children of Sanchez
Title: The Children of Sanchez
Character: Aunt Guadalupe
Released: June 16, 1978
Type: Movie
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 Oscar Lewis in the '60s. Anthony Quinn stars as the widowed Jesus Sanchez, a poor farmer struggling to provide for his family in Mexico City. Also starring Lupita Ferrer as Consuelo and Stathis Giallelis as Roberto. This is the last film in the 50-year career of international star Dolores del Rio, who plays the Grandma. Jazz-pop performer Chuck Mangione was nominated for a Golden Globe and won a Grammy award for his original musical score.
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Prisión de mujeres
Title: Prisión de mujeres
Character: Marta/ La Macabra
Released: September 15, 1977
Type: Movie
'Prisión de Mujeres' is a film by Fernando A. Rivero that narrates a harsh reality: the strength of women in a prison, how they lose their dignity and do not stop for anything.
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Resigned for Reasons of Health
Title: Resigned for Reasons of Health
Character: María
Released: September 2, 1976
Type: Movie
A mid-level government bureaucrat is forced to think hard about his ideas on governmental corruption and his own integrity.
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El Rey
Title: El Rey
Released: June 10, 1976
Type: Movie
Mexican Revolution era: a guerilla faction kidnaps two members of a governing family to negotiate a ransom.
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Coronation
Title: Coronation
Character: Doña Elisa - Abuela
Released: June 3, 1976
Type: Movie
The traumatic story of an old bourgueoise in Mexico City, his relationship with his crazy grandmother, his sexually troubled past and his sick crush on the young and beautiful maid of the house.
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Title: Paloma
Character: Gloria Nava
Released: April 29, 1975
Type: TV
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Omen
Title: Omen
Character: Doña Agueda
Released: February 13, 1975
Type: Movie
While attending the birth of Isabel, the wife of foreigner Felipe, Mama Santos predicts that "something terrible is going to happen in the town." From this omen, calamities will torment the locals.
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The Prophet Mimi
Title: The Prophet Mimi
Character: Magdalena, prostituta vecina
Released: December 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Childhood trauma and religious repression causes little boy to grow up and murder .
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The Cubs
Title: The Cubs
Character: Mrs. Cuéllar
Released: May 10, 1973
Type: Movie
After having his genitals brutally mutilated during childhood, a man must face prejudice and himself.
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Magdalena’s True Vocation
Title: Magdalena’s True Vocation
Character: Zoyla
Released: November 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Sex and middle class are the main topics in "La verdadera vocación de Magdalena". Hermosillo shows marriage as a matter of interests (economical and social) in the modern society. emphasizing the education, lose of tradition and customs in the gap generation of sixties youth and its parents. Angelica María, plays the best character in his career, being a kind and vulnerable girl raised in a hard moral education
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Doña Macabra
Title: Doña Macabra
Character: Demetria
Released: September 30, 1972
Type: Movie
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. Their lives take an unexpected turn when the nephew of Armida, Lucila, recently married with Othón, arrive to the house looking for and old treasure, believed to be buried in the house. They will find a lot of dark and unexpected secrets.
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The Crazy Virgins
Title: The Crazy Virgins
Character: Elena Guardiola
Released: May 31, 1972
Type: Movie
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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They Call Him Marcado
Title: They Call Him Marcado
Character: Remedios
Released: December 25, 1971
Type: Movie
The Kid is a vicious psychopath given to laughing a lot, an actor manqué who leads a gang of looters and rapists, and is incestuous with his father to boot. The town’s resident Mater Dolorosa, madam of the brothel, hires her lover Marcado to kill the Kid, who is of course her son.
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Perverse Doll
Title: Perverse Doll
Character: Tía Jenny
Released: December 26, 1969
Type: Movie
A troubled woman commits a series of murders that exposes some dark family secrets.
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Memories of the Future
Title: Memories of the Future
Released: June 25, 1969
Type: Movie
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 woman feels strangely attracted to him. The woman will surrender under the pretext that the population is liberated when in reality she wants to consummate the passion that ignites her.
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Adventures of Juliancito
Title: Adventures of Juliancito
Character: Tía Claudia
Released: April 12, 1969
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the adventures of Tom Sawyer, played by actor Juliancito Bravo.
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Sor Ye-yé
Title: Sor Ye-yé
Character: Madre superiora
Released: March 9, 1968
Type: Movie
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 with them. One of his friends, Ernesto, is in love with her, though she does not seem to feel the same about him. In fact, multiple existential doubts and feel a strange emptiness in his life suddenly drive to enter a convent as a novice, breaking Ernestos' heart. However, with her cheerlul character, open and rebellious, not appear to conform to life in the cloister, and especially have problems with the novices director , who often punished for trying to take the right path. In the convent, which also functions as children's hospital, she meets a doctor with which it takes quite right for the contrast between his two characters, but his way with love and mutual respect.
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The Adolescents
Title: The Adolescents
Released: February 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967
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La recta final
Title: La recta final
Character: Martha Maretti
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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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El río de las ánimas
Title: El río de las ánimas
Released: February 13, 1964
Type: Movie
Traveling lawman comes to town and schools the residents in collective farming practices. There's also a bad guy with a lot of money who's cut off the water supply to the area's farmers, and the soul of a murder victim that manifests as a flying fireball.
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Las Troyanas
Title: Las Troyanas
Released: July 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Euripides: lamentations of the women of Troy after their defeat in war.
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Los Jóvenes
Title: Los Jóvenes
Character: Rosa, Madre de Alicia
Released: September 28, 1961
Type: Movie
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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El potro salvaje
Title: El potro salvaje
Released: March 31, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Vampire
Title: The Vampire
Character: Eloisa
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: Movie
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 disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next-door neighbor may be involved.
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Dos diablitos en apuros
Title: Dos diablitos en apuros
Released: January 17, 1957
Type: Movie
Two kids embark on far-fetched desperate schemes to prevent their parents from divorcing.
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La pequeña enemiga
Title: La pequeña enemiga
Released: May 10, 1956
Type: Movie
Doctor-husband-father tries to juggle home life and mistress.
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Angel Face
Title: Angel Face
Released: March 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Mischievous little girl pulls a variety of pranks for the purpose of preventing her parents from divorcing.
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Estafa de amor
Title: Estafa de amor
Released: June 29, 1955
Type: Movie
Bad woman plays three men off each other while enjoying the attentions of all three; a great many lives are disrupted as a result of her wickedness.
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La sospechosa
Title: La sospechosa
Character: Señora Adela Perez
Released: June 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Young woman returns home from her travels and discovers that her mother's new husband is up to no good.
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El plagiario
Title: El plagiario
Released: April 28, 1955
Type: Movie
Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
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La infame
Title: La infame
Character: Luisa Barrios de Benet
Released: January 21, 1954
Type: Movie
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 normal child.
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Reportaje
Title: Reportaje
Character: Feminist Nurse
Released: November 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Legítima defensa
Title: Legítima defensa
Released: March 24, 1953
Type: Movie
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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Misericordia
Title: Misericordia
Released: March 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Faded rich family has a housekeeper who struggles to keep them fed and comfortable after their fortune disappears; she also sacrifices herself on behalf of sick and disabled friends. Is there no end to her nobility of spirit?
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Remember to Live
Title: Remember to Live
Character: Leonora
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
In Guanajuato, a piano teacher delays her marriage to an engineer not to let her younger sisters alone. As he is love with her voice, he is mistaken for a sister whom he marries. The teacher then goes to the capital. There she becomes part of a family of young students, who believe she is the mistress of his father, so she suffers the scorn and reproach. Over the years the parents die and she renounces to the inheritance they leave her.
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Cuatro horas antes de morir
Title: Cuatro horas antes de morir
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
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Sor Alegría
Title: Sor Alegría
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
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¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Title: ¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?
Character: Yolanda
Released: December 20, 1951
Type: Movie
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
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Lodo y armiño
Title: Lodo y armiño
Released: November 30, 1951
Type: Movie
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 affects five other people; everybody suffers. Enormously.
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Engagement ring
Title: Engagement ring
Released: November 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Newlyweds struggle with career issues and poverty.
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Mujeres sin mañana
Title: Mujeres sin mañana
Character: Marta
Released: September 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Loosely-plotted melodrama about five "hostesses" and the owners of a waterfront nightclub.
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Monte de piedad
Title: Monte de piedad
Character: María Franco Ruiz
Released: August 1, 1951
Type: Movie
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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In the Palm of Your Hand
Title: In the Palm of Your Hand
Character: Clara Stein
Released: June 21, 1951
Type: Movie
A con artist seduces the widow of a millionaire, only to learn she'd plotted with her lover to murder the late husband. A tense game of cat-and-mouse ensues—but who's the cat?
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Todos son mis hijos!...
Title: Todos son mis hijos!...
Released: March 23, 1951
Type: Movie
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 neglect their aging parents, whose fortunes decline precipitously.
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Entre abogados te veas
Title: Entre abogados te veas
Released: March 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Crooked lawyer runs amok, making a mockery of the legal system.
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Late Afternoon
Title: Late Afternoon
Character: Lucia
Released: August 5, 1949
Type: Movie
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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Cita con la muerte
Title: Cita con la muerte
Released: June 22, 1949
Type: Movie
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Bamba
Title: Bamba
Character: Tirsa Mendieta
Released: June 2, 1949
Type: Movie
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Secreto entre mujeres
Title: Secreto entre mujeres
Released: April 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A big ol' player has different stages of a thing happening with each of the five women in a household.
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We the Poor
Title: We the Poor
Character: Yolanda la Tísica
Released: March 25, 1948
Type: Movie
A poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Carpenter Pepe el Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita while woos the pretty Celia, but tragedy knocks his door when he is falsely accused of having perpetrated a felony.
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A media luz
Title: A media luz
Character: Susana
Released: January 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson.
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Yo fui una usurpadora
Title: Yo fui una usurpadora
Released: October 23, 1946
Type: Movie
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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Crimen en la alcoba
Title: Crimen en la alcoba
Character: Martha
Released: October 16, 1946
Type: Movie
A man's on trial for murder; a friend who could prove his innocence chooses not to come forward. An interested detective starts working to discover the how-come of all of that.
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La señora de enfrente
Title: La señora de enfrente
Released: September 21, 1945
Type: Movie
Two travelers visiting a small town link up together and then run afoul of the gossip of church ladies.
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Entre hermanos
Title: Entre hermanos
Character: Pilar
Released: May 18, 1945
Type: Movie
Mexican movie
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El camino de los gatos
Title: El camino de los gatos
Released: November 26, 1944
Type: Movie
Love story and family-melodrama set during the Mexican War Of Independence, 1860s.
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Caminito alegre
Title: Caminito alegre
Released: February 17, 1944
Type: Movie
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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No matarás
Title: No matarás
Released: August 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A mother stands by helplessly while a scandal involving marital infidelity, blackmail and murder takes shape around her daughter.
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Ave sin nido
Title: Ave sin nido
Released: August 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Husband, sterile wife, fertile mistress, daughter.