Carvajal was also adept as a film comedian, appearing in comic roles in Ay Monang (1939), Victory Joe (1946), and Principe Amante (1950).
In 1962, she would be nominated for a FAMAS Best Supporting Actress award for her role in El Filibusterismo, Gerardo de Leon's film version of Jose Rizal's second novel.
Thirty-two years earlier, Carvajal had appeared in a silent film version of Rizal's first novel, Noli Me Tangere.
[1] Carvajal maintained an active film career until nearly the end of her life, appearing in Mga Bilangong Birhen (1977).
Monang Carvajal's son Ernesto and grandson Maurice were film make-up artists who specialized in prosthetics.