Carmen Barros

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barros and the second or maternal family name is Alfonso.
Carmen Barros
Barros in 2016
Born
Carmen Aída Barros Alfonso

(1925-01-07)7 January 1925
Santiago, Chile
Died21 December 2023(2023-12-21) (aged 98)
Other namesMarianela
Occupation(s)Actress, singer, professor, theater director
SpouseJaime Amunátegui Silva
Children
  • Jaime Amunátegui Barros
  • Loreto Amunátegui Barros
FatherCristián Barros Ortiz
Awards

Carmen Aída Barros Alfonso (7 January 1925 – 21 December 2023) was a Chilean actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera.[1] In addition, she was a professor of acting perception, diction, and vocal projection, and a theater and opera director. She was known for being the first to portray the character Carmela in the Isidora Aguirre play La pérgola de las flores [es] in 1960.[2]

  1. ^ "Oral history interview with Carmen Barros". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ Cerda G., Enrique (1989). El Teatro de Titeres en la Educacion (in Spanish). Andrés Bello. p. 52. ISBN 9789561312142. Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via Google Books.