Carmen Barros

Carmen Barros
Barros in 2016
Born
Carmen Aída Barros Alfonso

(1925-01-07)7 January 1925
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. 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 in 1960.