Carmencita

Carmencita
Screencap from the short film Carmencita
Born	1868 (1868)
Died	1910 (1911) (aged 42)
Years active	1894 –

For the film of the same name see Carmencita (film).

Carmencita (claimed Seville, Spain as her brithplace) was a Spanish-style dancer in American pre-vaudeville variety and music-hall ballet.^[1] Today, she is noted for her role in an eponymous short documentary and by having her portrait painted by such notable artists as John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase and James Carroll Beckwith.^[2] According to film historian C. Musser, Carmencita was the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and may have been the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film she is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's in New York since February 1890.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1894	Carmencita	Herself	Sole performer

References

External links

Library of Congress
Carmencita at the Internet Movie Database
Carmencita at Google Video - Note that this also contains other footage

Persondata
Name	Carmencita
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1868
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