Camille Carrion (born March 30, 1946) is a Puerto Rican actress and
radio personality.Ms. Carrión resides in Puerto Rico where she is
also a certified Chopra Center instructor, mainly teaching courses in
Primordial Sound Meditation, Perfect Health and yoga.Camille Carrión
was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She formally began her
artistic career as a teenager, together with Raúl Juliá, Lotti
Cordero, Johanna Rosaly, José Gilberto Molinari, Roy Brown and Paul
Stevens, among others. She joined the theatrical group Teatro Musical,
directed by Robert Cox. During this initial stage of her career, she
participated in various productions that were presented at the Tapia
Theater in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, most of them, well known
Broadway Musicals: “Bye, Bye, Birdie†, by Adams & Strouse (1962);
“Fiorello†, by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick (1967); “Little Mary
Sunshine†, by Rick Besoyan (1965); “Time Remembered†, by Jean
Anouilh (1967), among others. After her high school graduation, from
Saint John's School, in Puerto Rico, she entered the Boston
Conservatory of Music, Drama & Dance, to study Musical Theatre. She
remained there for only two years because when she returned to Puerto
Rico for her Summer vacation after her sophomore year, producers
Manuel «MaÃto» Fernández Cortines and Paul Stevens offered her the
role of “Maria†in “The Sound of Music†by Rodgers and
Hammerstein, directed by Pablo Cabrera at the Tapia Theater from
September 7 to October 2 in 1966. The musical was such a huge success
and lasted so long that she was unable to return to Boston.Meanwhile,
news of her success as «Maria von Trapp» had reached Spain, and,
after having starred in various successful “soap operas†in Puerto
Rico, (“Cuando la rival es una hija†,with Ofelia D’Acosta and
Axel Anderson and “MelodÃa Otoñal†with Esteban de Pablos
onTelemundo / Chanel 2), she was recruited to star with Alfredo Mayo,
MarÃa Jesús Aguirre, Elder Barber and Josefina de la Torre in the
Spanish premiere of Sound of Music (called “Sonrisas y lágrimasâ€
in Spain), which was presented at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, in
Madrid, opening on September 25, 1968, and running for 6 months.
During her stay in Spain she married Catalan photographer and
director, Gabriel Suau.
radio personality.Ms. Carrión resides in Puerto Rico where she is
also a certified Chopra Center instructor, mainly teaching courses in
Primordial Sound Meditation, Perfect Health and yoga.Camille Carrión
was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She formally began her
artistic career as a teenager, together with Raúl Juliá, Lotti
Cordero, Johanna Rosaly, José Gilberto Molinari, Roy Brown and Paul
Stevens, among others. She joined the theatrical group Teatro Musical,
directed by Robert Cox. During this initial stage of her career, she
participated in various productions that were presented at the Tapia
Theater in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, most of them, well known
Broadway Musicals: “Bye, Bye, Birdie†, by Adams & Strouse (1962);
“Fiorello†, by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick (1967); “Little Mary
Sunshine†, by Rick Besoyan (1965); “Time Remembered†, by Jean
Anouilh (1967), among others. After her high school graduation, from
Saint John's School, in Puerto Rico, she entered the Boston
Conservatory of Music, Drama & Dance, to study Musical Theatre. She
remained there for only two years because when she returned to Puerto
Rico for her Summer vacation after her sophomore year, producers
Manuel «MaÃto» Fernández Cortines and Paul Stevens offered her the
role of “Maria†in “The Sound of Music†by Rodgers and
Hammerstein, directed by Pablo Cabrera at the Tapia Theater from
September 7 to October 2 in 1966. The musical was such a huge success
and lasted so long that she was unable to return to Boston.Meanwhile,
news of her success as «Maria von Trapp» had reached Spain, and,
after having starred in various successful “soap operas†in Puerto
Rico, (“Cuando la rival es una hija†,with Ofelia D’Acosta and
Axel Anderson and “MelodÃa Otoñal†with Esteban de Pablos
onTelemundo / Chanel 2), she was recruited to star with Alfredo Mayo,
MarÃa Jesús Aguirre, Elder Barber and Josefina de la Torre in the
Spanish premiere of Sound of Music (called “Sonrisas y lágrimasâ€
in Spain), which was presented at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, in
Madrid, opening on September 25, 1968, and running for 6 months.
During her stay in Spain she married Catalan photographer and
director, Gabriel Suau.
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