Carmen Bunster (6 January 1918 â€" 23 April 2012) was a Chilean film
and theatre actress.From 1950 to 1973, Carmen Bunster participated
actively in the theater company of the University of Chile, working
alongside other performers such as Mario Lorca, Carmen Barros, MarÃa
Cánepa [es], Bélgica Castro, Kerry Keller and Diana Sanz, among
others. In 1972, Bunster collaborated with Isabel Parra and
Inti-Illimani for the studio album Canto para una semilla [es], with
cantatas written by Luis Advis and based on texts by Violeta Parra.
One of Bunster's most famous performances was her role in a 1956
production of Germán Luco Cruchaga's 1928 play La viuda de Apablaza,
which tells the story of a young widower who falls in love with one of
her late husband's farm workers.In the wake of the 1973 Chilean coup
d'état, Bunster fled Chile in 1974 and would never return. She would
continue her career as an actress even as she lived in multiple
different countries. The most notable of these was the Academy Awards
nominated Alsino and the Condor, directed by Miguel LittÃn. She
finally settled in Costa Rica, where she was recognized on 16 December
2003 with the Union of Independent Theaters's Prize. She would reside
in Costa Rica until her death on 23 April 2012 of natural causes.
and theatre actress.From 1950 to 1973, Carmen Bunster participated
actively in the theater company of the University of Chile, working
alongside other performers such as Mario Lorca, Carmen Barros, MarÃa
Cánepa [es], Bélgica Castro, Kerry Keller and Diana Sanz, among
others. In 1972, Bunster collaborated with Isabel Parra and
Inti-Illimani for the studio album Canto para una semilla [es], with
cantatas written by Luis Advis and based on texts by Violeta Parra.
One of Bunster's most famous performances was her role in a 1956
production of Germán Luco Cruchaga's 1928 play La viuda de Apablaza,
which tells the story of a young widower who falls in love with one of
her late husband's farm workers.In the wake of the 1973 Chilean coup
d'état, Bunster fled Chile in 1974 and would never return. She would
continue her career as an actress even as she lived in multiple
different countries. The most notable of these was the Academy Awards
nominated Alsino and the Condor, directed by Miguel LittÃn. She
finally settled in Costa Rica, where she was recognized on 16 December
2003 with the Union of Independent Theaters's Prize. She would reside
in Costa Rica until her death on 23 April 2012 of natural causes.
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