Carmen Zapata

Hollywood Stars : Carmen Margarita Zapata

Carmen Zapata, Carmen Margarita Zapata (born July 15, 1927) is an American actress. Zapata was born in New York City to a Mexican father and an Argentine mother. She has been in over one hundred movies and shows, including Batman: The Animated Series, Married... with Children, Sister Act, and she was Carmen Castillo in Santa Barbara. One of her longest-running roles was on the bilingual childrens program Villa Alegre, where for nine years she played lead character DoГ±a Luz.In 1972, Zapata co-founded the Screen Actors Guild Ethnic Minority Committee with actors Ricardo Montalban, Edith Diaz and Henry Darrow. The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts (BFA) was founded in 1973 by three prominent personalities in the world of theater: Mexican-American actress Carmen Zapata, Cuban-born actress, playwright, and director Margarita Galban, and Argentinean-born, award-winning set designer Estela Scarlata.She was featured in the song Te quiero puta! by german metal band Rammstein in their album Rosenrot, the song is sung only in spanish with the male vocals being Till Lindemann and the female vocals being Carmen Zapata[edit] References^ The Sacramento Bee, PLAYING AGAINST TYPE LONG CAST IN STEREOTYPICAL MEXICAN ROLES, CARMEN ZAPATA HAS FOUND A PART THAT FILLS HER SOUL IN STCS DRIVING MISS DAISY(September 11, 1990, Page E1); She had been christened so in New York City daughter of a Mexican father and an Argentine mother^ Lowe Kilmer. Celebrities (column), Watertown Daily Times (New York), October 7, 2003, Lifestyles & Leisure section, page B2.^ Matt S. Meier, Conchita Franco Serri, and Richard A. Garcia. Notable Latino Americans: A Biographical Dictionary, Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 1997, page 410: Most important, in her role of DoГ±a Luz she was, for nine years, the heart and soul of the Public Broadcasting Systems bilingual program, Villa Alegre.^ Actress Edith Diaz dies at 70; Credits include Sister Act films and CBS Popi sitcom. Hollywood Reporter. 2010-02-08. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ib96053a9e47796d757c159ec4834e12a. Retrieved 2010-03-18. [dead link][edit] External linksCarmen Zapata at the Internet Movie DatabasePersondataNameZapata, CarmenAlternative namesZapata, Carmen MargaritaShort descriptionActorDate of birth1927-7-15Place of birthNew York CityDate of deathPlace of deathThis article about a United States singer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v В· d В· eThis article about a United States film and television actor or actress born in the 1920s is a stub. 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