Carmen Belen Richardson (born September 14, 1930 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) - comedian and actress. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... San Juan from space, July 1997 Nickname: The Walled City Motto: Official website: http://www. ...

Carmen Belen Richardson

Carmen was born in a poor neighborhood in Santurce, San Juan. Her parents felt that she had a special talent for acting at an early age and in 1939 when she was 9 years old they had her audition for a child's role in a radio soap opera on the WNEL Radio Station. The people at the station were so impressed with her that they hired her on the spot. She attended the Central High School of Santurce where she actively participated in her school plays. On one occasion when she was 14 years old, Juan Ramon Jimenez, the Spanish Nobel Prize winner, was present for one of her presentations. He was impressed by what he saw to the point that he offered to pay Carmen's university tuition. Image File history File links CBR.jpg Summary Image of Carmen Belen Richardson at public domain site of Puerto Rican Popular Culture at: www. ... Image File history File links CBR.jpg Summary Image of Carmen Belen Richardson at public domain site of Puerto Rican Popular Culture at: www. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ...

Carmen enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico where she studied Dramatic Arts. In 1954, after she graduated, Puerto Rican television pioneer and producer Tommy Muñiz, offered her a role in his new program "El Colegio de la Alegria" (The Happy School). She played the part of "Lirio Blanco", a funny little girl. Thus, Carmen became the first black Puerto Rican comedian in Puerto Rico's television industry. She was also to act as a comedian in other television shows such as "The Criada Malcriada" (The Silly Maid), "Hogar Dulce Hogar" (Home Sweet Home) and "Esto No Tiene Nombre" (This Doesn't have a Name). The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) is the university system of Puerto Rico. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tommy Muñiz (born approx. ...

During the 1970s, Carmen worked in the comedies: The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

• "Black Power" and
• "Ja,ja,ji, ji,jo,jo con Agrelot" alongside comedian Jose Miguel Agrelot.

During that decade there was a labor dispute between the Actors Union and Tommy Muñiz Productions, forcing Carmen to leave Tommy Muñiz. She then joined and worked for ASTRA Productions. José Miguel Agrelot — Don Cholito Date of birth April 21, 1927 Date of death January 28, 2004 (natural causes) Education University of Puerto Rico Bachelors degree in Arts. ...

A new opportunity presented itself when the local television stations started to produce soap operas. Among the soap operas in which she tookpart were:

• "Anaconda",
• "El Idolo" (The Idol),
• "Rojo Verano" (Red Summer) and
• "Marta Llorens".

In 1980, Carmen went to Mexico and there was hired by Mexican director Valentin Pimpstein, to workin soap operas there. During the three years that she spent in Mexico, she acted in: 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

• "El Maleficio",
• "Guadalupe",
• "Soledad",
• "Amalia Batista" and
• "El Hogar que yo Robe" (The House I Robbed).

Carmen returned to Puerto Rico and in 1985 went to work in local theater productions. She took part in "Cecilia Valdes", "Clemente (the musical)", "Cuando él es Guadalupe" (When he is Guadalupe), "Flor de Pesidio" (Prison Flower) and "Sirena" (Mermaid). This article is about the year. ...

The 1989 Festival of Art El Cemi in Perto Rico was dedicated to her in recognition of her 40 years in the world of entertainment. Carmen joined Producciones MECA, founded by actresses Camille Carrion and Angela Meyer. With this new company she actively participated in the following shows and soap operas, "Ellas al Mediodia", "Ave de Paso", "La Isla" (The Island) and "Yara Prohibida". 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Carmen Belen Richardson is currently retired from acting due to problems with her health, she was diagnosed with a physical disability known as fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia (FM or FMS) is a debilitating chronic syndrome (constellation of signs and symptoms) characterized by diffuse and or specific muscle, joint, or bone pain, fatigue, and a wide range of other symptoms. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans