Carmen 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 children's program Villa Alegre, where for nine years she played lead character 'Doña Luz.' In 1972, Zapata co-founded the Screen Actors Guild Ethnic Minority Committee with actors Ricardo Montalban, Edith Diaz and Henry Darrow. Additionally, she founded The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts (BFA) was founded in 1973 with Cuban-born actress, playwright, and director Margarita Galban, and Argentine-born, award-winning set designer Estela Scarlata. Her Lorca traslations are some of the most celebrated.Perform Carmen Zapata
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Blood Wedding (Dewell/Zapata, trans.)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Play, DramaBlood Wedding (Dewell/Zapata, trans.)
Michael Dewell , Carmen Zapata , Federico García Lorca
Full-Length Play, Drama / 9w, 9m
This emotional and poetic tragedy, from the author of The House of Bernarda Alba, concerns a rural Spanish community, a bloody family rivalry, and a passionate love triangle.
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The House of Bernarda Alba (Dewell/Zapata, trans.)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Play, DramaThe House of Bernarda Alba (Dewell/Zapata, trans.)
Michael Dewell , Carmen Zapata , Federico García Lorca
Full-Length Play, Drama
The greatest of modern Spanish tragedies is realistic and lyrical. Bernarda is a stern matriarch obsessed with family honor. Just widowed, she announces to her five daughters that they will enter a traditional 8 year period of cloistered mourning. Each daughter desires love but with the doors clampe…