Awilda "Wiwi" Carbia was a Puerto Rican actress, comedian, and impersonator.
16 Facts About Awilda Carbia
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In 1971, making a short turnabout in her career as a comedian, Awilda Carbia became the leading lady of the soap opera telenovela broadcast by WAPA-TV El Silencio Nos Condena, opposite Cuban leading man Eliseo Pereira.
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Later Awilda Carbia moved to Telemundo and became the leading lady of her own television show inside the legendary music and comedy series that aired for 40 consecutive years, El Show de las 12,.
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Awilda Carbia was featured in two comedy series: La Encubierta Descubierta and Awilda lo Divierte, as well as being a member of the comedy cast for El Show de Chucho.
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Awilda Carbia starred opposite Juan Manuel Lebron, Benito Mateo and Rosita Velazquez in the hit Sunday prime-time TV sitcom En Casa de Juanma y Wiwi.
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Awilda Carbia starred in the celebrated Puerto Rican Spanish-language production of 40 Carats, co-starring her own daughter Myraida Chavez.
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Awilda Carbia starred in a new concept series of a one-woman comedy act, titled Desconcierto.
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Awilda Carbia impersonated Puerto Rican celebrities such as Myrta Silva, Carmita Jimenez, Lucecita Benitez, Yolandita Monge, and Nydia Caro, among many others.
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Later, Awilda Carbia accepted an offer from actress and producer Lucy Boscana, to perform opposite her in a leading role in a dramatic television mini-series.
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On stage, Awilda Carbia has performed as the leading lady in many "zarzuelas", comedies and musicals.
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Awilda Carbia joined her daughter Myraida Chavez in an original theater production staged throughout various locations around the island, called Dos Mujeres de mi Tierra, acknowledging the poetry of Julia de Burgos and the music of Sylvia Rexach.
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Al derecho y al reves, Salvemos los delfines, Cosas de papi y mami, Teatruras de gala, Morisquetas, and Nacionalmente correcta were among the theater productions in which Awilda Carbia performed as the leading lady.
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Awilda Carbia portrayed Helen Keller onstage in a dramatic stage production at the Raul Julia Theater in Santurce.
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Awilda Carbia made a guest appearance on the daily television talk show Contigo broadcast by Tu Universo Television, WIPR-TV, where the leading host was her daughter, Myraida Chaves, actress, producer and television host, and director of the Centro de Bellas Artes de Caguas.
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Awilda Carbia, who was ill, was accompanied by all her children, as well as celebrities such as astrologer Walter Mercado.
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Awilda Carbia died on March 22,2009, aged 71, of pneumonia at Presbyterian Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico.