- Carmencita
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name = Carmencita
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caption = Screencap from the short film "Carmencita"
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yearsactive = 1894 –
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notable role = Carmencita
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tonyawards =:"For the film of the same name see
Carmencita (film) ."Carmencita (born in
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania ) was an American dancer noted for her role in an eponymous short documentary and by having her portrait painted by such notable artists asJohn Singer Sargent ,William Merritt Chase andJames Beckworth [ [http://www.jssgallery.org/Paintings/La_Carmencita.htm John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery] ] . According to film historianC. Musser , Carmencita was the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and may have been the first woman to appear on motion picture within the United States. In the film she is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's inNew York since February1890 . [cite web |url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(@field(NUMBER+@band(edmp+4019))+@field(COLLID+edison)) |title=Library of Congress American Memory |accessdate=2007-03-10 |format= HTML ]Filmography
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External links
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4019 Library of Congress]
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* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6020302018400450975 "Carmencita"] at Google Video - Note that this also contains other footage
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