Carmela Corren (; ; – ) was an
Israeli singer and actress.
Career
Corren was born ''Bizman'' in
Tel Aviv
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,
Mandatory Palestine
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After ...
, on 13 February 1938. She dreamed of being a dancer, but switched to singing in the wake of an injury. American television producer
Ed Sullivan
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discovered her in 1956 during a work venture in
Jerusalem
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. Corren,
just out of military service, was persuaded to come to
New York
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to appear on his show. She later toured
South Africa
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with
Cliff Richard
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and sang in
English
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clubs.
Later, she starred in several films and television productions. With the beginning of the 1960s, Corren became well-known in
Germany
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, as well as in
Switzerland
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and
Austria
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. She first signed to the
Ariola label, then changed in 1966 to Vogue, and again in 1968 to
Decca
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. In 1963, she represented Austria in the
Eurovision Song Contest
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with her song ''
Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder'' (), where she finished seventh.
Family
From 1966 to 1970, Corren was married to music producer Horst Wilhelm Geiger, with whom she had a daughter and a son. The family lived in
Munich
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, Germany, for several years. After retiring, she moved to the
United States
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, where she settled down in
Florida
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. She died on 15 January 2022, at the age of 83, in
Hollywood, Florida
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.
Carmela Geiger England Obituary
Echovita.com; accessed 25 January 2022.
Selected discography
* ''Sei nicht traurig, geliebte Mama (You're Not Losing A Daughter, Mama)'' (1961)
* ''Eine Rose aus Santa Monica'' (1962)
* ''Wann kommt der Tag'' (1962)
* '' Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder'' (1963) (''Maybe A Miracle Will Happen'')
* ''Wer in deine Augen sieht'' (1963)
* ''Rosen haben Dornen'' (1963)
* ''Einmal reicht uns das Glück seine Hände (1963)
* ''Abschiednehmen tut so weh'' (1965)
* ''Verzeih mir'' (1966)
* ''Die Liebe fängt mit Träumen an'' (1966)
* ''Alles war ein Traum'' (''Même si tu revenais'') (1967)
* '' Heiß wie die Sonne'' (''Hot like the sun'') (1968)
* ''Tipot Hageshem טיפות הגשם'' (''Raindrops''; Hebrew covers of Burt Bacharach
Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Start ...
)
* ''Never, never, never'' (1979)
Selected filmography
* ''Drei Liebesbriefe aus Tirol'' (1962)His Best Friend (1962 film)
''His Best Friend'' () is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Luis Trenker and starring Toni Sailer, Dietmar Schönherr and Hilti von Allmen.Elsaesser & Wedel p.235
Cast
* Toni Sailer as Peter Haller
* Dietmar Schönherr as Marius Melichar
...
'' (1962)
* ''Don't Fool with Me
''Don't Fool with Me'' (German: ''Sing, aber spiel nicht mit mir'') is a 1963 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Kurt Nachmann and starring Adrian Hoven, Wera Frydtberg and Paul Hörbiger.Von Dassanowsky p.186
It was shot at the Sievering S ...
'' (1963)
References
External links
Homepage of Carmela Corren (German)
Austrian Song Contest Fanclub (German)
IMDB profile (English)
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1938 births
2022 deaths
20th-century Israeli women singers
Israeli emigrants to the United States
Musicians from Tel Aviv
Israeli Jews
Eurovision Song Contest entrants