Awilda Carbia
| Awilda Carbia | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 30, 1938 |
| Origin |
 San Juan, Puerto Rico
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| Died | March 23, 2009 (aged 71) |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian, impersonator, television personality |
| Instruments | Voice and facial gestures |
| Years active | 1940s–2009 |
Awilda "Wiwi" Carbia (January 30, 1938 – March 23, 2009) was an actress, comedian, and impersonator.
Awilda Carbia started her acting career at age seven, and later in her acting career, in the 1970s, hosted a children's television show, Estrella Galaxia (Galaxy Star), broadcast by WAPA-TV. Later, she abandoned the show, and her daughter, Puerto Rican television host Mirayda Chaves, took over, playing "Estrellita Galaxia" (Little Galaxy Star).
During the 1960s, Carbia performed as a comedian in several television shows, such as Rendezvous Nocturno, produced by Cuban television producer Tony Chiroldes, and El Show del Mediodía (The Mid-day Show), produced by Puerto Rican producer Tommy Muñiz. Later, she became part of the cast of television sitcoms in WAPA-TV in Puerto Rico, such as Ja, ja, ji, ji, jo, jo, (Ha, ha, he, he, ho, ho), with Puerto Rican comedian José Miguel Agrelot, "Don Cholito".
In 1971, making a short turnabout in her career as a comedian, Carbia became the leading lady of the soap opera telenovela broadcast by WAPA-TV El Silencio Nos Condena (Our Silence Condemns Us), opposite Cuban leading man Eliseo Pereira. As the 1970s came about, there was an actors' strike in WAPA-TV, and the whole cast of comedians of Tommy Muñiz Productions, to which Awilda belonged, created a new company, called ASTRA. Together, they produced a different television comedy series called Ahí Va Eso (There it Goes), which was telecast by Rikavision, channel 7, then WRIK-TV.
Later 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, (The 12 o'clock show). She was also featured in two comedy series: La Encubierta Descubierta (The Uncovered Undercover Agent) and Awilda lo Divierte (Awilda Entertains You), as well as being a member of the comedy cast for El Show de Chucho (Chucho's Show). The latter was the #1 television show for many years.
Later, when Chucho Avellanet abandoned the show, Carbia, alongside Otilio Warrington (Bizcocho) and Juan Manuel Lebrón, took over the show. From being the stars of the comedy cast, they became the stars of the show, then called Estudio Alegre (Cheerful Studio) and later, Musicomedia (Musicomedy). She also starred opposite Juan Manuel Lebrón, Benito Mateo and Rosita Velázquez in the hit Sunday prime-time TV sitcom En Casa de Juanma y Wiwi (At Juanma and Wiwi's House). She also starred in the celebrated Puerto Rican Spanish-language production of the musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, titled 40 Kilates (40 Karats).
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