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Carmela Corren

Carmela Corren was an Israeli singer and actress who had her main success in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and represented Austria at the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest.

1938 to 2022Representing Austria at Eurovision 1963German-language schlager songsGerman films of the 1960s

Born: 13 February 1938, Tel Aviv
Died: 15 January 2022, Hollywood
Occupation: singer, actor, schlager singer

Carmela Corren was born in 1938 in Tel Aviv

Carmela Corren was born Carmela Bizman in Tel Aviv on 13 February 1938. She hoped to become a dancer, but an injury led her to singing.

She served in the IDF in the Air Force orchestra. In 1956, soon after her service, the American television host Ed Sullivan met her in Israel and persuaded her to appear on his show in New York.

She toured South Africa with Cliff Richard and sang in clubs in England. From the early 1960s she became known in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, recorded for Ariola, Vogue and Decca, and acted in films and television. In 1963 she represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest with a German song and finished seventh.

From 1966 to 1970 she was married to music producer Horst Geiger, and they had a daughter and a son. The family lived in Munich for some years. After retiring she settled in Florida, and she died in Hollywood, Florida, in January 2022.