María del Carmen García Galisteo, known professionally as Carmen Sevilla, was a Spanish actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career in the 1940s and became one of the most popular and highest paid stars of Spanish cinema until the 1970s. In 1991, at the age of sixty, she began her career as a television presenter, working for the three major Spanish networks until her retirement in 2010. At the time of her death, she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
As an actress, she had leading roles in numerous films, including Imperial Violets, Academy Award nominee Vengeance, Don Juan, and Searching for Monica. She also had supporting roles in English-language epic films including King of Kings and Antony and Cleopatra. As a singer she released over fifteen studio albums and numerous singles and compilations.