Camille Carrión

Camille Carrión, formally Carmen Cecilia Ernestina del Socorro Carrión Enjuto (born 30 March 1946) is a Puerto Rican actress and businesswoman, best known for her contributions to television, theatre and radio.

Early life Camille Carrión was born on March 30, 1946, in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is the daughter of William "Billy" Carrión and Carmen Enjuto, and she was brought up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her paternal grandfather was Rafael Carrión Pacheco, one of the founding fathers of the Banco Popular de Puerto Rico. She formally began her artistic career as a teenager in the theatrical group Teatro Musical, directed by Robert Cox, with Raúl Juliá, Johanna Rosaly, Roy Brown and others. Early in her career, she played in productions at the Tapia Theater in Old San Juan of well-known Broadway Musicals including Bye, Bye, Birdie, by Adams & Strouse (1962); Little Mary Sunshine, by Rick Besoyan (1965) and Time Remembered, by Jean Anouilh (1967). with Argentinean leading man Pablo Alarcón and Ulises Brenes in the role of el general Murillo. (WAPA TV 1982-1983). This was the most successful role of her television career.

In 1985, Carrión created a theatrical production company, Producciones MECA, with Ángela Meyer. Their theatrical productions included Casa de mujeres, Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie and The Women by Clare Booth Luce. Later, they formed Empresas MECA, to produce television shows. On Channel 11, WLII TV they produced one of the most famous 'noon shows' on the island: Ellas al mediodía, with Gladys Rodríguez, Marilyn Pupo, Elia Enid Cadilla, Sharon Riley, Claribel Medína and Carrión, along with various short soap operas that were inserted in the programs.

In 1988, Carrión established Latino Television International, to produce Latino Video Billboard, then returned to Channel 11 to produce and host some new shows including: Ahora and En familia on Channel 6, and Somos únicos for children (1991-1992).

Radio career Carrión became one of the best known radio personalities in Puerto Rico as host of the weekday morning show Hello, on WIAC/Sistema 102 FM with Héctor Marcano and Jesse Calderón. Later, she went on to host the popular weekday afternoon show Happy Hour on WFID 95.7 FM/Radio Fidelity.

Meditation teacher In 2004 Carrión began to study meditation, after taking a course with Deepak Chopra, and in 2007 she became a certified Chopra Center instructor. Carrión now resides between Puerto Rico and Cordes-sur-Ciel in France.