Carmencita (1894)

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's in New York since February 1890.

Released

1894-03-14

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

1 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

William K.L. Dickson, William Heise

TMDB rating

5.2/10 from 84 votes