Repertoire

Associated acts: The Outlaws, Frank Sinatra, Célestin Jazz Ensemble, Marilyn Monroe, Quincy Jones

Vocal range

• Mezzo-soprano, lyric type: G3 – A5

Bands

• The Outlaws, founded by Carmen's 2nd late husband, Maximillian Genovese. Front-woman for the band, and notable in that it's one of the few female-fronted Rock n' Roll bands to exist in the 50s. Disbanded in 1957 after the death of Max.

• Célestin Swing Ensemble, a side project started by Lisette as a way to break away from her rigid classical roots, and explore gypsy jazz. Carmen serves as a guest vocalist.

Albums Discography

• Rebels With a Cause EP with The Outlaws, never released

• Lady Swing with Célestin Swing Ensemble, released March 1958

• Carmina d'Amore LP, Swing/Jazz album released March 1956, marking her debut solo career

• Liquid Gold LP, Jazz album released December 1957

Solo track listings

• Carmina d'Amore, A Side:

  1. Dream a Little Dream of Me, (Gus Kahn)

  2. That's Amore (Brooks & Warren)

  3. Bésame Mucho (Consuelo Velázquez)

  4. Mambo Italiano (Bob Merrill)

• Carmina d'Amore, B Side:

  1. Mister Sandman (Pat Ballard)

  2. Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (The Andrews Sisters)

  3. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) [Duke Ellington]

  4. The Lady is a Tramp feat. Frank Sinatra (Richard Rogers)

• Liquid Gold:

  1. My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers)

  2. Gloomy Sunday (Rezső Seress)

  3. Nature Boy (eden ahbez)

  4. Cry Me a River (Arthur Hamilton)

  5. So Long (Russ Morgan)

  6. One For My Baby (And One More for the Road) [Harold Arlen]

  7. Why Don't You Do Right (Kansas Joe McCoy)

  8. Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor) [Cole Porter]

  9. The Man that Got Away (Harold Arlen)

  10. Body and Soul (Hayman, Sour, and Eyton)

  11. You Belong To Me (Price, King, and Stewart)

  12. As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfield)

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Choreography (known burlesque acts, usually on rotation)

• 'Bird Cage' strip-tease

• 'Birthday Cake' strip-tease

• 'Flamingo' strip-tease

• 'Firebird' strip-tease

• 'Island Girl' strip-tease

• 'Martini Glass' strip-tease

• 'Swan Lake' strip-tease

Filmography

• Several bit parts for Columbia Pictures. Eventually broke off trying for a big role when its production director, Harry Cohn, tried to bribe her for sex.

• Vienna (1954) as 'Claretta Lavenza'/"Carmina d'Amore" — Won an Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Stage Credits

• Our Town (as Emily Webb), Autumn 1946, Burbank High School

• On Your Toes (as ensemble cast) Spring 1947, Burbank High School

• Romeo and Juliet (as Juliet) Autumn 1947, Burbank High School

• Anything Goes (as Reno Sweeney) Spring 1948, Burbank High School

• DuBarry Was a Lady (as ensemble cast), Autumn 1948, Burbank High School

• Servant of Two Masters (as Smeraldina), Spring 1949, Burbank High School 

• Hamlet (as Ophelia), Autumn 1949, Burbank High School

• Babes in Arms (as Billie Smith), Spring 1950 Burbank High School

• Gas Light (as Bella) 1954, Theater des Westerns, West Berlin, Germany