Career
Arguably, she was the Queen of Philippine Movies in the 1940s. The films in which she was top-billed aided in the popularity of emerging actresses like Gloria Romero, Amalia Fuentes and Susan Roces, who all became movie queens themselves decades later. A barrio in Rosales, Pangasinan was named after her.
lieutenant is now currently divided into two barangays, Carmen East and Carmen West.