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Julia Migenes

Julia Migenes

Julia Migenes (born March 13, 1949) is an American soprano working primarily in musical theatre repertoire. She was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Juan and Julia Migenes, parents of Puerto Rican and Irish descent, respectively. (Her stepfather, Costas Makis, was of Greek descent.) She is sometimes credited as Julia Migenes-Johnson. She attended The High School of Music & Art in New York City. Migenes played Tevye's second daughter, Hodel, in the original Broadway production of the long-running musical Fiddler on the Roof. She played Ciboletta in the 1973 film Eine Nacht in Venedig (re-released 2008). She also starred in the 1984 film of Carmen. Migenes' year of birth has been disputed with the years 1943 (supported by the 1950 United States census and by the plausibility of known milestones in her career), 1945, 1948 (which she has used), and 1949 (used in most reference sources) all being cited. As a child, Migenes performed the role of "Ngana" in the first national tour of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific; she alternated in the role with her sister Maria. Also in the cast were her brother, John (1940-1993), in the role of Jerome, and her half-sister, Jeanette (1926-2003), as Bloody Mary's assistant (and understudy to Bloody Mary). Reportedly, the siblings made enough money from the tour to buy their family a small house in the Bronx. She made her Broadway debut in the musical Carnival! She was a replacement understudy for the lead role of ‘Lili.’ Migenes performed the role from April 2 to April 14, 1962, when lead actress Anna Maria Alberghetti took vacation. Migenes then took on the leading role of ‘Maria’ in the 1964 Broadway revival of West Side Story which played a limited run from April 8 to May 2, 1964, at City Center. Migenes created the role of "Hodel", the second oldest of Tevye’s daughters in the original Broadway cast of Fiddler on the Roof. While the production ran for almost eight years (lasting over 3,200 performances and winning nine Tony Awards), Migenes’ tenure extended from the production’s first preview on September 17, 1964, through April 1, 1967. Mimi Turque succeeded her in the role of Hodel. Migenes has been married four times. The first time was in 1962 as a teenager to William L. Dean Jr., a singer with Coral Records Company and the Fred Waring Orchestra; the union was annulled in 1963. Her second marriage to Danjo Hotnik ended in divorce, but brought Migenes her first daughter, Martina Michaela (born 1974). In 1979, Migenes married Jervis Johnson, with whom she had a second daughter, Jessica Allegra (born 1981). She married Hungarian film director Peter Medak in 1988; they divorced in 2003. Source: Article "Julia Migenes" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Personal information

Birthday

1949-03-13

Birth Place

Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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3 nach 9

1974

6.5

TV
Abschied vom Ronacher

Abschied vom Ronacher

1976

0.0

Movie
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Aktuelle Schaubude

1957

6.0

TV
Angels in America

Angels in America

2004

0.0

Movie
poster

Auf los geht's los

1977

0.0

TV
poster

Bambi

1948

9.0

TV
Berlin Blues

Berlin Blues

1988

5.0

Movie
poster

Bio’s Bahnhof

1978

0.0

TV
Carmen

Carmen

1984

6.8

Movie
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Champs-Elysées

1982

6.3

TV
poster

Einer wird gewinnen

1964

7.0

TV
Es dirigiert: Theo Lingen

Es dirigiert: Theo Lingen

1977

0.0

Movie
Euro Disney Noël

Euro Disney Noël

1989

0.0

Movie
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Flitterabend

1988

0.0

TV
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Great Performances

1971

5.8

TV
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

6.0

TV
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Heut' abend

1980

0.0

TV
L'Unique

L'Unique

1986

0.0

Movie
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Le Grand Échiquier

1972

8.0

TV
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Le monde est à vous

1987

0.0

TV
Mack the Knife

Mack the Knife

1989

6.6

Movie
Madame Pompadour

Madame Pompadour

1974

0.0

Movie
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Magnum, P.I.

1980

7.3

TV
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Music & Guests

1976

0.0

TV
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Musik ist Trumpf

1975

6.0

TV
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

1996

1.0

Movie
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Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

1969

0.0

TV
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Please Turn the Page

1977

6.0

TV
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Sacrée Soirée

1987

5.1

TV
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Star Academy

2001

5.7

TV
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Stars in the Ring

1959

5.3

TV
The Human Voice

The Human Voice

1990

0.0

Movie
poster

The Twilight Zone

1985

7.8

TV
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Together We Stand

1986

7.0

TV
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Victoires de la musique

1985

1.5

TV
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Was bin ich?

1955

6.5

TV