Biography: Rupe, Carmen Tione

Madam Carmen, c. 1975

Carmen Rupe labelled this photo of herself ‘Gypsy Wildcat’; it captures the exotic bohemian style of her Wellington heyday in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA1-q-1050-033

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How to cite this page

Lynette Townsend. 'Rupe, Carmen Tione', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47029/madam-carmen-c-1975 (accessed 14 June 2026).