Carmen Aída Barros Alfonso (7 January 1925 – 21 December 2023) was a Chilean actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera.

She was known for being the first to portray the character Carmela in the Isidora Aguirre play La pérgola de las flores [es] in 1960.

Because of her father's military profession, which caused him to be sent on missions in Germany, as well as to different garrisons in the country, Carmen never stayed more than seven months at one school.

However, she attended the French Nuns, a women's college where she was the "wild card" of the course for any artistic competition involving dancing or acting.

A lot of people Barros' age that she met on this trip she never saw again; they joined Hitler's army to colonize Europe and fell out of contact.

As a counterpoint, the cultural opportunities of Berlin influenced her future career: concerts, opera, theater; despite the horror of the war, that never changed.

She tried to resume her basic education, in a German school, but could not stand being in a co-educational one, so she chose to retire and take private classes at home.

She continued with her "operatic" work, went to live in Vienna, and was invited to take a leading role in the Opera of Brussels, Belgium.

She entered the Trial Theater of the Catholic University [es] and was invited to participate in Esta Señorita Trini, which was the prelude to La pérgola de las flores.