Who I Am

TALYA FERRO has performed her One-Woman Show in the major venues of every continent on the globe, and is proud of several command performances.  She has been a guest star on numerous national and international television shows, including The Barbara Walters special “Royal Lovers”; Sabado Gigante; multiple appearances on The Mike Douglas Show, The Steve Allen Shows, and in addition she has sung for Johnny Carson on The Johnny Carson Tonight Show 38 times. She has been a supporting act for Redd Foxx, Joan Rivers, Lou Rawls, Dick Shawn, Armando Manzanero, and other well-known international artists. 

She can be seen in Nicholas Kazan’s film Dream Lover and is remembered for her roles in the classic films, Let’s do It Again with Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby, Sparkle with Irene Cara, and with Ben Vareen in Sabine (the Netherlands entry in The Cannes Film Festival).  She started her film career on the roof portraying Margarita, a “Shark” in West Side Story. 

Some of her many television credits include starring roles in Rendezvous Hotel, Columbo “Murder She Wrote”, Sea Quest, Sanford & Son, and recurring roles on Shaft, Lincoln Heights and HBO’s First And Ten. She starred at The Westwood Playhouse in their productions of De Obeah Mon and originated the title role in Sal. Los Angeles audiences will also remember her as Teresita, the romantic lead in Walk On The Wild Side, La Saraghena in Nine, Nel in Ain’t Misbehavin’ and in ICCC’s now legendary Piano Bar by C. Bernard Jackson where she originated the role of Lydia. Her theatrical credits also include touring companies of West Side Story in Toronto, Canada and San Juan, Puerto Rico.