Carmen Plant

Carmen Plant

British, Dancer
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Carmen Jane Plant is the eldest children and the only daughter of Led Zeppelin's frontman Robert Plant and his wife Maureen née Wilson. She works as a professional dancer and teaches belly-dancing and ethnic dancing. She produced the 2018 show ‘The Serpent Slayer’.

EARLY YEARS AND FAMILY

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Carmen was born on 21st October 1968 in Birmingham, England and has two younger brothers, Karac Pendra Plant and Logan Romero Plant. She has a younger half brother from her father's side, Jesse Lee Plant aka Jordan Plant.

Carmen is of Indian descent from her mother's side and of Romani descent from her father's.

The 1972 Led Zeppelin song, “The Ocean,” actually references Carmen Jane Plant in one of the lyrics: "‘I’m singin’ all my songs to the girl who won my heart/She’s only three years old but it’s a real fine way to start".

During the 1970s, she attended the Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School in Stourbridge, West Midlands.

In an interview for the People magazine (December 20 1976) Robert explains: "Carmen used to think she had two fathers—the one whose singing she heard through the speakers and the one on whose knee she was sitting. They (Carmen and Karac) love it when I come back to tell them tales."

On October 2007 Robert Plant admitted he regrets staying on tour throughout the 1970’s because he feels his daughter grew up without knowing who he was. Robert claimed his daughter once mistook him for a burglar after he came home from a particularly long tour: "What I recall for the first two years is my daughter not really knowing who I was and getting rather agitated when I came back off tour, as she thought I’d come to rob the house."

Car accident and Karac's death

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Carmen was also a passenger in Robert and Maureen Plant's car involved in a road accident on the Greek island of Rhodes on 4 August 1975. Maureen was driving a hired Austin Mini with her husband and their children plus Scarlet Page. The Plant family were seriously injured when the car skidded off the road and collided with a tree but Scarlet Page was unhurt. In the back-seat, Carmen suffered a broken wrist, cuts and bruises. Scarlet's mum Charlotte Martin and Maureen's sister Shirley Wilson, who were following in the car behind managed to get medical help.

In 1977, Carmen also became ill with the same stomach enteritis which took the life of her younger brother Karac Plant, aged only 6.

PERSONAL LIFE

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On 21 November 1989, Led Zeppelin reformed with Jason Bonham on drums, for Carmen's 21st birthday party at Hen & Chickens public house in Oldbury, West Midlands. They performed 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Misty Mountain Hop', and 'Rock and Roll', with Chris Blackwell and Phil Johnstone in support. The Nashville Teens and Jimmy Page's daughter Scarlet Page, were also in attendance.

Carmen Plant got married to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's bass player Stephen Charles "Charlie" Jones (born 13 Oct 1965), at St. Peter's Church, on 18 May 1991. Their wedding reception was held in a series of marquees at Robert's farm at Kidderminster. Roy Harper's song 'Evening Star' was written for Carmen for the occasion.

Carmen and Charlie Jones have three children, their eldest a daughter named Sunny Plant-Jones (born 1993). The family lives in Bath, Somerset.

PROFESSIONAL CARRER AND RECENT YEARS

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Plant works as a professional dancer and teaches belly-dancing and ethnic dancing. She was tutored in belly-dancing by Serena Ramzy, wife of Hossam Ramzy who performed in Page and Plant's "No Quarter Middle Eastern orchestra". Carmen Plant has appeared at the Rivermead Womad Music Festival, Glastonbury Festival, and with the Babylon Arabic Ensemble.

Carmen continues to carry on the family’s musical legacy through Middle Eastern-inspired performing arts. In a 2018 article about her dance production ‘The Serpent Slayer’, Carmen Jane Plant acknowledges her fortunate upbringing: “I come from a musical family, obviously through my dad, my husband, and my children as well. Thanks to my dad, I grew up listening to an alternative and eclectic range from a young age and that really provided the inspiration for me to get involved with all kinds of music. It’s all that I’ve known really, so it’s great that I can put this all in to practice.”

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Carmen Plant was born on Monday, 21 October 1968 in Birmingham, England. Her full name at birth was Carmen Jane Plant. She is best known as a dancer. Plant's country of citizenship (nationality) is British. Carmen attended high school at Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School in Stourbridge, West Midlands.. She has green eyes and blonde hair (color). Carmen Plant is 56 years old and her zodiac star sign is Libra.

You can find people similar to Carmen Plant by visiting our lists English producers and 21st-century British dancers.

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Carmen Jane Plant
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Daughter of Robert Plant and Maureen Wilson
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Date of birth
21 October 1968
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Birmingham, England
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Bellydancer, Bellydancer teacher, producer
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Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School in Stourbridge, West Midlands.
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Partner: Charlie Jones (Married) 7 children
1991-
Carmen Plant and Charlie Jones
“I come from a musical family, obviously through my dad, my husband, and my children as well. Thanks to my dad, I grew up listening to an alternative and eclectic range from a young age and that really provided the inspiration for me to get involved with all kinds of music. It’s all that I’ve known really, so it’s great that I can put this all in to practice.”
  • Carmen Plant got married aged 22 to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's bass player Charlie Jones, in 1991.
  • Carmen continues to carry on the family’s musical legacy through Middle Eastern-inspired performing arts. In a 2018 she produced the dance show ‘The Serpent Slayer’.
  • Plant works as a professional dancer and teaches belly-dancing and ethnic dancing. She has appeared at the Rivermead Womad Music Festival, Glastonbury Festival, and with the Babylon Arabic Ensemble.
  • Carmen Jane Plant is the eldest children and the only daughter of Led Zeppelin's frontman Robert Plant and his wife Maureen née Wilson.
  • Carmen is of Indian descent from her mother's side and of Romani descent from her father's.
  • Carmen Jane Plant is born in Birmingham, England, the eldest children and the only daughter of Led Zeppelin's frontman Robert Plant and his wife Maureen née Wilson. edit
  • On November 9th, 1968, her parents Robert Plant and Maureen Wilson got married. The reception took place at the Roundhouse, a venue Led Zeppelin played earlier that evening. edit
  • 1972
    Age: 3
    The Led Zeppelin song, “The Ocean,” actually references Carmen Jane Plant in one of the lyrics: "‘I’m singin’ all my songs to the girl who won my heart/She’s only three years old but it’s a real fine way to start". edit
  • 20 Apr 1972
    Age: 3
    Her younger brother Karac Pendra Plant is born. edit
  • 4 Aug 1975
    Age: 6
    She was a passenger in Robert and Maureen Plant's car involved in a road accident on the Greek island of Rhodes on 4 August 1975. The Plant family were seriously injured when their hired Austin Mini skidded off the road and collided with a tree. In the back-seat, Carmen suffered a broken wrist, cuts and bruises. edit
  • 26 Jul 1977
    Age: 8
    Her younger brother Karac dies of a stomach infection. Only a week earlier Carmen had become ill with a stomach enteritis which may have been the same virus which affected Karac. edit
  • 21 Nov 1989
    Age: 21
    For her 21st birthday party, Led Zeppelin reformed with Jason Bonham on drums at Hen & Chickens public house in Oldbury, West Midlands. They performed 'Trampled Under Foot', 'Misty Mountain Hop', and 'Rock and Roll', with Chris Blackwell and Phil Johnstone in support. The Nashville Teens and Jimmy Page's daughter Scarlet Page, were also in attendance. edit
  • 18 May 1991
    Age: 22
    Carmen Plant got married to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's bass player Charlie Jones at St. Peter's Church, on 18 May 1991. Their wedding reception was held in a series of marquees at Robert's farm at Kidderminster. Roy Harper's song 'Evening Star' was written for Carmen for the occasion. edit
  • 1993
    Age: 24
    Birth of her first child, daughter Sunny Plant-Jones. edit
  • 2018
    Age: 49
    She produces the dance show 'The Serpent Slayer’. edit
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