CARLENA GOWER (Petunia Ta Ta’s)
is the voice and vocals of Petunia Ta Ta’s. While attending a Black & White Ball, Carlena took the old adage “break a leg” to heart and broke an ankle; thereby bequeathing her role to choreographer Melani Michaud. Carlena has a vast career in Television, Theatrical, Stage, Commercial and Print since the age of four. Most known for her portrayal of Angela Albright in the 1974 Blockbuster "The Towering Inferno" where she shared the screen with Paul Newman, Jennifer Jones and Faye Dunaway. Her musical (piano and vocal) studies began at the age of seven and was one of the youngest prodigies with the Harry Fields School of Music in Hollywood as well as private studies with the Richard Franke Orchestra as a young teenager.
She combined her musical talents and love of the stage with her extensive Beauty and Scholarship pageant competitions from age four into adulthood. Receiving accolades in the local Miss California-America system in the early 1990's. As a Married woman, Representing Nevada in the Ms. America as recent as 2013. In 2019, Carlena decided to combine multiple interests with her new found career in Real Estate based in Las Vegas, Nevada.