1933 - Born in Cairo, Egypt, to an Armenian father and a Syrian mother, she is named Markrit Thomassian* 1950 - Completed her kindergarten, elementary, and high school education, all in French schools 1954 - Started college to study fine art 

1958 - Spent her summer in Europe 

1960 - Graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from the Leonardo Da Vince Italian School of Fine Arts 1960 - Landed a job in Beirut, Lebanon, illustrating magazine and book covers 

1965 - Immigrated to the USA 

1965 - Landed a job at Universal Studios Tour painting fast pastel portraits of tourists 1965 - Got married in Las Vegas at the Tropicana 

1967 - Took classes at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles 

1968 - Took private lessons from Sam Markitante who was a French landscape painter living in Santa Monica 1969 - Sold a large number of her paintings at W&J Sloane in Beverly Hills 

1969 - Seven of her paintings were stolen from W&J Sloane but never recovered 

1970 - Visited Tahiti and painted natives dancing 

1970 - Opened her own gallery, “Gallerie Camille,” at 224 North Canon Drive in Beverly Hills 1973 - Had her only child 

1975 - Traveled to Paris 

1978 - Was in an accident that broke her left arm in 5 pieces forcing her to stop painting for a whole year 1981 - Traveled to Mexico 

1982 - Moved to Malibu to paint in a larger studio 

1984 - Traveled to Paris 

1986 - Traveled to Canada and Alaska 

1993 - One of her art dealers went to Federal prison causing considerable financial damage 1994 - Traveled to Florence 

1995 - Traveled to Hawaii 

1996 - A second dealer absconded with many of her paintings 

1996 - Withdrew from the art market but continued to paint what she likes 

2012 - Moved to Las Vegas to retire 

2013 - Started painting showgirls with the intent of helping showgirls that need help 

*Her father, Kaspar Thomassian, was an Armenian who was born in Turkey but who fled to Egypt during the   Armenian holocaust of the first World War.