Fada Santoro

Fada Santoro

Known for

Acting

Born

August 29, 1924

Birthplace

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died

December 15, 2024 (aged 100)

Biography

Mafalda Basílio Monteiro dos Santos (29 August 1924 – 15 December 2024) was a Brazilian actress, active in the country's classic era.

Santoro was born in Rio de Janeiro on 29 August 1924. Fada began her career at a very young age, working as a dancer in the Alda Garrido Company and later as a crooner in casinos in the 1940s.

Her debut as an actress in cinema was at the end of the 1930s in the film O Samba da Vida, having made several appearances until becoming established in 1949 in the film A Escrava Isaura, beginning the couple's cinematographic fame alongside the actor Cyll Farney. They later starred in Pecado de Nina and Tocaia, both from 1951. Due to her fame in Brazilian cinema, she...

Best known work

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila
Nem Sansão Nem Dalila
1955
Assim Era a Atlântida
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
A Escrava Isaura
A Escrava Isaura
1949
Milagre de Amor
Milagre de Amor
1951
Barnabé, You Are Mine
Barnabé, You Are Mine
1952
Pecado de Nina
Pecado de Nina
1951
Burning Sands
Burning Sands
1952
La delatora
La delatora
1955
O Capanga
O Capanga
1957
Africa Laughs
Africa Laughs
1956

Filmography

  1. 1997

    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

    as Self

  2. 1975

  3. 1957

    O Capanga

    as Ângela

  4. 1956

  5. 1955

    La delatora

    as Celina Rodríguez

  6. 1955

  7. 1954

    Detective

    as Dulcínea

  8. 1953

  9. 1952

  10. 1952

  11. 1951

  12. 1951

  13. 1949

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