Eliane Lage

Eliane Margaret Elizabeth Lange (born 16 July 1928) is a French-born Brazilian actress and writer, best known for playing the lead role in 1953 film The Landowner's Daughter.

Eliane Lage
Born	Eliane Margaret Elizabeth Lage (1928-07-16) 16 July 1928 (age 96) Paris, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1950–1958
Spouse	Tom Payne ​ ​ (m. 1951; div. 1966)​
Children	3

Life and career

Lange was born on 16 July 1928, in Paris, France. Her father was Brazilian and her mother was English.^[1] She came to Brazil when she was six months old.^[2] From a young age, she began working with underprivileged children, mainly in Dona Marta Favela. Dissatisfied with her limitations, she went to study in England, and from there she went to Greece, where she helped in a concentration camp for Greek children during the civil war.^[3]

Back in Brazil in 1950, she was invited by Tom Payne to audition for the film Caiçara.^[4] After the success of Caiçara, Tom convinced her to film Ângela in Pelotas. It was the beginning of his brief, but very important film career.^[5] Soon came the consecration, in Sinhá Moça (1953),^[6] which earned Tom Payne a critic's prize at the 4th Berlin International Film Festival and international acclaim.^[7][8]

In 1957, she and Tom Payne did a short-lived weekly programme, A Vida com Eliane, on TV Tupi, an experience she found disappointing, and she never wanted to do television again.^[9]

Personal life

After all the artistic career, Eliane married Tom Payne in 1951, they divorced in 1966.^[10] They had three children, two daughters and a son. Payne died in 1996.^[11] She used to live in Rio, São Paulo, Guarujá and Petrópolis. Since 2008 Eliane lives in Pirenópolis, Goiás.^[12] She wrote an autobiography, Ilhas, Veredas e Buritis,^[13] published in 2005 by Brasiliense.^[14]

Filmography

• Caiçara (1950)^[15]
• Ângela (1951)
• Terra É Sempre Terra (1951)
• The Landowner's Daughter (1953)
• Ravina (1958)

References

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2. Rodman, Selden (1975). The Brazil Traveler: History, Culture, Literature, and the Arts. Devin-Adair Company. ISBN 978-0-8159-5112-4.
3. "COCEN - Coordenadoria de Centros e Núcleos Interdisciplinares de Pesquisa". www.cocen.unicamp.br. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
4. Souza, Ricardo Luiz de (2022-11-26). A era dos estúdios: a década de 1950 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Cajuína. ISBN 978-65-86270-99-0.
5. Costa, Cláudio da (2000). Cinema brasileiro, anos 60-70: dissimetria, oscilação e simulacro (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7Letras. ISBN 978-85-7388-196-7.
6. 4 Films of Brazil: Sinhá Moça, Santuario, O Cangaceiro, Painel. Pan American Union. 1954.
7. Flórido, Eduardo Giffoni (1999). As grandes personagens da história do cinema brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fraiha. ISBN 978-85-85989-04-0.
8. Sadlier, Darlene J. (2010-10-01). Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09232-9.
9. Delgado, Maria M.; Hart, Stephen M.; Johnson, Randal (2017-04-24). A Companion to Latin American Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-55288-9.
10. Stam, Robert (1997). Tropical Multiculturalism: A Comparative History of Race in Brazilian Cinema and Culture. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-2048-7.
11. Grafia da vida: Reflexões e experiências com a escrita biográfica (in European Portuguese). Letra e Voz. 2012-06-01. ISBN 978-85-62959-21-9.
12. Bivar, Antonio (2014-12-16). Mundo adentro vida afora (in Brazilian Portuguese). L&PM Editores. ISBN 978-85-254-3209-4.
13. Lage, Eliane (2023-03-24). Ilhas, veredas e buritis: A autobiografia de Eliane Lage e a hsitória do cinema da Vera Crus (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Gryphus. ISBN 978-65-86061-50-5.
14. "Ilhas, Veredas e Buritis". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
15. Hammer, Tad Bentley (1991). International Film Prizes: An Encyclopedia. Garland. ISBN 978-0-8240-7099-1.