Fada Santoro

Fada Santoro
Santoro in 1955
Born	Mafalda Basílio Monteiro dos Santos (1924-08-29)29 August 1924 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	15 December 2024(2024-12-15) (aged 100) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1936–1958

Santoro in 1955

Born

Mafalda Basílio Monteiro dos Santos

29 August 1924

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died

15 December 2024 (aged 100)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Occupation

Actress

Years active

1936–1958

Life and career

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.^[2]

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,^[3] beginning the couple's cinematographic fame alongside the actor Cyll Farney [pt].^[4] They later starred in Pecado de Nina and Tocaia, both from 1951. Due to her fame in Brazilian cinema, she was invited to participate in the Argentine films La Delatora (1955) and África Ríe (1956).^[5]

She retired from acting in the late 1950s when she got married and dedicated herself to family.^[6]

Santoro died in Rio de Janeiro on 15 December 2024, at the age of 100.^[7]

Filmography

O Boca de Ouro (1957)^[8]
O Capanga (1957) - Angela^[9]
Africa Rie (1956) - Gloria
La Delatora (1955) - Celina Rodriguez^[10]
Detective (1954)
Nem Sansão Nem Dalila (1954) – Miriam
Neddle in the Haystack (1953) – Mariana
Forca Do Amor (1952)^[11]
Tocaia (1951)^[12]
Milagre de Amor [pt] (1951) - Teresa^[13]
O Pecado de Nina (1950) - Nina
Pra La de Bora (1949)
A Escrava Isaura (1949) - Isaura
Pif-Paf (1945)
Romance Poribido (1944)
Berlin to the Samba Beat (1944)^[14]
Maridinho de Luxo (1938)
Samba da Vida (1937)^[15]

References

[1]
Flórido, Eduardo Giffoni (1999). As grandes personagens da história do cinema brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fraiha. ISBN 978-85-85989-04-0.
[2]
Castro, Ruy (1 April 2012). Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61374-574-8.
[3]
Ramon, Francisco (25 August 2023). "A Escrava Isaura no cinema". Medium. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
[4]
Cinelândia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio Grafica e Editora. 1956.
[5]
"Mulheres do Cinema Brasileiro – Mulheres". www.mulheresdocinemabrasileiro.com.br. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
[6]
Dennison, Stephanie; Shaw, Lisa (27 November 2004). Popular Cinema in Brazil: 1930–2001. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-6499-9.
[7]
Fada Santoro, atriz da era de ouro do cinema nacional, morre aos 100 anos (in Portuguese)
[8]
Demasi, Domingos (2001). Chanchadas e dramalhões (in Spanish). Min.da Cultura, FUNARTE. ISBN 978-85-85781-96-5.
[9]
Rubens de Falco: um internacional ator brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Cultura, Fundação Padre Anchieta. 2005. ISBN 978-85-7060-345-6.
[10]
Núbila, Domingo di (1959). Historia del cine argentino (in Spanish). Edicion Cruz de Malta.
[11]
Demasi, Domingos (2001). Chanchadas e dramalhões (in Spanish). Min.da Cultura, FUNARTE. ISBN 978-85-85781-96-5.
[12]
Demasi, Domingos (2001). Chanchadas e dramalhões (in Spanish). Min.da Cultura, FUNARTE. ISBN 978-85-85781-96-5.
[13]
Flórido, Eduardo Giffoni (1999). As grandes personagens da história do cinema brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Fraiha. ISBN 978-85-85989-04-0.
[14]
Barros, Orlando de (2010). A guerra dos artistas: dois episódios da história brasileira durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial (in Portuguese). Editora E-papers. ISBN 978-85-7650-286-9.
[15]
Augusto, Sergio (1989). Este mundo é um pandeiro: a chanchada de Getúlio a JK (in Brazilian Portuguese). Companhia das Letras. ISBN 978-85-7164-061-0.

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