Fada Santoro
Known for Acting · 13 credits
- Born
- 1924-08-29
- Died
- 2024-12-15
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as
- Mafalda Basílio Monteiro dos Santos
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 was invited to participate in the Argentine films La Delatora (1955) and África Ríe (1956).
She retired from acting in the late 1950s when she got married and dedicated herself to family.
Santoro died in Rio de Janeiro on 15 December 2024, at the age of 100.
Known For
Movies (13)
Burning Sands
1952
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
Nem Sansão Nem Dalila
1955
as Miriam
A Escrava Isaura
1949
as Isaura
Barnabé, You Are Mine
1952
Needle in a Haystack
1953
as Mariana
Detective
1954
as Dulcínea
Africa Laughs
1956
Pecado de Nina
1951
O Capanga
1957
as Ângela
La delatora
1955
as Celina Rodríguez
Milagre de Amor
1951
About Fada Santoro
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 cinematogra… With 13 credits spanning from 1949 to 1997, Fada Santoro has appeared in 13 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Fada Santoro Movies
- Burning Sands (1952)
- Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997) — as Self
- Assim Era a Atlântida (1975)
- Nem Sansão Nem Dalila (1955) — as Miriam
- A Escrava Isaura (1949) — as Isaura
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