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 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.
Filmography
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
Assim Era a Atlântida
Assim Era a Atlântida
O Capanga
as Ângela
O Capanga
as Ângela
Africa Laughs
Africa Laughs
La delatora
as Celina Rodríguez
La delatora
as Celina Rodríguez
Nem Sansão Nem Dalila
as Miriam
Nem Sansão Nem Dalila
as Miriam
Detective
as Dulcínea
Detective
as Dulcínea
Needle in a Haystack
as Mariana
Needle in a Haystack
as Mariana
Barnabé, You Are Mine
as Zulema
Barnabé, You Are Mine
as Zulema
Burning Sands
Burning Sands
Pecado de Nina
Pecado de Nina
Milagre de Amor
Milagre de Amor
A Escrava Isaura
as Isaura
A Escrava Isaura
as Isaura