Acting

Fada Santoro

Born August 29, 1924 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died December 15, 2024 · aged 100

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 fi…

Known For

Africa Laughs

Africa Laughs · 1956

Four men, known for their reckless actions, are arrested one night after ruining a dinner party. They are soon released and go to visit their uncle who is sick. The four of them decide to travel to Africa to try to find a cure for their uncle, but they get into a big mess.

Barnabé, You Are Mine

Barnabé, You Are Mine · 1952

Barnabé, You Are Mine

MovieMusicComedy

A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.

Burning Sands

Burning Sands · 1952

MovieDramaAdventure

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila · 1955

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah

Detective

Detective · 1954

To preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.

Assim Era a Atlântida

Assim Era a Atlântida · 1975

Assim Era a Atlântida

MovieDocumentary

Pecado de Nina

Pecado de Nina · 1951

Milagre de Amor

Milagre de Amor · 1951

Milagre de Amor

MovieRomanceComedy

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Africa Laughs

Africa Laughs · 1956

Four men, known for their reckless actions, are arrested one night after ruining a dinner party. They are soon released and go to visit their uncle who is sick. The four of them decide to travel to Africa to try to find a cure for their uncle, but they get into a big mess.

Barnabé, You Are Mine

Barnabé, You Are Mine · 1952

Barnabé, You Are Mine

MovieMusicComedy

A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.

Zulema

Burning Sands

Burning Sands · 1952

MovieDramaAdventure

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila · 1955

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila

MovieComedyScience Fiction

Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah

Miriam

Detective

Detective · 1954

To preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.

Dulcínea

Assim Era a Atlântida

Assim Era a Atlântida · 1975

Assim Era a Atlântida

MovieDocumentary

Pecado de Nina

Pecado de Nina · 1951

Milagre de Amor

Milagre de Amor · 1951

Milagre de Amor

MovieRomanceComedy

Needle in a Haystack

Needle in a Haystack · 1953

Needle in a Haystack

MovieComedyDrama

Mariana is a young woman from the interior of Minas Gerais who leaves for Rio de Janeiro in search of a man who seduced her and got her pregnant. But the rascal man gave her the false address, with only a photo as a reference. Staying at an uncle's house, she is faced with the difficulties of living in the big city, seeing that finding her husband in Rio is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Mariana

A Escrava Isaura

A Escrava Isaura · 1949

A Escrava Isaura

Isaura

La delatora

La delatora · 1955

Crime-picture dealing with car thieves.

Celina Rodríguez

O Capanga

O Capanga · 1957

MovieAdventureWestern

Ângela