Acting
Fada Santoro
- Born
- Aug 29, 1924 · Aged 100
- Died
- Dec 15, 2024
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 14
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (1)
- 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…
