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Fernanda Montenegro
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Actor Born: October 16, 1929 Biography:"Fernanda Montenegro" has been a leading actress in theater and television in her native Brazil since the 1950s, though it wasn't until 1998 that she would win her greatest acclaim outside her homeland, with an award-winning performance in "Central do Brasil" ("Central Station").
Born Arlette Pinheiro Esteves da Silva, "Fernanda Montenegro" began her acting career in radio, appearing on Brazilian soap operas while still a teenager. She made her stage debut in 1950, when she appeared in a production of Aiegres Cancoes with actor "Fernando Torres". Torres and "Montenegro" would later marry and have two children, both of whom would work in film and television, actress "Fernanda Torres" and director "Claudio Torres". In the early '60s, "Montenegro" began working in television and by the end of the 1970s, she became one of Brazil's best-known actresses, appearing in many popular soap operas, detective... Full Biography
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