Biography

She came from Portugal to Brazil with the 'Companhia Vidigal de Teatro', leaving the group at the age of 13 after giving birth to her first child. Leaving her son under the care of her parents, she joined a local circus where she worked as a presenter and singer for many years.

With several years of experience in lyric singing and theatrical performances, she was hired by 'Rádio Nacional', performing live and acting on radio soap operas. Among her most renowned works in the Golden Age of Radio was the dubbing of the character "the Queen / Witch", in Walt Disney's version of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' for a children's vinyl record collection.

She began her film career in 1939, becoming a popular comedic actress in the 1950s on Atlântida Cinematográfica's naïve and burlesque humor type films, usually playing tough female characters.