Adelaide João (27 July 1921 – 3 February 2021), born Maria da Glória Pereira da Silva, was a Portuguese actress.
Career
In a career that spanned 60 years she appeared in more than 135 films and television shows starting 1960. She starred in ''
The End of the World'', which was screened in the
Un Certain Regard section at the
1993 Cannes Film Festival
The 46th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1993. The Palme d'Or went to '' Farewell My Concubine'' by Chen Kaige and ''The Piano'' by Jane Campion.
The festival opened with ''My Favorite Season'', directed by André Téchiné and cl ...
.
She won the Career Awards at the
Sophia Awards in 2018. At the time of her death she was living in Casa do Artista, and was reportedly infected with
COVID-19 during the
pandemic in Portugal.
Selected filmography
* ''
The End of the World'' (1992)
References
External links
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1921 births
2021 deaths
Portuguese film actresses
Actresses from Lisbon
Portuguese television actresses
20th-century Portuguese actresses
21st-century Portuguese actresses
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
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