Danuza Lofego Leão (July 26, 1933 – June 22, 2022) was a Brazilian model, socialite, journalist, writer, and actress.

Career

She had a minor role in

Glauber Rocha Glauber de Andrade Rocha (; 14 March 1939 – 22 August 1981) was a Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most influential moviemakers of Brazilian cinema and a key figure of Cinema Novo. His films ''Black God, White ...

's 1967

FIPRESCI Award The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

winning film ''

Entranced Earth ''Entranced Earth'' ( pt, Terra em Transe , "World in a Trance", also called ''Land in Anguish'' or ''Earth Entranced'') is a 1967 Brazilian ''Cinema Novo'' drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. It was shot in Parque Lage and at the Municipal T ...

''. She has released several books. She was a columnist for the ''

Folha de S.Paulo ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã c ...

'' newspaper for twelve years until she was fired in 2013 a few months after generating controversy by declaring in her column that New York was no longer fun when "even the porter" could travel and that domestic servants were better off without the rights proposed by the "Domestic PEC".

Personal life and death

She is the older sister of singer

Nara Leão Nara Lofego Leão (; January 19, 1942 – June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian bossa nova and MPB (popular Brazilian music) singer and occasional actress. Her husband was Carlos Diegues, director and writer of '' Bye Bye Brasil''. Life Leão was bor ...

and was married to Samuel Wainer, founder of the newspaper Última Hora with whom she had three children: plastic artist Débora "Pinky" Wainer, film producer Bruno Wainer and journalist Samuel Wainer Filho, who died as a result of a car crash in 1984. Danuza died from respiratory failure in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

on 22 June 2022 at the age of 88.

Bibliography

* ''Na Sala com Danuza'' (In the Room with Danuza) - Editora Siciliano (1992) * ''Quase Tudo'' (Almost Everything) —

Companhia das Letras Companhia das Letras is the largest publishing house in São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded by Luiz Schwarcz and his wife Lilia Moritz Schwarcz in 1986. Companhia das Letras began as a literary publishing house and gradually grew into 17 independen ...

(2005) * ''Danuza Leão Todo Dia'' (Danuza Leão Everyday) - Editora Siciliano (1994) * ''De Malas Prontas'' (Packed) — Companhia das Letras (2008) * ''Fazendo as Malas'' (Packing) — Companhia das Letras (2009) * ''É Tudo Tão Simples'' (Everything's so Simple) — Editora Agir (2012)

References

External links

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Danuze Leão
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