Djenane Machado (10 June 1951 – 23 March 2022) was a Brazilian actress.
Life and career
Born in
Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of an
impresario and of a costume designer, Machado began her career as a child actress taking part in a stage adaptation of ''
The Sound of Music'', and at 17 she made her television debut in the
telenovela ''
Passo dos Ventos
''Passo dos Ventos'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 28 June 1968 and ended on 14 January 1969. It's the sixth "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is written by Janete Clair and directe ...
''.
Her
breakout role was Branca in the 1969 telenovela ', and the same year she made her film debut in '.
Machado continued working in numerous
Rede Globo telenovelas until the early 1980s, when she started appearing in several
Rede Manchete and
TV Cultura series.
Married and divorced twice, in 1992 after the death of her father she retired from showbusiness and disappeared from the public scene.
Machado died on 23 March 2022, at the age of 70.
References
External links
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Djenane Machadoat
Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
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1951 births
2022 deaths
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian television presenters
Deaths from emphysema