Eliane Margaret Elizabeth Lange (born 16 July 1928) is a French-born Brazilian actress and writer, best known for playing the lead role in 1953 film '' The Landowner's Daughter''.

Life and career

Lange was born on 16 July 1928, in

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. Her father was Brazilian and her mother was English. She came to

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when she was six months old. From a young age, she began working with underprivileged children, mainly in Dona Marta Favela. Dissatisfied with her limitations, she went to study in

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, and from there she went to

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, where she helped in a

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for Greek children during the

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. Back in Brazil in 1950, she was invited by Tom Payne to audition for the film ''Caiçara''. After the success of '' Caiçara'', Tom convinced her to film ''Ângela in Pelotas.'' It was the beginning of his brief, but very important film career. Soon came the consecration, in ''

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'' (1953), which earned Tom Payne a critic's prize at the

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and international acclaim. In 1957, she and Tom Payne did a short-lived weekly programme, ''A Vida com Eliane'', on

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, an experience she found disappointing, and she never wanted to do television again.

Personal life

After all the artistic career, Eliane married Tom Payne in 1951, they divorced in 1966. They had three children, two daughters and a son. Payne died in 1996. She used to live in

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and

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. Since 2008 Eliane lives in

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. She wrote an autobiography, ''Ilhas, Veredas e Buritis'', published in 2005 by Brasiliense.

Filmography

* ''Caiçara'' (1950) * ''Ângela'' (1951) * ''Terra É Sempre Terra'' (1951) * '' The Landowner's Daughter'' (1953) * ''Ravina'' (1958)

References

{{Authority control 1928 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian actresses Brazilian film actresses Brazilian writers French emigrants to Brazil World War II nurses People from Paris