Maria Cláudia de Souza Santos (born October 9, 1949 in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter, journalist, producer, dancer and model.
She's the niece of actor Luís Delfino. She was elected one of the most beautiful women in Brazil in the year 1978, and one of the most photographed women during the 1970s and early 1980s.
In TV he made important appearances in several soap operas such as ''
Selva de Pedra'', ''
O Bem-Amado
''O Bem-Amado'' is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1973. It is based on a play by Dias Gomes called ''Odorico, o Bem-Amado ou Os Mistérios do Amor e da Morte'', written in 1962. It was the first Brazilian color telenovela ...
'', ''O Rebu'' and ''
Feijão Maravilha''. But her most striking characters were Shana from the telenovela ''
Te Contei?
''Te Contei?'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media pro ...
'' and Amanda of ''Plumas e Paetês''. Without children, she is married to the philosopher, writer, journalist and Screenwriter Luiz Carlos Maciel since 1976.
She had her acting career interrupted by a vocal cord problem in the mid-1980s, from which she recovered ten years later.
Filmography
Films
Television
References
External links
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1949 births
Living people
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
Brazilian female models
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