Rita de Cássia Coutinho, known as Rita Cadillac, (born 13 June 1954) is a Brazilian dancer and singer. She took her stage name from Rita Cadillac, an acclaimed French dancer of the 1950s and 1960s. She is a former ''chacrete'', a special name to identify the dancers who appeared in the TV shows hosted by

Chacrinha José Abelardo Barbosa de Medeiros (September 30, 1917 – June 30, 1988), better known as Chacrinha (), was a Brazilian comedian, radio and TV personality. His career was at its peak from 1950 to 1980. He was author of a famous Brazilian phra ...

. Cadillac was born in

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. In 1982, she co-starred with

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in the

pornochanchada Pornochanchada () is the name given to a genre of sex comedy films produced in Brazil that was popular from the late 1960s after popularity of commedia sexy all'italiana. By the 1980s, with the wide availability of hardcore pornography through cl ...

''Aluga-se Moças'' and made a brief

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as herself in the 2003 film '' Carandiru''. In 2004, Cadillac (who was then 50 years of age) made a contract with porn producers

Brasileirinhas ''Brasileirinhas'' is a Brazilian pornographic film studio founded in the late 1990's by Luis Alvarenga. ''Brasileirinhas'' label has some of the most famous pornographic performers of Brazil including Monica Mattos, Pâmela Butt, Júlia Paes, ...

in exchange for 500,000 R$. From 2004 to 2009, she appeared in 11 pornographic films for Brasileirinhas. In 2009, she was influential in launching a new adult model career for the dancer who then started to be promoted under the alias "Cléo Cadillac". At Brazilian local elections in 2008, she ran as a candidate of

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for

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city council. In April 2010, the documentary ''Rita Cadillac - A Lady do Povo'' was released in Brazil. The film depicts her life since childhood until 2007 (year of production). In July 2017, Cadillac appeared with Gretchen in a Netflix Brasil commercial to promote the series '' GLOW''.

''A Fazenda''

On June 23, 2013, Rita Cadillac was announced as one of sixteen new celebrities of the sixth season of "A Fazenda". On July 23, 2013, after 31 days, she was eliminated, finishing in 12th place in the competition.Cadillac perfil no R7.com/
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* * Living people 1954 births Brazilian female dancers Brazilian pornographic film actresses Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) The Farm (TV series) contestants 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian Socialist Party politicians {{Brazil-arts-stub