Maria Della Costa (born Gentile Maria Marchioro Polloni, 1 January 1926 – 24 January 2015) was a Brazilian
theater
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
,
movie
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
and
TV actress and producer.
Life
She was born in
Flores da Cunha, a small town of the state of
Rio Grande do Sul, into a family of
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from the region of
Veneto
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. She was immortalized in paintings by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Flavio de Carvalho, Guanabarino and Djanira da Motta e Silva, Djanira, and in a statue by Victor Brecheret. She started her career at 14 years of age, as a fashion model (she is considered the first professional model in Brazil).
She was married to Sandro Polloni, a theater producer, also of Italian origin. Together they founded Teatro Maria Della Costa in São Paulo in a building designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa.
After retiring from show business, she owned and managed a small hotel (Coxixo Hotel) in the historical and tourist town of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro. She died of a pulmonary edema on January 24, 2015.
Filmography
Television
* 1990 - ''Brasileiras e Brasileiros''
* 1982 - ''Sétimo Sentido'' .... Juliana
* 1978 - ''Te contei?'' .... Ana Paula
* 1976 - ''Estúpido Cupido'' .... Olga
* 1970 - ''As Bruxas'' .... Teresa
* 1969 - ''Beto Rockfeller'' .... Maitê
Theatre
* 1992 - ''Típico Romântico''
* 1988 - ''Temos Que Refazer a Casa''
* 1986 - ''Alice, Que Delícia''
* 1982 - ''Motel Paradiso''
* 1974 - ''Tome Conta de Amélia''
* 1973 - ''Bodas de Sangue''
* 1968 - ''Tudo no Jardim''
* 1968 - ''Abra a Janela e Deixa Entrar o Ar Puro e o Sol da Manhã''
* 1967 - ''Homens de Papel''
* 1964 - ''Depois da Queda''
* 1963 - ''Pindura Saia''
* 1962 - ''Armadilha Para um Homem Só''
* 1962 - ''O Marido Vai à Caça''
* 1960 - ''Society em Baby Doll''
* 1959 - ''Gimba''
* 1958 - ''The Good Soul of Szechuan, A Alma Boa de Set-Suan''
* 1956 - ''Moral em Concordata''
* 1956 - ''A Rosa Tatuada''
* 1956 - ''The House of Bernarda Alba, A Casa de Bernarda Alba''
* 1955 - ''A Mirandolina''
* 1955 - ''Com a Pulga Atrás da Orelha''
* 1954 - ''O Canto da Cotovia''
* 1952 - ''Manequim''
* 1951 - ''Ralé''
References
External links
*
Biography and photos Hotel Coxixo. In Portuguese.
1926 births, Della Costa, Maria
Brazilian people of Italian descent, Della Costa
Brazilian actresses, Della Costa
2015 deaths, Della Costa
People from Rio Grande do Sul, Della Costa
People from Paraty
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