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and died in

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, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In her early career, Heloísa sang in English on the radio, which she spoke with an American accent. The United States embassy made a cultural exchange with Brazil and Heloisa Helena ended up going to

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, staying there for some time. She appeared in several movies and was the host of the Brazilian ''

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'' television program. She also appeared on the December 16, 1956 episode of the American ''What's My Line?''YouTube: What's My Line? - Floyd Patterson; Vincent Price; Walter Pidgeon (panel) (Dec 16, 1956)
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Partial filmography

* '' Alô, Alô, Carnaval'' (1936) * ''Samba da Vida'' (1937) - Helena * ''Tererê Não Resolve'' (1938) * ''Futebol em Família'' (1939) * ''Pega Ladrão'' (1940) * ''Céu Azul'' (1941) - Mimi * ''Luz dos Meus Olhos'' (1947) * ''Terra Violenta'' (1948) - Lucy * ''É com Este Que Eu Vou'' (1948) - Frou Frou * ''É Fogo na Roupa'' (1952) - Condessa de Buganville * ''A Carne É o Diabo'' (1953) * ''O Petróleo é Nosso'' (1954) - Guimarães's wife * ''Marujo Por Acaso'' (1954) * ''Mãos Sangrentas'' (1955) * '' Leonora of the Seven Seas'' (1955) * ''Chico Viola Não Morreu'' (1955) * ''Angu de Caroço'' (1955) * ''Depois Eu Conto'' (1956) - Marinete * ''O Boca de Ouro'' (1957) * '' O Homem do Sputnik'' (1959) - Dondoca * ''Matemática Zero, Amor Dez'' (1960) - Carolina, Julieta's mother * ''Samba em Brasília'' (1961) - Eugênia * ''Rifa-se Uma Mulher'' (1967) * ''Jovens Pra Frente'' (1968) * ''Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis'' (1970) * ''Independência ou Morte'' (1972) - Carlota Joaquina * ''O Descarte'' (1973) * ''Com as Calças na Mão'' (1975) - D. Flora * ''Ódio'' (1977) - Rosa * ''A Pantera Nua'' (1979) - Verônica * ''A Fábrica das Camisinhas'' (1982)

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* Brazilian film actresses 1917 births 1999 deaths Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) 20th-century Brazilian actresses {{Brazil-actor-stub