Milú (),

stage name A stage name or professional name is a pseudonym used by performers, authors, and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. The equivalent concept among writers is called a ''nom de plume'' (pen name). Some performers ...

of Maria de Lourdes de Almeida Lemos (19262008) was a Portuguese actor and singer. Maria de Lourdes de Almeida Lemos was born on 24 April 1926 in

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, capital of

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. By the age of ten she was performing as a singer on the radio shows ''Rádio Graça'' and ''Rádio Sonora'' of the Portuguese national radio station '' Emissora Nacional de Radiodifusão''. Her first stage and movie performances were at the age of twelve. On the stage she performed in children’s shows, while her first film role was in ''Aldeia da Roupas Branca'', in which she performed with Beatriz Costa. In 1943 Milú played a leading role in the Portuguese comedy film, '' O Costa do Castelo'', directed by

Arthur Duarte Arthur Duarte (1895–1982) was a Portuguese actor, screenwriter, production designer and film director. Originally beginning his career in cinema as an actor, he played several small roles in Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria. He made ...

, and starring António Silva and Maria Matos. She would go on to star in several other films directed by Duarte. In the same year she married, with thousands of people turning up at the church to see her. She then announced that she was ceasing to perform, but she returned to the screen in 1946, after the marriage ended. In addition to Duarte, she worked with directors such as Manuel Guimarães,

Constantino Esteves Constantino Esteves (October 22, 1914 – 1985) was a Portuguese film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film ...

Perdigão Queiroga José Manuel Nobre Perdigão Queiroga (12 June 1916 in Évora, Sé e São Pedro – 8 May 1980 in a road accident, Alcoentre, Azambuja), son with his sister Maria José of Joaquim José Perdigão Queiroga (b. Évora) and second wife Mariana Nobre, ...

, Armando de Miranda, and

Ladislao Vajda Ladislao Vajda (born Vajda László, ; 18 August 1906 – 25 March 1965) was a Hungarian-Spanish film director who made films in Hungary, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy and West Germany. Biography Vajda was born in Budapest, his f ...

. On the stage, she performed in Lisbon in

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at the ''

Teatro Avenida ''Teatro da Avenida'', better known as ''Teatro Avenida'', was a theatre located at 150 to 156 Avenida da Liberdade in the city of Lisbon, Portugal, which operated from 1888 to 13 December 1967, when it was completely destroyed by fire. Followin ...

'' and '' Teatro Variedades''. In 1960, there was speculation that she would move to Hollywood. However, instead, she married for the second time, to Luís de Magalhães Coutinho Nobre Guedes. They lived in Brazil between 1960 and 1968 and had one daughter. She did little acting work during this time. Her last film performance was in 1981 at the age of 55. In the later years of her life she lost her sight but she continued to sing, performing a duet with Patrícia Vasconcelos in 2007 that appeared in the latter’s album ''Se o Amor Fosse Só Isso''. Milú died on 5 November 2008, in

Cascais Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera, Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Port ...

, Portugal.

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* 1926 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Portuguese women singers Portuguese actresses Actors from Lisbon Musicians from Lisbon {{Portugal-actor-stub