Maria Eugénia | |
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Born |
Lisbon, Portugal | 1 April 1927
Died | 25 August 2016 Lisbon, Portugal | (aged 89)
Other names | Maria Eugenia Rodrigues Branco |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1931–1948 |
Maria Eugénia (1 April 1927 – 25 August 2016) was a Portuguese stage and film actress. She appeared in seven Portuguese and Spanish films in the late 1940s. Eugénia appeared opposite the Italian actor Amedeo Nazzari in a couple of Barcelona-made films including the comedy Unexpected Conflict (1948). [1] She received an offer from Vittorio De Sica to work with him, but she turned it down. [2] [3]
Eugénia came from an artistic family, and was the daughter of a musician. She retired from acting following her marriage. She is the mother of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pinto do Amaral.