
Acting
Community Rating
6.8
TMDB estimate
Born
August 29, 1924
Died
December 15, 2024 (age 100)
Born in
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mafalda Basílio Monteiro dos Santos (29 August 1924 – 15 December 2024) was a Brazilian actress, active in the country's classic era. Santoro was born in Rio de Janeiro on 29 August 1924. Fada began her career at a very young age, working as a dancer in the Alda Garrido Company and later as a crooner in casinos in the 1940s. Her debut as an actress in cinema was at the end of the 1930s in the film O Samba da Vida, having made several appearances until becoming established in 1949 in the film A Escrava Isaura, beginning the couple's cinematographic fame alongside the actor Cyll Farney. They later starred in Pecado de Nina and Tocaia, both from 1951. Due to her fame in Brazilian cinema, she was invited to participate in the Argentine films La Delatora (1955) and África Ríe (1956). She retired from acting in the late 1950s when she got married and dedicated herself to family. Santoro died in Rio de Janeiro on 15 December 2024, at the age of 100.

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997

Assim Era a Atlântida
1975

O Capanga
as Ângela
1957

Africa Laughs
1956

La delatora
as Celina Rodríguez
1955

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila
as Miriam
1955

Detective
as Dulcínea
1954

Needle in a Haystack
as Mariana
1953

Barnabé, You Are Mine
1952

Burning Sands
1952

Pecado de Nina
1951

Milagre de Amor
1951

A Escrava Isaura
as Isaura
1949