Léa Garcia Explained

Léa Garcia
Birth Name:	Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar
Birth Date:	11 March 1933
Birth Place:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death Place:	Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1950–2023

Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar (11 March 1933 – 15 August 2023) was a Brazilian actress. She was known for her numerous television and film roles. Her breakout role was in the 1959 Oscar-winning Black Orpheus, in which she portrayed Serafina, Eurydice's cousin.^[1]

Garcia died of heart complications on 15 August 2023, at the age of 90.^{[2] [3]}

Television roles

• 2007 Luz do Sol - Edite (Babá)
• 2006 Cidadão Brasileiro - Dadá
• 2001 O Clone - Lola
• Você Decide
• o 1999 Juízo Final
• o 1996 O Professor
• o 1996 Retrato em Preto e Branco
• 1999 Suave Veneno - Selma
• 1997 Anjo Mau - Cida
• 1996 Xica da Silva - Bastiana
• 1996 O Campeão
• 1995 Tocaia Grande
• 1994 A Viagem - Natália
• 1993 Agosto - Sebastiana
• 1990 Araponga - Mundica
• 1990 Desejo - Mariana
• 1989 Pacto de Sangue - Rute
• 1988 Abolição
• 1987 Helena - Chica
• 1986 Dona Beija - Flaviana
• 1983 Bandidos da Falange - Gladys
• 1980 Marina - Leila
• 1978 Maria, Maria - Rita
• 1976 Escrava Isaura - Rosa
• 1975 A Moreninha - Duda
• 1974 Fogo Sobre Terra - Lana
• 1974 Feliz na Ilusão (Caso Especial)
• 1973 Os Ossos do Barão
• 1972 Selva de Pedra - Elza
• 1972 Meu Primeiro Baile (Caso Especial)
• 1971 O Homem que Deve Morrer - Luana
• 1971 Minha Doce Namorada
• 1969 Acorrentados - Irmã Serafina

Film roles

• 2006 Memórias da Chibata - 35mm - Avó de Juca
• 2006 Nzinga
• 2006 Mulheres do Brasil - Eunice
• 2006 The Greatest Love of All - Zezé
• 2006 Memorias da Chibata - Zeelândia
• 2005 Vinícius
• 2005 As Filhas do Vento (Daughters of the Wind) - Jú^[4]
• 2002 Viva Sapato!
• 1999 Orfeu - Mãe de Maicol
• 1998 Cruz e Sousa - O Poeta do Desterro - Carolina
• 1984 Quilombo
• 1978 A Deusa Negra
• 1978 A Noiva da Cidade
• 1977 Ladrões de Cinema
• 1976 Feminino Plural
• 1974 O Forte
• 1969 Em Compasso de Espera - Zefa
• 1964 Santo Módico
• 1963 Ganga Zumba - Cipriana
• 1960 Os Bandeirantes - Herminia
• 1959 Black Orpheus - Serafina

Notes and References

1. News: Bravo Caps French Film Salute With Two Classics . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103005515/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-877124.html . dead . 3 November 2012 . . 20 February 1994 . 4 June 2008 .
2. https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/televisao/noticia/2023/08/15/morre-a-atriz-lea-garcia-aos-90-anos.ghtml Morre a atriz Léa Garcia, aos 90 anos
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/movies/lea-garcia-dead.html Léa Garcia, Who Raised Black Actors’ Profile in Brazil, Dies at 90
4. News: Film review: An Estrangement Crosses Generations, Shadowed by Race. . 23 June 2004 . 4 June 2008 . A. O. . Scott.