Brazilian actress died Yoná Magalhães – publico

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
 

The Brazilian actress Yoná Magalhães, known by the Portuguese public for participating in soap operas of great success as Roque Santeiro and Tieta do Agreste , died on Tuesday at age 80, in Rio de Janeiro. The actress was hospitalized since Sunday in the intensive care of a health care facility in Rio, following heart problems.

It was considered “the first girl of novels TV Globo” and, next, the heartthrob actor Carlos Alberto (who was her husband) formed several romantic couple in various soap operas, the first in I Buy This Women in 1966. It was in fact this year that the two actors were married, divorcing in 1971. “It was the absolute star of television in years 1960 “, told The Globe Brazilian playwright, Flavio Marinho. TV Globo, Yoná Magalhães has performed in over 30 novels between 1966 and 2013.

One of the highlights in his career was the participation in 1964 in the movie God and the Devil on Earth the Sun , Glauber Rocha, a landmark of Brazilian Cinema Novo. “I was not engaged in anything, I could not see the greatness of that work, I could not understand the meaning. Also no one expected it to be what it was,” said the actress the Globe Memory the purpose of your partcipação this film, remember now, in its obituary, the Folha de São Paulo .

At that time Magellan Jonah lived in Bahia and was married to producer Luiz Augusto Mendes da Costa (father of her only son, Marco Mendes), who produced the film and suggested for the role. Black God, White Devil interpreted Rosa, Manoel woman (played by Geraldo Del Rey), couple that joins the bandit group Corisco (played by Othon Bastos). With Glauber Rocha also worked in The Rose of God .

In Bahia joined the theater group A Barca and later in Rio de Janeiro, created his own company.

Born on August 7 1935 in Lins de Vasconcelos, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Jonah Magellan soon stood out as an actress in the main producing Brazilian soap opera, first in Tupi TV and later the Bandeirantes and Globo TV, where he played his most memorable roles. In Roque Santeiro was Matilde, the owner of the brothel who would you a call, at age 50, posing nude for the magazine Playboy . In Tieta do Agreste was naive Tonha, the stepmother of the main character played by Betty Faria.

His last job was as Parents glory in the novel Good Blood , 2013.