Léa Garcia

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]

Léa Garcia
Garcia as the villain Rosa in the telenovela Escrava Isaura (1976)
Born
Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar

(1933-03-11)11 March 1933
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died15 August 2023(2023-08-15) (aged 90)
Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul
OccupationActress
Years active1950–2023

Garcia died 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

References
  1. "Bravo Caps French Film Salute With Two Classics". The Washington Post. 20 February 1994. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
  2. Morre a atriz Léa Garcia, aos 90 anos (in Portuguese)
  3. Léa Garcia, Who Raised Black Actors’ Profile in Brazil, Dies at 90
  4. Scott, A. O. (23 June 2004). "Film review: An Estrangement Crosses Generations, Shadowed by Race". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
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