Mara Manzan

Mara Virgínia Manzan (28 May 1952, São Paulo – 13 November 2009, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian actress.

Mara Manzan
A photograph of Mara manzan, an Actress.
Born
Mara Virgínia Manzan

(1952-05-28)May 28, 1952
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
DiedNovember 13, 2009(2009-11-13) (aged 57)
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
OccupationActress
Years active1978–2009

Biography

Mara was born in the city of São Paulo in 1952. At the age of 17, she visited the Teatro Oficina and, as she used to say jokingly, never left it. She worked backstage in all sorts of activities, until one day the opportunity arose to replace a sick actress in a play. In the 1970s she married José Marcondes Marques and they had a daughter, Tatiana Manzan Marques, also an actress.[1]

In March 2008, acting as "Amara" in Duas Caras, she learned that she had lung cancer. By that time she already had two-thirds of her lungs affected by a pulmonary emphysema (she was a smoker).[1] Mara was treated surgically by Dr. Drauzio Varella the following month on 16 April 2008. She had already reportedly undergone a radical hysterectomy due to cancers of the uterus and ovaries.[2]

Death

Mara died on November 13, 2009 at the Rios d'Or Hospital of pulmonary failure of a lung cancer that had afflicted her for more than two years.[3][4][5]

Television career

Film career
  • 1982 – Bonecas da Noite
  • 2000 - De Cara Limpa .... Suzy
  • 2003 - Herman .... as herself
  • 2008 - Sexo com Amor? .... Dirce

References
  1. Memorial da Fama: Biografia (in Portuguese)
  2. Cozinha MaisMulher: Mara Manzan será cremada no Rio (in Portuguese)
  3. "Morre a atriz Mara Manzan aos 57 anos". Terra. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. "Atriz Mara Manzan morre aos 57 anos no Rio". Folha de S.Paulo. 13 November 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2009.
  5. Obituary for actress Mara Manzan (in Portuguese)


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