Maria Cláudia

Maria Cláudia de Souza Santos (born October 9, 1949 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actress, television presenter, journalist, producer, dancer and model.

Maria Cláudia
Maria Cláudia, 2007
Born	Maria Cláudia de Souza Santos October 9, 1949 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Spouse(s)	Luiz Carlos Maciel (1976–present)

She's the niece of actor Luís Delfino. She was elected one of the most beautiful women in Brazil in the year 1978, and one of the most photographed women during the 1970s and early 1980s.

In TV he made important appearances in several soap operas such as Selva de Pedra, O Bem-Amado, O Rebu and Feijão Maravilha. But her most striking characters were Shana from the telenovela Te Contei? and Amanda of Plumas e Paetês. Without children, she is married to the philosopher, writer, journalist and Screenwriter Luiz Carlos Maciel since 1976.

She had her acting career interrupted by a vocal cord problem in the mid-1980s, from which she recovered ten years later.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Bonga, o Vagabundo	Sônia[1]
1972	Independência ou Morte	Empress Amélie of Leuchtenberg[2]
1976	O Flagrante	Marlene[3]
1977	Um Marido Contagiante	Helena[4]
1978	Se Segura, Malandro!	Jô[5]
1979	O Coronel e o Lobisomem	Esmeraldina Nogueira
1981	Eros, o Deus do Amor	Annelise

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Verão Vermelho	Patrícia
	Assim na Terra Como no Céu	Suzy
1971	Caso Especial		Episode: "Nº 1"
	Minha Doce Namorada	Vera (Verinha)
1972	Selva de Pedra	Kátia
1973	O Bem-Amado	Adalgisa Portela (Gisa)
	O Semideus	Estela
1974	O Rebu	Helena Martins
1977	Nina	Doralda
1978	Te Contei?	Shana
1979	Feijão Maravilha	Abigail Andrade (Bibinha)
1980	Plumas & Paetês	Amanda
1981	Terras do Sem-Fim	Margot
1983	Moinhos de Vento	Sandra
	Pão Pão, Beijo Beijo	Luísa Cantarelli
1992	Deus Nos Acuda	Kelly Garcia
1994	Você Decide		Episode: "Tudo Pela Arte"
1995			Episode: "O Gosto da Vingança"
2004	Linha Direta	Maria das Dores Calmon	Episode: "Crime das Irmãs Poni"
	A Escrava Isaura	Serafina
2007	Caminhos do Coração	Drª. Ruth Maciel	Episodes: "September 5–October 9, 2007"
	Amor e Intrigas	Eugênia Dutra
2010	Louca Família	Léa Ferreira (Léinha)
	Uma Rosa com Amor	Mrs. Elizabeth Smith

References

1. Cinemateca Brasileira Bonga, o vagabundo [em linha]
2. Cinemateca Brasileira Independência ou Morte [em linha]
3. "O Flagrante". Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
4. "Um Marido Contagiante". Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
5. Cinemateca Brasileira Se segura, malandro [em linha]

External links

• Maria Cláudia at IMDb