Acting

Fada Santoro

Born — Died

1924-08-29 — 2024-12-15

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Known for

Acting

Credits

13 titles

IMDb profile

Mafalda Basílio Monteiro dos Santos (29 August 1924 – 15 December 2024) was a Brazilian actress, active in the country's classic era. Santoro was born in Rio de Janeiro on 29 August 1924. Fada began her career at a very young age, working as a dancer in the Alda Garrido Company and later as a crooner in casinos in the 1940s. Her debut as an actress in cinema was at the end of the 1930s in the film O Samba da Vida, having made several appearances until becoming established in 1949 in the film A Escrava Isaura, beginning the couple's cinematographic fame alongside the actor Cyll Farney. They later starred in Pecado de Nina and Tocaia, both from 1951. Due to her fame in Brazilian cinema, she …

Known for

To preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.

Detective

1954

7.0

A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.

Barnabé, You Are Mine

1952

9.0

Four men, known for their reckless actions, are arrested one night after ruining a dinner party. They are soon released and go to visit their uncle who is sick. The four of them decide to travel to Africa to try to find a cure for their uncle, but they get into a big mess.

Africa Laughs

1956

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997

8.1

No synopsis available yet.

Assim Era a Atlântida

1975

9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Burning Sands

1952

Film credits

1990s · 1 titles

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

1997

1970s · 1 titles

8.1

No synopsis available yet.

Assim Era a Atlântida

1975

1950s · 10 titles

To preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.

Detective

1954

7.0

A cleaner accidentely stills a secret formula and get mistaken for the heir prince of an old kingdom.

Barnabé, You Are Mine

1952

9.0

Africa Laughs

1956

9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Burning Sands

1952

6.3

Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila

1955

8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Milagre de Amor

1951

Mariana is a young woman from the interior of Minas Gerais who leaves for Rio de Janeiro in search of a man who seduced her and got her pregnant. But the rascal man gave her the false address, with only a photo as a reference. Staying at an uncle's house, she is faced with the difficulties of living in the big city, seeing that finding her husband in Rio is like looking for a needle in a haystack.