Vasco Santana (full name: ''Vasco António Rodrigues Santana''; 28 January 1898 in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits w ...
– 13 June 1958) was a
Portuguese actor, one of the most renowned of the classical era of
Portuguese cinema.
He already had a long career in theatre when he played the main character in the first Portuguese sound film, ''
A Canção de Lisboa
''A Canção de Lisboa'' (lit. ''The Song of Lisbon'') is a 1933 Portuguese musical comedy film, directed by José Cottinelli Telmo, and starring Vasco Santana, Beatriz Costa, António Silva, Alfredo Silva, Ana Maria, Artur Rodrigues, Corali ...
'', in 1933. He starred in about one dozen films.
Portuguese male film actors
Male actors from Lisbon
1898 births
1958 deaths
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