Laura Cardoso, artistic name of Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso Balleroni OMC (born 13 September 1927) is a Brazilian actress. She is celebrated as one of the best and most well known Brazilian actresses of cinema, theater and television.

Early life

Laurinda de Jesus Cardoso was born in

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, the daughter of

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immigrants. At first, the parents resisted. But when she was 15, Laura had no doubt. She decided that it was time to take the tram of history and began the career of actress of radionovelas in Radio Cosmos.

Career

Still young, Cardoso made her debut in the Tupi TV show ''Tribunal do Coração'' (1952). She participated in

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s such as ''Um Lugar ao Sol'' (1959), an adaptation of

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's novel by Dionísio Azevedo, and '' Ídolo de Pano'' (1975) by Teixeira Filho. At the same time, Cardoso also worked at TV Excelsior,

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and

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. After two years dedicated to the theater, in 1981, she was invited by Globo to integrate the cast of

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's telenovela '' Brilhante''. In 1982, she starred in '' Ninho de Serpente'' and ''Renúncia'' aired by TV Bandeirantes. Back in the Globo TV, Cardoso appeared in three Walther Negrão's telenovelas: '' Pão-Pão, Beijo-Beijo'' (1983), ''

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'' (1984) e ''Fera Radical'' (1988). After that, she made Silvio de Abreu's ''

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'' (1990), and Manoel Carlos's '' Felicidade'' (1991), and three remakes of very successful telenovelas, two by Ivani Ribeiro, '' Mulheres de Areia'' (1993) and '' A Viagem'' (1994). In 1995, Cardoso appeared in '' Irmãos Coragem'' and

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's '' Explode Coração'', the first telenovela filmed in Projac (today ''Estúdios Globo''). In 1998, Cardoso starred in ''Vila Madalena'', and after a brief passage in

, where she appeared in Marcos Lazarini's '' Vidas Cruzadas'' (2000), she returned to Globo to starred

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's ''

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'' in 2001. She then appeared as Madalena in '' Esperança'' (2002), and in 2003 as Carmen in '' Chocolate com Pimenta''. In 2005, she appeared in the mini-series '' Hoje É Dia de Maria'', Cardoso also participated in the cast of '' O Profeta'' (2006), and in Aguinaldo Silva's '' Duas Caras'' (2007). In '' Caminho das Índias'' (2009) she played the Indian Laksmi Ananda. In 2010 she played Mariquita in '' Araguaia''. In 2012, she starred in the role of Dorotéia, in the remake of ''

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'', an adaptation of

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's novel, written by

. In 2014, she appeared in three productions of Globo: in the television series '' Segunda Dama'' and in the telenovelas '' Império'' and '' Boogie Oogie''.

Filmography

*1964 - Imitando o Sol *1964 - O Rei Pelé *1965 - Quatro Brasileiros em Paris *1969 - Corisco, O Diabo Loiro *1976 - Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente *1977 - Tiradentes, O Mártir da Independência *1979 - Gaivotas *1980 - Ariella *1982 - Um Casal de Três .... Shirley *1987 - Quincas Borba *1988 - Adultério (

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) *1988 - Fera Radical *1989 - Lua Cheia *1990 -

.... Iolanda Maia *1991 - Felicidade .... Cândida Peixoto *1993 - Mulheres de Areia .... Isaura *1994 - A Viagem .... Dona Guiomar *1995 - Irmãos Coragem .... Sinhana *1995 - Terra Estrangeira .... Manuela *1995 - Explode Coração .... Soraya *1996 - Salsa e Merengue .... Ruth Campos Queiroz *1998 - Uma Aventura de Zico *1998 - Meu Bem Querer .... Yeda Ferreira de Souza *1999 -

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.... Deolinda Xavier *2000 - Através da janela .... Selma *2001 - Copacabana .... Selma *2001 -

.... Silvana *2002 - No Bar *2002 - Morte *2002 - Esperança *2003 - Chocolate com Pimenta *2004 - Como uma Onda *2004 - Sob Nova Direção .... Madre Superiora *2005 - Hoje é dia de Maria .... Narrador *2006 - Belíssima .... Woman (cameo) *2006 - O Profeta .... Abigail *2007 - Desejo Proibido .... Sebastiana (cameo) *2007 - Duas Caras .... Alice (cameo) *2008 - Ciranda de Pedra .... Prosópia (cameo) *2009 - India – A Love Story .... Laksmi Ananda *2010 - Araguaia .... Mariquita *2011 -

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.... Glória Rosa e Silva *2012 -

.... Doroteia *2013 - Pé na Cova *2013 - Flor do Caribe *2014 - Império *2016 - Sol Nascente *2017 - O Outro Lado do Paraíso *2019 - A Dona do Pedaço

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardoso, Laura 1927 births Living people Actresses from São Paulo Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian film actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses 20th-century Brazilian actresses 21st-century Brazilian actresses