Beatriz Costa (born Beatriz da Conceição, 14 December 1907 – 15 April 1996) was a Portuguese actress, active durint the golden age of
Portuguese cinema. She was the author of several books.
Costa debuted as a chorus girl in Lisbon at the age of 16, eventually becoming the highest paid stage actress in Portugal in the 1940s.
She died in Lisbon on 15 April 1996.
Filmography
* ''
A Aldeia da Roupa Branca'', de Chianca de Garcia (1939);
* ''
O Trevo de Quatro Folhas'', de
Chianca de Garcia
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(1936);
* ''
A Canção de Lisboa
''A Canção de Lisboa'' (lit. ''The Song of Lisbon'') is a 1933 Portuguese Musical film, musical comedy film, directed by José Cottinelli Telmo, and starring Vasco Santana, Beatriz Costa, António Silva (actor), António Silva, Alfredo Silva, A ...
'', de
Cottinelli Telmo (1933)
* ''Minha Noite de Núpcias'', de E. W. Emo (1931)
* ''Lisboa'', de J.
Leitão de Barros
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(1930)
* ''
Fátima Milagrosa'', de Rino Lupo (1928);
* ''O Diabo em Lisboa'', de
Rino Lupo
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Selected filmography
* 1915 - ...
(1926).
Books
* ''Sem Papas na Língua'' (1975)
* ''Quando os Vascos Eram Santanas… e Não Só'' (1977)
* ''Mulheres Sem Fronteiras'' (1981)
* ''Nos Cornos da Vida'' (1984)
* ''Eles e Eu'' (1990)
* ''Saudades do Padeiro'' (1993)
References
External links
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1907 births
1996 deaths
Portuguese film actresses
20th-century Portuguese actresses
People from Mafra, Portugal
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