Lady Chuquer Volla Borelli de Bourbon (January 7, 1935
– May 25, 2019), also known as Lady Francisco, was a Brazilian actress and director. She appeared in 25 films and several TV soaps.
Life
Born in Belo Horizonte
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, to a father of Spanish
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, Italian
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, and Syrian
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descent. She appeared in the TV soap opera ''Sin Capital'' in 1975[ and Carla Lambrini in '' Locomotivas'' in 1977.]
She returned to the genre to appear in ''Explodes Heart'' in 1995, ''For Love'' in 1998 and ''Full of Charm'' in 2012.[ Her best remembered role was said to be ''Bellies for Hire'' in 1990, where she played a geneticist named Yara.] She appeared in 25 films.[ In 1981, she co-directed the film ''Angels of Sex'' with Levy Salgado.][
Francisco died in ]Rio de Janeiro
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in 2019, aged 84, during hospital treatment for complications after the repair of a broken femur.[
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References
1935 births
2019 deaths
Actresses from Belo Horizonte
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian soap opera actresses
Brazilian women film directors
Brazilian people of Syrian descent
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