Guida Maria

Guida Maria (23 January 1950 – 2 January 2018) was a Portuguese actress. Her career spanned 60 years and included appearances on stage, in film and on television.

Early life Maria was born in 1950 in Campo de Ourique, Lisbon. Her father, Luis Cerqueira, was an actor and encouraged his daughter to audition for stage roles. When Maria was seven she appeared in the play Fire of Vista, and when she was 12 she played Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker; the production toured Portugal for over a year and was considered a huge success.

Career

Theatre Over her career, Maria appeared in more than 40 plays.

Publications In 2009 Maria published her autobiography, Guida Maria – Uma Vida. She died there on 2 January 2018 aged 67, of pancreatic cancer.