Mara Manzan

Mara Virgínia Manzan (28 May 1952 – 13 November 2009) was a Brazilian actress.

Biography Manzan was born in the city of São Paulo in 1952. At the age of 17, she visited the Teatro Oficina and, as she used to say jokingly, never left it. She worked backstage in all sorts of activities, until one day the opportunity arose to replace a sick actress in a play. In the 1970s she married José Marcondes Marques and they had a daughter, Tatiana Manzan Marques, also an actress.

In March 2008, acting as "Amara" in Duas Caras, she learned that she had lung cancer. By that time she already had two-thirds of her lungs affected by a pulmonary emphysema (she was a smoker).

Death Manzan died on 13 November 2009 at the Rios d'Or Hospital of pulmonary failure of a lung cancer that had afflicted her for more than two years.

Filmography Film career 1982: Bonecas da Noite 2000: De Cara Limpa .... Suzy 2003: Herman .... Herself 2007: Sambando nas Brasas, Morô? .... Dona Nair 2008: Sexo com Amor? .... Dirce

Television career 1994: A Viagem .... Edmeia 1996: Salsa e Merengue .... Sexta-feira 1998: Hilda Furacão .... Nevita 1998: Pecado Capital .... Alzira 1998: Você Decide .... Marly 1999: Ô Coitado .... Cráudia 1999: Terra Nostra .... seamstress dress Giuliana 2001: O Clone .... Odete 2003: Kubanacan .... Agatha 2003: Sítio do Picapau Amarelo .... Tetéia 2004: Da Cor do Pecado .... Father Helinho's client 2004: Senhora do Destino .... Janice 2005: América .... Creuza's mother 2006: Cobras & Lagartos .... Marilene 2007: Duas Caras .... Amara 2009: Caminho das Índias .... Dona Ashima (final appearance)