Maria Sílvia

Maria Sílvia Correa Moreira Menezes Aguiar (February 16, 1944 – July 26, 2009) was a Brazilian film, stage and television actress.

Sílvia was already a well established film and theater actress by the time she made her television acting debut in the late 1970s. Her role in a telenovela came in 1977 on O Astro (Star) on Rede Globo. One of her most well known telenovela roles was on the Rede Globo show, Alma gêmea (Soulmate), in 2005 in which she played a traditional, elderly Brazilian indigenous woman. Silvia's other telenovela credits included Torre de Babel in 1998, Chocolate com pimenta in 2003, and Páginas da Vida in 2006.

Sílvia appeared in a number of films throughout her career, some of which were directed by Walter Lima Jr, Ruy Guerra, Arnaldo Jabor and Paulo César Saraceni.

Maria Sílvia died of lung cancer on July 26, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 65. She was buried on July 27 at the Cemitério São João Batista in Botafogo, neighborhood in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Filmography

Telenovelas 1977 - O Astro - Tânia 1988 - Olho por Olho - Maria 1989 - Kananga do Japão - Brígida 1990 - A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão - Fifi 1993 - Você Decide - Marilu 1994 - Memorial de Maria Moura - Jove 1998 - Torre de Babel - Dirce 2000 - Brava Gente - Ivone 2003 - Chocolate com Pimenta - Vizinha 2005 - Alma Gêmea - Índia Velha 2006 - Páginas da Vida - Marlene 2006 - Vidas Opostas - Mercedes 2007 - Caminhos do Coração - Magda 2008 - Chamas da Vida - Miriam 2009 - Os Mutantes - Caminhos do Coração - Magda

Films 1975 - Joanna Francesa 1976 - Gordos e Magros 1976 - Marília e Marina 1976 - A Queda 1976 - Assuntina das Amérikas 1976 - Perdida 1977 - Ajuricaba, o Rebelde da Amazônia 1977 - Esse Rio Muito Louco 1977 - Anchieta, José do Brasil 1977 - Mar de Rosas 1978 - O Bandido Antonio Do 1978 - Tudo Bem 1979 - Amor e Traição 1980 - Cabaret Mineiro 1981 - Eu Te Amo 1982 - Luz del Fuego 1983 - Janete 1983 - O Mágico e o Delegado 1984 - Patriamada 1984 - Noites do Sertão 1984 - Dois Homens Para Matar 1984 - Águia na Cabeça 1986 - Ópera do Malandro 1987 - Ele, o Boto 1988 - Romance 1989 - Minas-Texas 1995 - Sombras de Julho 1995 - Yemanján tyttäret 1996 - Como Nascem os Anjos 1998 - Amor & Cia 2001 - Uma Vida em Segredo 2004 - O Diabo a Quatro 2005 - Desejo