Leonora Amar

Leonora Amar
Born 1 March 1926
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died 2 February 2014 (aged 87)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation Actress
Years active 1947 – 1953 (film)

Leonora Amar (1 March 1926 – 2 February 2014) was a Brazilian film actress. She moved to Mexico in the mid-1940s where she was dubbed by the press The Brazilian Venus.[1] She played leading roles in a number of films before retiring at the age of twenty seven. Her final film was the 1953 American swashbuckler Captain Scarlett.

She was married to the Argentine actor and co-star Luis Aldás at one point, although this may have been for publicity purposes.

Selected filmography

References

  1. Agrasánchez p.84

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