Maitê Proença Gallo (born January 28, 1958) is a Brazilian actress,
television presenter and writer.Maitê Proença was born in São
Paulo, Brazil. Her mother was Margot Proença, a philosophy and music
teacher who died when Maitê was 12, killed by her father. Her father
was Eduardo Gallo (died in 1989). She has a younger brother, René
Augusto Proença Gallo, born in 1963. She is of Portuguese descent,
both of her grandfathers were Portuguese.As a child, Proença studied
in an American school and spoke fluent English, as well as French,
Spanish and Italian. She attended the undergraduate psychology
programme at the PontifÃcia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and
the University of São Paulo, where she studied journalism. Proença
also attended a number of courses at the Sorbonne, at the end of the
1970s, while living in France. Between 1977 and 1979 she traveled
around the world to Europe, Asia and Africa. She has maintained this
habit, traveling to more than 70 countries.In 1979, Proença had a
serious car accident. She underwent two surgical operations and had to
stay in bed for almost a year.
television presenter and writer.Maitê Proença was born in São
Paulo, Brazil. Her mother was Margot Proença, a philosophy and music
teacher who died when Maitê was 12, killed by her father. Her father
was Eduardo Gallo (died in 1989). She has a younger brother, René
Augusto Proença Gallo, born in 1963. She is of Portuguese descent,
both of her grandfathers were Portuguese.As a child, Proença studied
in an American school and spoke fluent English, as well as French,
Spanish and Italian. She attended the undergraduate psychology
programme at the PontifÃcia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and
the University of São Paulo, where she studied journalism. Proença
also attended a number of courses at the Sorbonne, at the end of the
1970s, while living in France. Between 1977 and 1979 she traveled
around the world to Europe, Asia and Africa. She has maintained this
habit, traveling to more than 70 countries.In 1979, Proença had a
serious car accident. She underwent two surgical operations and had to
stay in bed for almost a year.
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