Mara VirgÃnia Manzan (28 May 1952, São Paulo â€" 13 November 2009,
Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian actress.Mara 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). Mara was treated surgically by Dr. Drauzio Varella the
following month on 16 April 2008. She had already reportedly undergone
a radical hysterectomy due to cancers of the uterus and ovaries.Mara
died on November 13, 2009 at the Rios d'Or Hospital of pulmonary
failure of a lung cancer that had afflicted her for more than two
years.
Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian actress.Mara 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). Mara was treated surgically by Dr. Drauzio Varella the
following month on 16 April 2008. She had already reportedly undergone
a radical hysterectomy due to cancers of the uterus and ovaries.Mara
died on November 13, 2009 at the Rios d'Or Hospital of pulmonary
failure of a lung cancer that had afflicted her for more than two
years.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.