Maria Alice Monteiro de Campos Vergueiro (January 19, 1935 â€" June 3,
2020) was a Brazilian actress with an extensive career on stage,
cinema, and television.Born in São Paulo, her theatrical debut was in
1962 in the show The Mandrake ("A Mandrágora") under the direction of
Augusto Boal. Later, she began working with the Teatro Oficina, where
she appeared in the historical setting of O Rei da Vela (by Oswald de
Andrade), under the direction of José Celso Martinez Corrêa, which
was later made into a film. She worked with the Living Theatre. She
was the founder, along with Luiz Roberto GalÃzia and Cacá Rosset, of
the Teatro do Ornitorrinco where she has appeared in various shows.In
2006 she gained renewed fame for the short film Tapa na Pantera,
directed by Esmir Filho, Mariana Bastos and Rafael Gomes, in which she
plays a woman who has smoked marijuana for 30 years and talks about
her experiences with the drug, a character based on the actress' own
experiences. The short became a success in less than a week when it
was posted on YouTube without the permission of the authors.In the
theater scene of São Paulo, she is known as "Dama do Underground" or
"Velha Dama Indigna."
2020) was a Brazilian actress with an extensive career on stage,
cinema, and television.Born in São Paulo, her theatrical debut was in
1962 in the show The Mandrake ("A Mandrágora") under the direction of
Augusto Boal. Later, she began working with the Teatro Oficina, where
she appeared in the historical setting of O Rei da Vela (by Oswald de
Andrade), under the direction of José Celso Martinez Corrêa, which
was later made into a film. She worked with the Living Theatre. She
was the founder, along with Luiz Roberto GalÃzia and Cacá Rosset, of
the Teatro do Ornitorrinco where she has appeared in various shows.In
2006 she gained renewed fame for the short film Tapa na Pantera,
directed by Esmir Filho, Mariana Bastos and Rafael Gomes, in which she
plays a woman who has smoked marijuana for 30 years and talks about
her experiences with the drug, a character based on the actress' own
experiences. The short became a success in less than a week when it
was posted on YouTube without the permission of the authors.In the
theater scene of São Paulo, she is known as "Dama do Underground" or
"Velha Dama Indigna."
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