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Maria Barroso is a Actor Portugaise born on 2 may 1925 at Olhão Municipality (Portugal)

Maria Barroso

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Birth name Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares
Nationality Portugal
Birth 2 may 1925 at Olhão Municipality (Portugal)
Death 7 july 2015 (at 90 years)

Maria de Jesus Simões Barroso Soares, (born Olhão, Fuseta, 2 May 1925) is a Portuguese actress, daughter of Alfredo José Barroso (b. Portimão, Alvor) and wife Maria da Encarnação Simões.

She is the wife of former President Mário Soares, whom she married on 22 February 1949 at the 3rd Conservatory of the Civil Register of Lisbon, while he was in the Aljube prison, with whom she has one son, politician João Soares, born on 29 August 1949, and one daughter, Isabel Barroso Soares, born on 9 January 1951, unmarried and without issue, who manages Colégio Moderno; although not as politically involved as her husband, she was a founding member of the Socialist Party. She is the President of the Aristides Sousa Mendes Foundation and Pro Dignitate Association. She was the head of the Portuguese Red Cross for several years.

She was a member of the National Theater Company and one of the most famous theater and cinema actress in Portugal. Recently she read the poetry of Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen a Unesco in homage to Aristides Sousa Mendes. Baritone Jorge Chaminé also performed at this event.

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Filmography of Maria Barroso (3 films)

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Actress

Benilde or the Virgin Mother, 1h52
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Maria Barroso
Roles Genoveva, the house-keeper
Rating72% 3.6237853.6237853.6237853.6237853.623785
Change of Life, 1h30
Directed by Paulo Rocha
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama
Actors Geraldo Del Rey, Isabel Ruth, Maria Barroso
Roles Júlia
Rating71% 3.579543.579543.579543.579543.57954
Un village de pêcheurs, au nord du Portugal. De retour de la Guerre d'Angola, Adelino découvre que sa fiancée a épousé son frère. Il tente de la reconquérir, puis entame une nouvelle liaison.