Actress Lúcia Alves, 76, died on Thursday (24) in Rio de Janeiro, a victim of complications of pancreatic cancer. She was hospitalized at the São José Health House, in Humaitá, South Zone of Rio, since the 14th of this month, after showing a worse in the health condition. The actress had been fighting the disease for three years.
The venue of the funeral and the funeral time have not yet been released by the family.
Biography
Lúcia Alves began her artistic career in the cinema in 1965, with the film A branch for Luíza.
The television debut was on the extinct TV Tupi in 1969 with the soap opera While there are stars. A year later, it debuted on TV Globo, where it participated in the soap opera BROTHERS COURAGEwritten by Janete Clair, when playing the Potira India, one of the most remembered roles of his career.
In 1975, he was the protagonist of Helenaadaptation by Gilberto Braga, based on the homonymous novel of Machado de Assis. In 1980, he interpreted the Veroca, from Plumes and sequinswritten by Cassiano Gabus Mendes.
In the cinema, he acted in the movies Square Parents, Advanced children, Strange triangleby Pedro Camargo, and The man from the golden head. All in the 1970s.
Lúcia Alves acted in the soap operas Cruel tortureand in Full moonin the 1980s. participated in the film Stay with meby Tizuka Yamasaki, and Almost two brothersby Lúcia Murat.
In 2007, he joined the cast of the humorous Under new directionfrom Rede Globo, and makes a special participation in the series Take there, give it herein the same station.
