Djenane Machado

Djenane Machado
Machado on stage (1967)
Born10 June 1951 (1951-06-10)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died23 March 2022 (2022-03-24) (aged 70)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationActress

Djenane Machado (10 June 1951 – 23 March 2022) was a Brazilian actress.

Life and career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, the daughter of an impresario and of a costume designer, Machado began her career as a child actress taking part in a stage adaptation of The Sound of Music, and at 17 she made her television debut in the telenovela Passo dos Ventos.[1] Her breakout role was Branca in the 1969 telenovela A Ponte dos Suspiros [pt], and the same year she made her film debut in A Penúltima Donzela [pt].[1]

Machado continued working in numerous Rede Globo telenovelas until the early 1980s, when she started appearing in several Rede Manchete and TV Cultura series.[1] Married and divorced twice, in 1992 after the death of her father she retired from showbusiness and disappeared from the public scene.[1][2] Machado died on 23 March 2022, at the age of 70.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Goes, Tony (29 March 2022). "Djenane Machado (1951 - 2022) - Morre Djenane Machado, atriz que estrelou a primeira 'Grande Família', aos 70 anos". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Daehn, Ricardo (29 March 2022). "Para sempre, Bebel: reclusa, Djenane Machado, atriz, morreu aos 70 anos". Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 June 2022.