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Irene Ravache

Brazilian actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ3460222 ↗
Source-derived summary

Irene Yolanda Ravache Paes de Melo (born 6 August 1944) is a Brazilian film, stage, and television actress. In 2008, she was nominated for an International Emmy Award for her role in Eterna Magia.

Personal life

Ravache is married to journalist Edison Paes de Melo and has two children.

Filmography

Film

2005 - Depois Daquele Baile .... Dóris

2002 - Viva Sapato! .... Isolda

2001 - Amores Possíveis

1999 - Até que a Vida Nos Separe

1997 - Ed Mort

1989 - Que Bom Te Ver Viva

1978 - Doramundo

1978 - Curumim

1975 - Lição de Amor .... Láura

1974 - O Supermanso

1972 - Geração em Fuga

Television

2019 - Éramos Seis .... Tereza

2012 - Guerra dos Sexos .... Charlotte de Alcântara Pereira Barreto (Charlô II/Cumbuqueta/Altamiranda)

2010 - Passione ....

Editorial summary

“Irene Ravache” enters the record as brazilian actress. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Irene, Ravache and Brazilian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1944, 2008, 2005, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1944-08-06. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Irene, Ravache and Brazilian.
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Why this record matters

“Irene Ravache” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Irene, Ravache and Brazilian provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3460222. VIAF identifies the subject as 51389925. The Library of Congress control number is no2003127763. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1944, 2008, 2005 and 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Irene Ravache” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.