Léa Garcia
Brazilian actress (1933-2023)
Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar (11 March 1933 – 15 August 2023) was a Brazilian actress. She was known for her numerous television and film roles. Her breakout role was in the 1959 Oscar-winning Black Orpheus, in which she portrayed Serafina, Eurydice's cousin.
Garcia died of heart complications on 15 August 2023, at the age of 90.
In 2026, Léa Garcia was the plot of the parade of Mocidade Alegre samba school in the Anhembi Sambadrome. Mocidade Alegre won the Carnival of São Paulo championship with this homage to Garcia.
Television roles
2022 IndependênciaS - Mãe de Osória
2020 Arcanjo Renegado - Dona Laura
2018 Carcereiros - Clotilde
2018 Sob Pressão - Dona Leda
2018 Assédio - Conceição Duarte da Silva
2017 Mister Brau - Dona Antônia
2017 Sol Nascente - Luzia
2016 Êta Mundo Bom! - Parteira de Candinho
2009 A Lei e o Crime - Clara
2007 Luz do Sol - Edite (Babá)
2006 Cidadão Brasileiro - Dadá
2001 O Clone - Lola da Silva
1999 Você Decide
1999 Suave Veneno - Selma
1997 Anjo Mau - Cida
1996 Você Decide
1996 Xica da Silva - Bastiana
1996 O Campeão
1995 Tocaia Grande
1994 A Viagem - Natália
1993 Agosto - Sebastiana
1990 Araponga - Mundica
1990 Desejo - Mariana
1989 Pacto de Sangue - Rute
1988 Abolição
1987 Helena - Chica
1986 Dona Beija - Flaviana
1983 Bandidos da Falange - Gladys
1980 Marina - Leila
1978 Maria, Maria - Rita
1976 Escrava Isaura - Rosa
1975 A Moreninha - Duda
1974 Fogo sobre Terra - Lana
1974 Feliz na Ilusão (Caso Especial)
1973 Os Ossos do Barão
1972 Selva de Pedra - Elza
1972 Meu Primeiro Baile (Caso Especial)
1971 O Homem Que Deve Morrer - Luana
1971 Minha Doce Namorada
1969 Acorrentados - Irmã Serafina
Film roles
2024 BELA LX-404 - BELA LX-404
2006 Memórias da Chibata - Avó de Juca
2006 Nzinga - Mãe de santo
2006 Mulheres do Brasil - Eunice
2006 The Greatest Love of All - Zezé
2005 Filhas do Vento (Daughters of the Wind) - Jú
2003 Viva Sapato!
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q529017. VIAF identifies the subject as 164550999. The Library of Congress control number is nr2003014857. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1933, 2023, 1959 and 2026.
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