Maria Cláudia


Maria Cláudia de Souza Santos is a Brazilian actress, television presenter, journalist, producer, dancer and model.
She is the niece of actor Luís Delfino. She was elected one of the most beautiful women in Brazil in the year 1978, and one of the most photographed women during the 1970s and early 1980s.
In TV he made appearances in several soap operas such as Selva de Pedra, O Bem-Amado, O Rebu and Feijão Maravilha. But her most striking characters were Shana from the telenovela Te Contei? and Amanda of Plumas e Paetês. Without children, she is married to the philosopher, writer, journalist and Screenwriter Luiz Carlos Maciel from 1976 to his death in 2017.
She had her acting career interrupted by a vocal cord problem in the mid-1980s, from which she recovered ten years later.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969Bonga, o VagabundoSônia
1972Independência ou MorteEmpress Amélie of Leuchtenberg
1976O FlagranteMarlene
1977Um Marido ContagianteHelena
1978Se Segura, Malandro!
1979O Coronel e o LobisomemEsmeraldina Nogueira
1981Eros, o Deus do AmorAnnelise

Television