The Politeama Theater announced with “great disgust” the death of Helena Rocha. Actress, singer, teacher and playwright, dedicated her life to the stage, having been the theater “Your Great Passion”.
Actress and singer Helena Rocha died on Tuesday at the age of 81, the on social networks. Recognized for “Total dedication and quality with which he practiced the profession “, the artist “It will be forever linked to the history of Portuguese theater”.
“Filipe La Féria and the Politeama Theater have the great disgust of announcing the death of one of the pillars of this company, the great actress and singer Helena Rocha. Teacher and playwright was one of the great workers of this theater where she dedicated, along with her teaching life, all her wonderful creator and comedian talent,” reads in the statement published on Facebook.
Helena Rocha stood out as a singer in the 60s, with several hits, and shone in productions like Amalia, My Fair Lady, Tattooed pink, A violin on the roof, The Song of Lisbon and, “having a masterful interpretation in The Cage of the Crazynext to José Raposo, Carlos Quintas, Rita Ribeiro “.
Off the stage, she was the director of the scene in almost all the productions of the Politeama Theater, “with discipline and rigor of a professional copy” of the area.
Honored with cultural merit medal by the municipality of Marinha Grande
Last year, the municipality of Marinha Grande honored Helena Rocha with the cultural merit medal, “recognition of its invaluable contribution to culture and the affirmation of our territory,” is described on Instagram.
Marinha Grande also recognized the “personality of enormous cultural and educational relevance” of the artist who managed to distinguish the county “with his dedication, talent and example of life”.
