Actress Glória de Matos
Actress died this Thursday, aged 89. He was a victim of heart failure. He began his career in 1954. His last performance was in 2017, in the play “Odeio-te, Meu Amor”, at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II.
The world of Portuguese theater became poorer this Thursday.
Gloria de Matos diedaged 89, victim of heart failure
“The body will be in a burning chamber at the Church of S. João de Deus in Lisbon, Saturday between 6 pm and 10 pm and Sunday between 12 pm and 3:30 pm, at which time a funeral mass will take place and the body will go to the Alto de S. João Cemetery”, says the actress’s family, in a statement released by .
In 2005, she joined the cast of five actresses in the play The Oldest Profession (video at the beginning of the article), at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, which received, the following year, the Golden Globe for Best Show in the Theater category. Fernanda Montemor, Maria José, Lia Gama and Lurdes Norberto were the remaining actresses, from the play performed by Fernanda Lapa.
Glory of Matos began her career as an actress in 1954being part of the creation of the Casa da Comédia Theater Group.
A career spanning more than 60 years ended in 2017when he last performed at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, in the play “Odeio-te, Meu Amor”.
The actress was married with announcer and television presenter Henry Mendeswho died in 2004.
In six decades spanning theater, television and cinema, Glória de Matos was also a professor at the National Conservatory Theater School, the Higher School of Theater and Cinema and the Open University.
The actress was still involved in the world of politics, when she was advisor of the Secretary of State for Culturebetween 1990 and 1992, during the time of Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva.
