Vera Barreto Leite Valdez, actress and first Brazilian top model, dies

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He died, this Wednesday (14), at the age of 89, Actress and model Vera Barreto Leite Valdez, known for her participation in the Teatro Oficina de São Paulo and for being the first Brazilian top model.

The information was released by the theater company on social media, which lamented the artist’s departure. “This afternoon Vera left. Fly, Vera! Etherna! Much love for this doll”, says the caption. See who the actress was.

In the comments of the publication, artists mourned the actress’ death, such as Debora Bloch, Alessandra Negrini and Maia Hazel.

Matheus Nachtergaele wrote: “My deepest condolences to the theater, family and friends! I love Vera.”

In 2024, Teatro Oficina performed a play in honor of the actress’ 88th birthday, the monologue “Vozes Humanas”. In the production, Vera played a woman going through a romantic separation.

Remember your career

According to the Brazilian Museum of Radio and Television, Vera was a model for Christian Dior (1905-1957) in France and dated filmmaker Ruy Guerra, 94.

In Brazil, she worked as a model for Pará fashion designer Dener Pamplona de Abreu (1937-1978) and was one of the founders of TV Globo on April 26, 1965.

In cinema, Vera Barreto Leite worked with director Roberto Santos in “O Homem Nu” (1997) and with Walter Hugo Khouri in “As Cariocas” (1966). His last appearance on the big screen was in the films “Alegria é a Prova dos Nove”, “Feira da Ladra” and “Tia Virgínia”, all in 2023.

At the end of the 1950s, she married actor Luís Linhares, with whom she had a daughter, Paula. From her relationship with Pedro Moraes, journalist and son of Vinicius de Moraes, she had Mariana de Moraes, 56, singer and actress.