Léa Garcia

Léa Garcia
Léa Garcia in 2019
Born
Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar

(1933-03-11)11 March 1933
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died15 August 2023(2023-08-15) (aged 90)
Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
OccupationActress
Years active1950–2023

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.

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