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Meet Brazilian Theater Legend: Cacilda Becker

Ladies and gentlemen, senhoras e senhores!

Let me introduce you to one of Brazil’s most important stage artists… Cacilda Becker!

Born in 1921 in the city of Pirassununga in the state of São Paulo, raised by her mother along with 2 sisters and with very little money, Cacilda became one of the biggest names in the history of Brazil and Brazilian theater. She left us early, at age 48, while on stage: At the end of the first act of the play Waiting for Godot, Cacilda had a stroke. She had been working as an actress for 30 years.