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Elvira Pagã

Elvira Olivieri Cozzolino (6 September 1920 – 8 May 2003), better known by her stage name Elvira Pagã, was a Brazilian vedette, actress, singer, writer, and painter. She was the first Rio Carnival Queen, the first woman to wear a bikini in public, and one of the first women to undergo cosmetic surgery in Brazil. Talented and controversial, she defied the status quo and challenged prevailing sexism with fearless audacity during the Brazilian military dictatorship and the revolutionary 1960s. In her later years, Pagã withdrew from public life, devoting herself to writing and painting, and eventually died in seclusion. Wikipedia


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Born:
Sep 6, 1920
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the movie Alô Alô Carnaval 1936-01-20
Latest Project:
Movie Naked Eye 2014-05-15
Known For
Poster of A Echarpe de Seda
Poster of Vegas Nights
Poster of The King's Jester
Poster of Cidade Mulher
Filmography
Movie Naked Eye Self (archive footage) 2014-05-15
Movie A Echarpe de Seda 1950-09-12
Movie Carnaval no Fogo Unknown 1949-01-01
Movie O Dominó Negro Unknown 1949-01-01
Movie Vegas Nights Self 1948-01-01
Movie Laranja da China Unknown 1940-01-12
Movie Three Argentines in Paris Ella misma 1938-01-01
Movie The King's Jester Unknown 1937-08-09
Movie Alô Alô Carnaval Unknown 1936-01-20
Movie Cidade Mulher Unknown 1936-06-20