Acting
Marpessa Dawn
Marpessa Dawn (January 3, 1934 — August 25, 2008), also known as Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor was an American-born French actress, singer, and dancer. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of African-American and Filipino heritage, she is best-remembered for her role as "Eurydice" in the film Black Orpheus. She and her fellow lead from that film, Brazilian actor Breno Mello, died just 42 days apart in 2008, both from heart attacks.
Filmography
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Cinépanorama
At Theatre Tonight
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast...
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network fro...
Black Orpheus
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dresse...
Sweet Movie
The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involv...
Private Collections
Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical island. While seeking resc...
Womaneater
A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that help...
The Secret of the Blue Men
An adventurer intends to seize the fabulous treasure of the Tuaregs. But when he falls in love with a beautiful...
38-24-36
The film is a rundown of the songs sung by the stars of the time, chained to various shows such as strip and co...
Élisa
Recently released from reform school, Élisa works at Madame Irma's before moving to Paris, where her success is...
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
Nobles try desperately to cling to the crumbling aristocracy in the days following World War I. The Count (Jean...
Africa on the Seine
This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnologica...
Boubou cravate
An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he...