Lea Garcia Biography, Age, Parents, Husband, Children, Net Worth

Lea Garcia Biography

Brazilian actress Léa Lucas Garcia de Aguiar lived from 11 March 1933 to 15 August 2023.

She was well-known for playing several parts in movies and television. Her breakthrough performance was as Serafina, Eurydice’s cousin, in the 1959 Oscar-winning film Black Orpheus.

From the beginning of her theatrical career in the Black Experimental Theatre to her most recent productions, her commitment to the anti-racist movement became a central axis in her work as an actress, director, and political activist.

In her lifetime, Garcia worked as an actor, a director for stage and screen, a worker for the Ministry of Health, and a union organizer.

Lea Garcia Age

She was born on 11 March 1933 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and died on 15 August 2023 (aged 90) in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul.

Lea Garcia Parents

Léa Garcia was born on March 11, 1933, to Stella Lucas and José dos Santos Garcia in Rio de Janeiro.

Lea Garcia Husband

Her husband was Abdias do Nascimento, a prominent professor, artist, and politician from the African Brazilian community who passed away in 2011.

Lea Garcia Children

We do not have any information about her children.

Lea Garcia’s Net Worth

Per reports, she had a net worth of $3 million in estimation prior to her demise.

Lea Garcia  Cause of Death

Garcia passed away from a heart attack at a hotel she was staying, in Gramado on August 15, 2023, at the age of 90.

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