Adriana Prieto was a Brazil

Brazil

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ian actress. Her mother was Brazilian and her father was a Chile

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an diplomat. In 1954, the family settled in Rio de Janeiro. She died at a road accident when her Beetle

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 was crashed heavily by a police car.

The film that brought Prieto fame was El Justicero (1966) by Nelson Pereira dos Santos, a satire of hypocritical morals of carioca

Carioca

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bourgeoisie, which earned her the "Best Supporting Actress" award by the Governorship of Rio de Janeiro

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. On TV

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, her first appearance to a broader public was with A Rainha Louca, a telenovela

Telenovela

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 of Rede Globo

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 in 1967. The series was an adaptation of Mémoires d'un médecin: Joseph Balsamo by Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, père

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. She also appeared in plays by notable playwrights such as Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

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, Nélson Rodrigues

Nélson Rodrigues

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, and Augusto Boal

Augusto Boal

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 but she finally decided to pursue her career in cinema. Her 1969 film A Penúltima Donzela by Fernando Amaral and her 1971 film Lúcia McCartney, Uma Garota de Programa by David Neves were of particular success.

The turning point in her career was A Viúva Virgem (1972) by Pedro Carlos Rovai, which was conceived as a social satire but inevitably seen as a precursor of pornochanchada

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 conventions. In this film, Prieto played the role of Cristina, a young girl who gets married to a powerful coronel

Coronelismo

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from Minas Gerais

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 but left as a "virgin widow" when her older husband dies on the wedding night. Her last film O Casamento (1975) by Arnaldo Jabor was about the decadent bourgeoisie, a common theme in many other works of Nélson Rodrigues, accompanied by a story of incestuous love.

External links

• Adriana Prieto at The Internet Movie Database  (NB: Release dates for the films are doubtful)