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Date of Birth

8 May 1941, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Birth Name

Elizabeth Maria Silva de Faria

Mini Biography

She has a son named João (1975) with Daniel Filho. She has 4 grandchildren: Giulia (Alexandra's daughter), twins Valentina and João Paulo and Antônio (João children's). Her father's name is Marçal and he was a army officer. Her mother's name is Elza and she's a housewife. Betty is an only child. She lives in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro and she's Buddhist.

She's won awards as best actress for the movies A Estrela Sobe (1974), Anjos do Arrebalde (1987) and Romance da Empregada (1988). She's also a producer.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Mariana

Spouse

Daniel Filho	(1973 - 20 February 1977) (divorced) 1 child
Franklin Thompson	(? - 2001) (separated)
Cláudio Marzo	(? - ?) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Mother of Alexandra Marzo (b.September 26th 1968) with Cláudio Marzo and João (b.April 1st 1975) with Daniel Filho.

In 1995 she had a public argument with Sonia Braga because of movie "Tieta do Agreste". Betty Faria starred the title role in the TV-series "Tieta", in 1990, and would like to play it again in cinema, but the rights for screenplay of the book of Jorge Amado had been bought by Sonia Braga, who starred Tieta in the big screen.

One of the biggest stars of Brazilian TV ever.

Began career as a dancer.

Daughter of a general, Marçal (died in 2000), and a housewife, Elza.

Betty, her ex-husband, actor Cláudio Marzo, and Antonio Pedro founded the Teatro Carioca de Arte (Art Carioca Theater). But at the time Brazil was living in a dictatorship and the theater failed and was closed.

Betty acted and produced the movie "Bens Confiscados" (2004). This movie won in Festival Cine-PE the jury award, the public award and the critics award.

Won a Kikito Award in Gramado Cinema Festival of 1987 for her role in the movie "Anjos do Arrabalde".

Posed twice for Brazilian Playboy: on August 1978 and on October 1984.

Her maternal grandmother was Maria Luíza.

Personal Quotes

"I have a dream. My dream is the cinema".

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