Brazilian actress Esmerlinda Barros has died she just
celebrated her 75th birthday on September 4. Born in Ilhéus, Bahia,
Brazil, a mulatto, Esmerlinda started as a dancer in the nightclub shows of
Carlos Machado aka "The King of the Night". She appeared in the local
Renaissance Club’s beauty contest in 1964 where the winner goes on to appear in
the Miss Brazil contest. Many feel she finished second in the Renaissance Club
contest because of her professional status as a performer. Barros attracted
enough attention to be offered film roles in Brazilian and Italian films and
television novellos. While in Italy she was called Esmeralda Barros and
appeared in six Euro-westerns but her most remembered role was as Eva the
savage jungle girl in "Kong Island" (1968) with Brad Harris. Later she
appeared in the July 1976 edition of the Brazilian Playboy. After her career
ended she returned to Brazil and as of 2011 was a grandmother and living
happily in Rio de Janeiro. Esmeralda appeared in eight Euro-westerns: “Run,
Man, Run” (1967) as a waitress; “And for a Roof a Sky Full of Stars” (1968); “God
May Forgive You, Not Me” (1968) as Conchita; “Django’s Cut Rate Corpses” (1971)
as Pilar; “A Man Called Django!” (1971)
as Lola; “Paid in Blood” (1971) as Zelda; “God is My Colt .45” (1972) as
Paquita and
“Where the Bullets Fly” also 1972 (as a whore)
Brazil lost one of its gems...
ReplyDeleteR.I.P. Princess!
Stephan, from Brazil