Eva Wilma
{{Short description|Brazilian actress and dancer (1933–2021)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eva Wilma
| image = Eva Wilma2019.jpg
| caption = Eva Wilma in 2019
| birth_name = Eva Wilma Riefle
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|12|14|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|05|15|1933|12|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- {{Marriage|John Herbert|1955|1976|end={{abbr|sep.|separated}}}}
- {{Marriage|Carlos Zara|1979|2002|end=died}}
}}
| occupation = Actress, dancer
| years_active = 1952–2021
| children = 2
}}
Eva Wilma Buckup ({{née|Riefle}}; 14 December 1933 – 15 May 2021) was a Brazilian actress and dancer. Among her several roles, she starred in the 1950s Brazilian television series Alô, Doçura!.
Biography
Eva Wilma was born in São Paulo. Her father, Otto Riefle Jr, was a German metallurgist from the Black Forest region of Pforzheim near Stuttgart in southern Germany. He went to Brazil, more precisely to the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1929, at the age of 19, to work in a metallurgy firm. Eva Wilma's mother, Luísa Carp, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was the daughter of Ukrainian Jews from Kyiv who immigrated to Argentina. Eva's parents met in the city of São Paulo when Eva's father was transferred to the city, and her mother, after living in Buenos Aires, moved to Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://gente.ig.com.br/2012-06-26/religioes-conheca-os-famosos-adeptos-do-judaismo.html|author=iG|author-link=Internet Group|access-date=14 July 2013|title=Religiões: conheça os famosos adeptos do judaísmo|language=pt}} In 1956 she was awarded with Prêmio Saci.
She was married for 23 years to actor John Herbert,{{cite news|title=Ator John Hebert morre aos 81 anos|url=http://www.correiodoestado.com.br/noticias/ator-john-hebert-morre-aos-81-anos_96958/|work=Correio do Estado|date=13 January 2011|access-date=25 January 2011|archive-date=14 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214120041/http://www.correiodoestado.com.br/noticias/ator-john-hebert-morre-aos-81-anos_96958/|url-status=dead}} with whom she had two children, Vivian and John Jr. She later married actor Carlos Zara.
Death
Eva Wilma died at the age of 87 in São Paulo, 15 May 2021, at the Albert Einstein Hospital, of ovarian cancer.{{Cite web|title=Eva Wilma morre aos 87 anos em SP|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2021/05/15/eva-wilma-morre-aos-87-anos-em-sp.ghtml|access-date=16 May 2021|website=G1|date=16 May 2021 |language=pt-br}}
Filmography
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|932797|Eva Wilma}}
- [http://www2.uol.com.br/evawilma Eva Wilma official website]
{{São Paulo Association of Art Critics Award for Best Actress}}
{{Troféu Imprensa for Best Actress}}
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Category:Actresses from São Paulo
Category:Brazilian people of German descent
Category:Brazilian people of Argentine descent
Category:Brazilian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Category:Brazilian television actresses
Category:Brazilian female dancers
Category:Deaths from cancer in São Paulo (state)
Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer
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