Márcia Cabrita
{{Short description|Brazilian actress}}
{{Portuguese name|Martins|Alves}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Márcia Cabrita
| image =
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| birth_name = Márcia Martins Alves
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1964|1|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2017|11|10|1964|1|20|df=yes}}
| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| years_active = 1992–2017
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|
|{{marriage|Ricardo Parente|2000|2004|reason=divorced}}
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| children = 1
}}
Márcia Martins Alves (20 January 1964 – 10 November 2017), known professionally as Márcia Cabrita, was a Brazilian film, television and theater actress known mostly for her comedic roles.
Biography
Márcia Martins Alves was born in Niterói on 20 January 1964, to a family of Portuguese descent, being the second of two sisters. She took acting lessons during her youth, and made her debut in television in 1992, on Rede Globo's miniseries As Noivas de Copacabana.{{cite web|url=https://noticiasdatv.uol.com.br/noticia/televisao/ex-sai-de-baixo-marcia-cabrita-morre-aos-53-anos-de-cancer-nos-ovarios-17673|title=Ex-Sai de Baixo Márcia Cabrita morre aos 53 anos de câncer nos ovários|work=Notícias da TV|date=November 11, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=Portuguese}} In 1997 she made her breakthrough as the maid Neide Aparecida in the sitcom Sai de Baixo, but left the series in 2000 after getting pregnant with her daughter.
After a one-year break, she returned to television in 2001, acting in series such as Brava Gente and telenovelas such as Desejos de Mulher and Sete Pecados. In 2004 she debuted as a film actress on Xuxa Meneghel's Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida; they collaborated again on 2006's Xuxa Gêmeas. In 2010 she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer,{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Rio/0,,MUL1554138-5606,00.html|title=Márcia Cabrita retorna ao palco nesta quinta (1º), diz produtor|work=G1|date=April 1, 2010|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=Portuguese}} but continued to act until 2017, when her health worsened.
Cabrita's final role prior to her death was in the telenovela Novo Mundo, as the wife of José Bonifácio de Andrada, Narcisa Emília O'Leary. With her health further declining, she was forced to leave the telenovela,{{cite web|url=https://www.ofuxico.com.br/noticias-sobre-famosos/marcia-cabrita-se-afasta-das-gravacoes-de-novo-mundo/2017/08/04-299950.html|title=Márcia Cabrita se afasta das gravações de Novo Mundo|work=O Fuxico|date=August 4, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=Portuguese|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418204611/https://www.ofuxico.com.br/noticias-sobre-famosos/marcia-cabrita-se-afasta-das-gravacoes-de-novo-mundo/2017/08/04-299950.html|url-status=dead}} but was scheduled to return to its final episode.{{cite web|url=https://observatoriodatelevisao.bol.uol.com.br/noticia-da-tv/2017/09/lutando-contra-um-cancer-marcia-cabrita-voltara-para-o-ultimo-capitulo-de-novo-mundo|title=Lutando contra um câncer, Márcia Cabrita voltará para o último capítulo de Novo Mundo|work=Observatório da Televisão|date=September 10, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=Portuguese}} This, however, never happened; she died on 10 November 2017, aged 53.{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/noticia/marcia-cabrita-morre-aos-53-anos.ghtml|title=Márcia Cabrita morre aos 53 anos|work=G1|date=November 10, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=Portuguese}}
Personal life
From 2000 until their divorce in 2004 Cabrita was married to psychoanalyst Ricardo Parente, with whom she had a daughter, Manuela.{{cite web|url=https://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/edicoes/413/artigo56834-1.htm?o=r|title='Casamento é muito chato'|work=Istoé|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=Portuguese|archive-date=July 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728162024/http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/edicoes/413/artigo56834-1.htm?o=r|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.purepeople.com.br/midia/ricardo-parente-ex-marido-de-marcia-cab_m2340992|title=Ricardo Parente, ex-marido de Márcia Cabrita, é abraçado em velório da comediante|work=Purepeople|date=November 10, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2019|language=Portuguese}}
Filmography
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! Year !! Title !! Role | ||
| 1990 | Delegacia de Mulheres | |
| 1992 | As Noivas de Copacabana | Adelaide |
| 1993–95 | Os Trapalhões | Various characters |
| 1997–2000, 2013 | Sai de Baixo | Neide Aparecida |
| 2001 | Brava Gente | Donária |
| 2002 | Desejos de Mulher | Juvelina |
| 2003 | Sítio do Picapau Amarelo | Dulce |
| rowspan=2|2005 | Sob Nova Direção | Dora |
| rowspan=2|Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'' | Estelita | |
| 2006 | Cacá (Cuca) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0127911}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cabrita, Marcia}}
Category:Brazilian film actresses
Category:Brazilian television actresses
Category:20th-century Brazilian actresses
Category:21st-century Brazilian actresses
Category:Actresses from Niterói
Category:Brazilian telenovela actresses
Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer
Category:Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state)