The actress Dorinha Duval who interpreted the first cuca of the “Yellow Picapau Site” died on Wednesday (21), at 96 years. In addition to being known for the performance of the iconic character, she was convicted of her husband’s death.
The news of the death was published by the artist’s daughter, Carla Daniel 59, on social networks. “It is with sadness, but relief, that we said goodbye to the mother, grandmother, friend, who brought good times of joy to the Brazilian audience. I love you,” she wrote.
Who was Dorinha Duval?
Dorah Teixeira, known as Dorinha Duval, was born in São Paulo, on January 21, 1929. Before work on the small screen, she was a plastic artist and began her career on TV in TV Tupi, TV Excelsior and TV Rio between the 1950s and 60s.
In 1969, he migrated to TV Globo soap operas. Besides making history with “The Yellow Picapau Site” in 1977, Dorinha Duval was in iconic soap operas like “Brothers Courage” (1970), “Selva de Pedra” (1972) and “The Beed” (1973).
The actress, however, had her career interrupted in 1980. That year, she was convicted of killing her husband, at the time the publicist Paulo Sérgio Garcia de Alcântara with three shots after a discussion. They had been married for six years.
In the first trial, Dorinha was sentenced to a year and a half in prison, but a second trial sentenced her to six years in prison under a semi -open regime. She served eight months of the sentence and in 1987, she devoted herself to the fine arts again.
In 2002, Dorinha Duval released her autobiographical memories in the book entitled “In Search of Light”. The actress was also married to the director Daniel Filho from 1961 to 1972, with whom Carla Daniel had.
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