Palmira Bastos (â€") was one of the best-known Portuguese stage actors
in the first half of the th century.Maria da Conceição MartÃnez
(Martins) de Sousa Bastos was born on May , in the municipality of
Alenquer in the Lisbon District of Portugal. She was the third
daughter of a couple of Spanish actors from a travelling company who
were temporarily in Portugal. After being abandoned by her husband,
her mother and her three daughters went to Lisbon, where the mother
worked as a dressmaker by day and as a chorus girl at night.Palmira
Bastos's debut as an actress took place on July at the Teatro da Rua
dos Condes, when she received an ovation for her performance. She
continued to perform there for several years, in having her first
starring role and making the first of eleven tours to Brazil. In she
moved to the Teatro da Trindade, which was managed by the dramaturge
and impresario, António de Sousa Bastos, who had given her her first
role in . She married Sousa Bastos, years her elder, in and they had
two daughters. Between and she performed at Teatro Avenida and in
April , she made her debut at the D. Maria II National Theatre in
Lisbon. In the seasons from to , as well as in the season of /, she
was part of the cast of the Teatro Dona Amélia. Her dedication to
serious or legitimate theatre caused displeasure among the admirers of
her performance in lighter works. To their satisfaction Palmira then
joined a company performing Viennese operas, at the Teatro da Trindade
until . Her husband died in and in she married António Maria
Monteiro de Sousa de Almeida Cruz, who was both an actor and a tenor.
The marriage did not last long.Palmira Bastos made only one film, the
silent movie called O Destino (The Destiny), in , with the French
Director George Pallu.
in the first half of the th century.Maria da Conceição MartÃnez
(Martins) de Sousa Bastos was born on May , in the municipality of
Alenquer in the Lisbon District of Portugal. She was the third
daughter of a couple of Spanish actors from a travelling company who
were temporarily in Portugal. After being abandoned by her husband,
her mother and her three daughters went to Lisbon, where the mother
worked as a dressmaker by day and as a chorus girl at night.Palmira
Bastos's debut as an actress took place on July at the Teatro da Rua
dos Condes, when she received an ovation for her performance. She
continued to perform there for several years, in having her first
starring role and making the first of eleven tours to Brazil. In she
moved to the Teatro da Trindade, which was managed by the dramaturge
and impresario, António de Sousa Bastos, who had given her her first
role in . She married Sousa Bastos, years her elder, in and they had
two daughters. Between and she performed at Teatro Avenida and in
April , she made her debut at the D. Maria II National Theatre in
Lisbon. In the seasons from to , as well as in the season of /, she
was part of the cast of the Teatro Dona Amélia. Her dedication to
serious or legitimate theatre caused displeasure among the admirers of
her performance in lighter works. To their satisfaction Palmira then
joined a company performing Viennese operas, at the Teatro da Trindade
until . Her husband died in and in she married António Maria
Monteiro de Sousa de Almeida Cruz, who was both an actor and a tenor.
The marriage did not last long.Palmira Bastos made only one film, the
silent movie called O Destino (The Destiny), in , with the French
Director George Pallu.
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