- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEva Wilma Riefle
- Nickname
- Vivinha
- Eva Wilma Riefle was the daughter of Otto Riefle, and Luiza Carp, both new immigrants to São Paulo. Otto Riefle was a German metalworker born in Pforzheim, the Black Forest region near Stuttgart, Germany, who in 1929, aged 19, emigrated to Rio de Janeiro, to work at the Levy-Frank metalworking company, but was transferred the next year to São Paulo, where in 1933, during the city's Carnival, he met met Luiza. Luiza Carp was a pianist, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Jewish parents from Kiev, Ukraine., then a soviet socialist republic. Eva was conceived of their union, and the couple married shortly after, before she was born.
Eva Wilma had a daughter and a son with her first husband John Herbert: cinema director Vivian Buckup (b. 1956) and musician John Herbert Junior (b. 1958). Eva had five grandchildren: Miguel (b. 1986) and Mateus (b. 1990) by Vivian; and Gabriela (b. 1987), Francisco (b. 2000), and Vitorio (b. 2006) by John Herbert Junior.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mariana (updated by R.M. Sieger)
- SpousesCarlos Zara(1977 - December 11, 2002) (his death)John Herbert(1955 - 1976) (divorced, 2 children)
- She almost auditioned for the role of Juanita de Cordoba in Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969), while she was traveling to the United States. The part was given to Karin Dor.
- There is a theater in São Paulo named after her: Theater Eva Wilma. It was inaugurated on November 14th 2003.
- Won Award Contigo! for best actress for her role in the soap "A Indomada" (1998).
- The Tv series where Eva had more success was "Mulher" where she played a doctor (1996).
- In 1994, Eva won the Shell Award, the Sharp Award and the Molière Award for best actress with the play "Querida Mamã", directed by José Wilker, and the João Ribeiro Medal for good services rendered to the Brazilian Culture.
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