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Cesária Évora(1941-2011)

  • Actress
  • Composer
  • Music Department
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Cesária Évora in Ad Lib (1986)
Cesária Évora was born on 27 August 1941 in Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde, Portugal [now Cape Verde]. She was an actress and composer, known for Great Expectations (1998), Underground (1995) and Sorority Row (2009). She died on 17 December 2011 in Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde.
BornAugust 27, 1941
DiedDecember 17, 2011(70)
BornAugust 27, 1941
DiedDecember 17, 2011(70)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 7 nominations total

Known for

Robert De Niro, Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Anne Bancroft in Great Expectations (1998)
Great Expectations
6.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 1998
Underground (1995)
Underground
8.0
  • Soundtrack
  • 1995
Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Leah Pipes, Jamie Chung, and Audrina Patridge in Sorority Row (2009)
Sorority Row
5.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 2009
Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn, and America Ferrera in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
6.2
  • Soundtrack
  • 2008

Credits

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Actress

  • Bernard Lavilliers, Cesaria Evora - Elle Chante
    Music Video
    • 2005
  • Napomuceno's Will (1997)
    Napomuceno's Will
    6.6
    • Arminda
    • 1997
  • Black Dju (1996)
    Black Dju
    6.5
    • Maria Dela
    • 1996

Composer

  • Near
    Short
    • music by
    • 2008
  • Jilani Saâdi, Mohamed Grayaâ, and Anissa Daoud in Tender Is the Wolf (2006)
    Tender Is the Wolf
    8.0
    • Composer
    • 2006
  • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional (1993)
    Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1993

Music Department

  • Cesaria Evora - Live d'Amor au Grand Rex
    Video
    • vocals
    • 2004

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Cesaria Evora
  • Born
    • August 27, 1941
    • Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde, Portugal [now Cape Verde]
  • Died
    • December 17, 2011
    • Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde(pulmonary failure)
  • Other works
    CD: "The Very Best of Cesaria Evora" (Bluebird).
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Mother of Eduardo (b. August 5th 1959) and Fernanda and grandmother of Adilson and Janete.
  • Nicknames
    • Cise
    • The Barefoot Diva

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