Vasco Santana

Actor

Born: January 29, 1898 (60 years old)

Died: June 13, 1958

Place of birth: Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal

Biography

Vasco António Rodrigues Santana was a Portuguese actor, one of the most renowned of the classical era of Portuguese cinema. He already had a long career in theatre when he played the main character in the first Portuguese sound film, A Canção de Lisboa, in 1933. He starred in about one dozen films.

Filmography (9)

• A Song of Lisbon (1933, ★ 8.5)
• The Courtyard of the Ballads (1942, ★ 8.6)
• O Costa d'África (1954, ★ 7.8)
• The Tyrannical Father (1941, ★ 7.8)
• Fado, a Singer's Story (1947, ★ 7.6)
• Famalicão (1941, ★ 7.4)
• Camões (1946, ★ 6.5)
• Lisbon (1956, ★ 6.4)
• Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle (1930, ★ 6.1)