Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-01-29
Deathday
1958-06-13
Place of Birth
Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal
Vasco Santana
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.
Known For
The Courtyard of the Ballads
as Narciso
A Song of Lisbon
as Vasco Leitão
The Tyrannical Father
as Mestre José Santana
O Costa d'África
as Costa, Amadeu's uncle
Lisbon
as Customer at Fado's House
Lisbon, Anecdotal Chronicle
Camões
as Mal-Cozinhado
Fado, a Singer's Story
as Joaquim Marujo
Famalicão
as Narrator (voice)
Ribatejo
as Colorau