Maria Della Costa
Born	Gentile Maria Marchioro Della Costa (1926-01-01)1 January 1926 Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died	24 January 2015(2015-01-24) (aged 89) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupations	Actress, Theater

Maria Della Costa (born Gentile Maria Marchioro Polloni, 1 January 1926 – 24 January 2015) was a Brazilian theater, movie and TV actress and producer.^[1][2]

Life

She was born in Flores da Cunha, a small town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, into a family of Italian immigrants from the region of Veneto. She was immortalized in paintings by Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Flavio de Carvalho, Guanabarino, and Djanira, and in a statue by Victor Brecheret. She started her career at 14 years of age, as a fashion model (she is considered the first professional model in Brazil).

She was married to Sandro Polloni, a theater producer, also of Italian origin. Together they founded Teatro Maria Della Costa in São Paulo in a building designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa.^[2]

After retiring from show business, she owned and managed a small hotel (Coxixo Hotel) in the historical and tourist town of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro. She died of a pulmonary edema on January 24, 2015.^[1][2]

Filmography

References

External links

• Maria Della Costa at IMDb
• Biography and photos. Hotel Coxixo. In Portuguese.

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