Djenane Machado | |
|---|---|
 Machado on stage (1967) | |
| Born | 10 June 1951 (1951-06-10) |
| Died | 23 March 2022 (2022-03-24) (aged 70) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actress |
Djenane Machado (10 June 1951 – 23 March 2022) was a Brazilian actress.
Born inRio de Janeiro, the daughter of animpresario and of a costume designer, Machado began her career as a child actress taking part in a stage adaptation ofThe Sound of Music, and at 17 she made her television debut in thetelenovelaPasso dos Ventos.[1] Herbreakout role was Branca in the 1969 telenovelaA Ponte dos Suspiros [pt], and the same year she made her film debut inA Penúltima Donzela [pt].[1]
Machado continued working in numerousRede Globo telenovelas until the early 1980s, when she started appearing in severalRede Manchete andTV Cultura series.[1] Married and divorced twice, in 1992 after the death of her father she retired from showbusiness and disappeared from the public scene.[1][2] Machado died on 23 March 2022, at the age of 70.[1][2]