Mara Rúbia

Osmarina Lameira Colares Cintra Belém February 3 1918 Rio de Janeiro May 15 1991 was a Brazilian actress dancer and showgirl better known by her stage name Mara Rúbia She established herself in revue theater during the 1940s and 1950s By 1953 she was earning 46000 cruzeiros per month as a contract worker for TV Tupi in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Four years later she began hosting an exclusive program on the Rio de Janeiro station At that time she decided to abandon theater to dedicate herself to other artistic pursuits but was forced to return at the request of admirers and managers Her career also included film workDona Flor and Her Two Husbands Os Deuses e os Mortos and television soap operas such as Sinal de Alerta and Feijão Maravilha on Rede Globo