Vasco Santana

January 29, 1898 — Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal

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.

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The Courtyard of the Ballads

1942

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A Song of Lisbon

1933

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The Tyrannical Father

1941

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O Costa d'África

1954

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Fado, a Singer's Story

1947

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Famalicão

1941

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Eram Duzentos Irmãos

1952

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Ribatejo

1949