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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Marpessa Dawn (January 3, 1934 — August 25, 2008), also known as Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor was an American-born French actress, singer, and dancer. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of African-American and Filipino heritage, she is best-remembered for her role as "Eurydice" in the film Black Orpheus. She and her fellow lead from that film, Brazilian actor Breno Mello, died just 42 days apart in…
Known for
- Private Collections — a siren1979
- Sweet Movie — Mama Communa1974
- Boubou cravate1972
- Le Bal du comte d'Orgel — Marie1970
- Chérie Noire — Chérie1966
- At Theatre Tonight — Chérie1966
- 38-24-36 — Self1963
- The Secret of the Blue Men — Malika1961
- Black Orpheus — Eurydice1959
- Discorama — Self1959
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- 1,245
- Total plays
- 5,203
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Redstone Township
- Place of death
- 13th arrondissement of Paris
- Spouse
- Marcel Camus
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Marpessa Dawn BW.png
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- date of birth
- 1934-01-03
- date of death
- 2008-08-25
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Marpessa Dawn
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Gypsy Marpessa Menor
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