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Rogéria (Astolfo Barroso Pinto; Cantagalo, 25 June 1943 – Rio de Janeiro, 4 September 2017) was a Brazilian actress, make up artist and drag queen, best known for her make up artist job on now-defunct TV Rio and movie roles in A Maldição do Sanpaku, Ambitious Women, and in ''''.

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1962
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Instance of
human
Family name
Pinto
Gender
travesti
Citizenship
Brazil
Place of birth
Cantagalo
Place of death
Rio de Janeiro
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
Portuguese
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date of birth
1943-05-25
date of death
2017-09-04
Commons category
Rogéria
cause of death
sepsis
manner of death
natural causes
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Rogéria (Astolfo Barroso Pinto; Cantagalo, 25 June 1943 &ndash; Rio de Janeiro, 4 September 2017) was a Brazilian actress, make up artist and drag queen, best known for her make up artist job on now-defunct TV Rio and movie roles in A Maldição do Sanpaku, Ambitious Women, and in ''.

== Life == Rogéria was born in Cantagalo, part of Rio de Janeiro, the same town as another famous figure - as she declared, "In Cantagalo, the biggest queer (bicha) in Brazil was born – in this case, me – and the biggest male (macho) in Brazil, Euclides da Cunha". Since her childhood she was aware of her homosexuality. She left home in her teens, starting to work as a cross-dresser in nightclubs and make-up artist for celebrities.

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