The 100-episode Brazilian television series Slave Girl, filmed in 1976, tells the story of a slave girl named Izola who struggles for freedom during the Brazilian Empire.
Izola plays Santos and the famous voice actor Xiang Junshu of the long film who voices her
In 1984, the drama was introduced by Beijing Television Station and translated and produced by Changying Film Studio and broadcast nationwide. To this day, there are still many viewers who can hardly forget this TV series that has brought them a lot of emotions and tears, and they also want to know the current situation of the main actors in the play.
Lucelia Santos, who plays the slave girl Izola, is 64 years old
Slave Girl was Santos' first TELEVISION series when she was only 19 years old. Born in São Paulo, the girl is less than 1.55 meters tall and has scars on her face from smallpox as a child, so getting this high-profile character is a legend in itself.
After slave girls aired in Brazil, Santos was given the title of "Little Cutie", but she was not satisfied with playing petite and cute and pitiful roles on screen and screen, so she made a surprising move, shooting two covers of Playboy magazine in succession, thus changing her image in the minds of most directors.
Even Santos himself did not expect that in the 1980s, "Slave Girl" would be released to more than 80 countries around the world, setting off a "Izola boom" around the world. She was particularly popular with the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, and the Soviet government even gave her a piece of land named "Izola Farm".
In China, Santos also set a record. In the 1985 Popular Television Golden Eagle Awards, she received the most votes and was elected best foreign actress, becoming the first and only foreign Golden Eagle Award winner.
Such a huge success has made Santos worth a hundred times more in Brazil, not only becoming the heroine of the film and television drama, but also becoming the only woman in Brazil who combines actors, directors and producers. In 2009, she came to China as a producer and actress to shoot the first sino-Pakistan co-production film "Edge".
Santos had a failed marriage, in 1982 she married John Neschlin, composer and conductor of the São Paulo State Orchestra, and gave birth to a son, Pedro, but they broke up 4 years later. Santos raised her son alone and even quit her job for a while to keep breastfeeding.
In addition to acting and filming, Santos is also a social activist and was a co-founder of the Brazilian Green Party. Today, in semi-retirement, she also uses self-media to actively promote the protection of tropical rainforests.
Rubens Falco, played Leon Hugh, died on February 22, 2008, at the age of 76.
Unlike Santos, Falco was already an experienced actor when he starred in Slave Girl and was well known in Brazilian film and television circles for playing villains.
Although Falco starred in 34 TV series and 27 films in his lifetime, he admits that Slave Girl was the pinnacle of his career. Therefore, when "Slave Girl" was broadcast, both acquaintances and strangers began to call him "Leon Hugh", he not only did not get angry, but realized that this was the real popularity.
In 2004, "Slave Girl" was remade, from 100 to 140 episodes, and Falco, who was 73 years old, was asked back by the director, but this time he played Leon Hugh's father, Almeida.
Falco never married or had any children. In 2006, he lost his ability to work due to a stroke and spent his old age alone in a pension home.
Roberto Perillo, who plays Izola's first love, Dobias, is 74 years old
Perillo was a theatrical actor who starred in his first TELEVISION series in 1970, and his handsome appearance won him thousands of fans.
The original novel of "Slave Girl" originally did not have the character of Dobbias, but the producers invited Perillo to join and created the heroic role for him to save the United States. Perillo is still active on stage and on screen today.
Edwin Lewis, who plays Izola's husband, Alvaro, is 74 years old.
Luiz was a gymnast in his early years, representing Brazil at the Olympics, and after retiring he chose acting as his lifelong career.
Luis plays Alvaro, a millionaire who eventually wins the heart of Izola and embraces beauty, and he has become a fan of Brazil because of this role. But he was troubled by this, and it was difficult for him to get rid of the aura and shadow that this role brought to him in his subsequent acting career.
Louis has been married three times, but none of them have died, no children, and he is still single. Today, after plastic surgery, he still acts in TV dramas, but spends most of his time as a director in theaters.
Leia Garcia, who plays Rosa, is 88 years old.
Garcia is one of Brazil's most famous black actresses, and her debut was French director Marcel Camus's "Black Ofir" in Brazil, which won the Palme d'Or at the 12th Cannes Film Festival and the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards. With the success of this film, Garcia became the hottest Brazilian actress in European cinema at one point.
In Slave Girl, Rosa is a hated villain, and Garcia was afraid to go out for a long time after playing this role for fear of being beaten.
Two years ago, Garcia also played a major role in "Comfort" at the age of 86.
Zeni Pereira, who plays the housekeeper Zanuria, died on March 21, 2002, at the age of 77.
Like Garcia, Pereira became famous for Black Ofir. She plays Zanuria, the guardian angel of Izola, the embodiment of goodness. After "Slave Girl" was broadcast in the Soviet Union, all the fat women were jokingly called Zanuria, which shows that this role has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Norma Bloom, who plays Leon Hugh's wife, Malvina, is 82 years old.
Bloom is a veteran of Brazil's Universal Television station that produced "Slave Girls", and originally made a cameo appearance in the TV series as a host, but became an actor because he was popular with the audience.
During the filming of Slave Girl, Bloom also played the heroine of another play, so the director gave her the tragic role of Malvina, who died very early in the play. As compensation, the remake of "Slave Girl" invited her to come out of the mountains again and play the role of Gertrude.