Vasco Santana

Vasco Santana (60)

1898-01-29 - 1958-06-13 | 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.

On Movies

  • Lisbon
  • O Dinheiro dos Pobres
  • O Costa d'África
  • Eram Duzentos Irmãos
  • Ribatejo
  • Fado, a Singer's Story
  • Camões
  • The Courtyard of the Ballads
  • The Tyrannical Father
  • A Song of Lisbon

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