Real name: Marpessa Dawn Menor

Effective period / Period of releases: 1959 - 1999

Born: 3rd January 1934 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 25th August 2008 Paris, France
American, France-based actress, singer, and dancer. Brought to prominence with co-star Breno Mello by the film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus) which the Academy Award for best foreign language film and the Palme d'Or at Cannes film festival. Manhã de Carnaval was actually recorded by the Brazilian singer Elizeth Cardoso and wrongly credited to Marpessa.