Name
Marpessa Dawn
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-01-03
Deathday
2008-08-25 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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 2008, both from heart attacks.
Known For
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Three stories. A solitary sailor falls from his boat and washes ashore on a tropical islan...
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Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam...
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The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husba...
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A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives ...
- 1974 Sweet Movie as Mama Communa
- 1959 Black Orpheus as Eurydice
- 1979 Private Collections as a siren
- 1961 The Secret of the Blue Men as Malika
- 1955 Africa on the Seine
- 1972 Boubou cravate
- 1957 Élisa as Negress
- 1970 Le Bal du comte d'Orgel as Marie
- 1963 38-24-36 as Self
- 1966 Chérie Noire as Chérie
- 1958 Womaneater as Native Girl
- 1966 At Theatre Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Chérie
- 1956 Cinépanorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Discorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Felicia Chinik
