Heloisa Raso

Heloísa Helena Raso (Rio de Janeiro, June 2, 1955 - Rio de Janeiro, October 31, 2019), better known as Heloísa Raso, was a Brazilian actress, singer, dancer and businesswoman. Daughter of a naval attaché and an English teacher, Heloísa lived in London - where she attended the Royal Academy of Dance - and in the United States - where she studied at the Catholic University in Washington. She was also a student at the Villa-Lobos Institute and the National School of Fine Arts. His first television work was in the soap opera O Grito (1975), later came Anjo Mau (1976) and Estúpido Cupido (1976). Her character in this last one was Ana Maria (whose theme was "Biquini De Bolinha Amarelinho Tão Pequenininho (Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini)", in the voice of Ronnie Cord, a role that contributed to make her a sex symbol in the 1970s. She made other soap operas on TV Globo, until Anjo de Mim (1996), her last work. In addition to television, she acted in cinema films, dubbed, photonovelas and radio dramas. As a singer, she performed alongside her then husband Sebastião Tapajós, in the 1970s. In 1975, she recorded the LP Samba, Viola and Eu. O Beco (nightclub in São Paulo), hosted in 1979 her show in which she sang and danced. Heloísa, in a new marriage, abandoned her career and became an entrepreneur in the field of advertisements in taxis and bus. She died in 2019, at the age of 64, and was buried in the cemetery of São João Batista (Rio de Janeiro). * Original Text Source: Wikipedia.