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- Birth nameVasco António Rodrigues Santana
- Vasco Santana was born on January 28, 1898 in Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal. He was an actor and writer, known for The Courtyard of the Ballads (1942), The Tyrant Father (1941) and A Canção de Lisboa (1933). He was married to Arminda Martins and Mirita Casimiro. He died on June 13, 1958 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- SpousesArminda Martins (3 children)
- Uncle of Maria Helena Galhardo.
- Did not finish college studies at Escola Superior de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, as he got involved early in bohemian life with people from the vaudeville theatres.
- He became immensely popular, and therefore municipal authorities have given his name to a theatre house (Teatro Vasco Santana, Lisbon), and streets, for instance, in Senhora da Hora (Matosinhos), Rio de Mouro (Lisbon) and Carnaxide (Lisbon).
- Officer of the Ancient, Most Noble and Enlightened Military Order of Saint James of the Sword, of the Scientific, Literary and Artistic Merit (17 January 1946).
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