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German-Brazilian actress and model (1945–2016)

Elke Maravilha
Maravilha at the 25th Brazilian Music Award in 2015
Born	Elke Grünupp(1945-02-22)22 February 1945Leutkirch, Germany
Died	16 August 2016(2016-08-16) (aged 71)Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citizenship	Stateless (1945–1962, 1971–1996) Brazilian (1962–1971, revoked) German (1996–2016)
Alma mater	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Occupation(s)	Actress, model, television personality
Years active	1969–2016
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Elke Maravilha (née Grünupp;[1] 22 February 1945 – 16 August 2016) was a German-Brazilian actress, model and television personality. She lived in Brazil from her early childhood until her death.[2][3][4]

Maravilha was born to a Latvian father and German mother in Leutkirch, although throughout her career she stated she was born in Leningrad, Russia.[1][5][6][7] At the age of four, her family emigrated to Brazil in 1949 and first settled at a farm in Itabira in the state of Minas Gerais.[8][6] In 1955, her family leased lands in Atibaia in São Paulo State, running a strawberry farm.[6] The family then went to Bragança Paulista to farm.[3][5] Returning to Minas Gerais, she was chosen as "Glamour Girl" in Belo Horizonte in 1962.[9] It was during this period that she became a naturalized Brazilian.[3]

At the age of 20, Maravilha left home to live in Rio de Janeiro, working as a bilingual secretary, using her fluency in eight languages, many of them learned in her own home environment, as a teacher of French and English.[3][10] Her father became director of Liquigás corporation and was transferred to Porto Alegre. She returned to live with her family in Porto Alegre between 1966 and 1969, where she attended courses at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul faculties of philosophy, medicine and letters and trained as a translator and interpreter of foreign languages.[3]

She took up modeling work at age 24, in 1969, in the same period in which she married a Greek writer, Alexandros Evremidis, the first of her eight marriages.[10][11][12] At 20, she met Evremidis on a ship en route to Europe in 1965 on her way to live with her maternal grandmother in Germany.[1][13][11] During this time, she began a friendship with the fashion designer Zuzu Angel.

During the Brazilian military dictatorship in 1972, Maravilha was arrested for contempt at Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro for tearing up posters of Stuart Angel Jones, her friend Zuzu's son, claiming that he had already been killed by the regime.[3] She was arrested under the National Security Law and lost her Brazilian citizenship,[3][14][15][16][17] although there is no record of her loss of Brazilian citizenship.[6] Her Brazilian ID card stating she was "Brazilian by option" was expired in 1970 at the time she was arrested in 1972, so she never renewed it.[4][6] She was released after six days, following the appeals of artist friends. Years later, she successfully applied for German citizenship.[12][13] She held a German passport sometime in the 90s.[6] However, her Brazilian residence permit gave "stateless" as nationality.[1]

She was portrayed by Luana Piovani in the 2006 biographical drama film Zuzu Angel. Maravilha also made a special guest appearance in the film.[18]

She was also portrayed by Gianne Albertoni in Chacrinha: O velho guerreiro, a 2018 film biography about Chacrinha.[19]

Maravilha died in Rio de Janeiro on 16 August 2016 of multiple organ failure, from complications of a surgery to treat an ulcer.[20]

Maravilha in 2005

• Paixão de Cristo[23][24]
• Elke – do Sagrado ao Profano
• Viva o Cordão Encarnado
• O Castelo das Sete Torres
• Rio de Cabo a Rabo
• Eu Gosto de Mamãe
• Carlota Joaquina
• A Rainha Morta
• O Homem e o Cavalo
• Orfeu da Conceição
• O Lobo da Madrugada

Maravilha recorded the song "Que vontade de comer goiaba", available in the compilation album Dançando em duplo sentido.[25]

1. ^ a b c d Sanchez, Leonardo (1 March 2020). "Biografia desconstrói mitos que Elke Maravilha criou ao longo da vida". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
2. ^ "Elke Maravilha – Website Oficial". elkemaravilha.com.br. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. ^ a b c d e f g "Elke Maravilha morre aos 71 anos, no Rio de Janeiro". EBC (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 August 2016.
4. ^ a b "ELKE MARAVILHA, UMA MULHER FORTE, CAPAZ DE UM ATO HEROICO NOS ANOS DE CHUMBO". Documentos Revelados (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 December 2012.
5. ^ a b "Ilha das Flores". hospedariailhadasflores.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
6. ^ a b c d e f Felitti, Chico (2021). Elke: Mulher Maravilha (in Brazilian Portuguese). Todavia. p. 200. ISBN 9786556921945.
7. ^ "Elke Maravilha - Currículo". elkemaravilha.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 24 December 2018.
8. ^ "O nosso adeus a Elke Maravilha". MyHeritage Blog (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 August 2016.
9. ^ "Elke tinha uma forte ligação com Minas Gerais" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 August 2016.
10. ^ a b "Apátrida e oito maridos: os bastidores da vida de Elke Maravilha". Veja (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 August 2016.
11. ^ a b de Almeida, Nereu (16 August 2016). "Elke Maravilha morou em Porto Alegre no final dos anos 1960" (in Brazilian Portuguese).
12. ^ a b "Elke Maravilha Silvio Santos é a pior pessoa do mundo". Istoé. Terra Networks. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
13. ^ a b "Debaixo da peruca loira". O Povo. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
14. ^ "Elke Maravilha solta o verbo entre o sagrado e o profano". Diário do Grande ABC. 17 June 2005.
15. ^ "'Eles não gostam de gente que pensa', revela Elke Maravilha sobre ausência da TV". RD1. 19 March 2015.
16. ^ "Elke Maravilha, filha da guerra". Farofafá. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
17. ^ "'Resolvi enlouquecer no Dops', lembra Elke". Folha de S. Paulo. UOL. 30 July 2006.
18. ^ "Morre Elke Maravilha aos 71 anos no Rio de Janeiro – Últimas Notícias – UOL TV e Famosos" (in Brazilian Portuguese).
19. ^ Almeida, Lucas (9 November 2018). "Gianne Albertoni sobre Elke Maravilha: 'Era à frente até ao tempo de hoje'". Veja (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Abril. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
20. ^ "Corpo de Elke Maravilha é enterrado no Rio". G1. Globo.com. 17 August 2016.
21. ^ Cinemateca Brasileira, A Noiva da Cidade [em linha]
22. ^ "Elke Maravilha no Ceará". Diário do Nordeste.
23. ^ "Elke Maravilha no palco". O Dia. IG. 20 March 2016.
24. ^ "Kayky Brito e Elke Maravilha encenam 'Paixão de Cristo' no Paraná". Caras. 23 March 2016.
25. ^ "'Que vontade de comer goiaba' song profile at Amazon". Amazon. Amazon Music. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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