Three original photographs of Lourdes de Oliveira, circa 1960

Lourdes de Oliveira (subject)

Paris: Lynx, Circa 1960. Three vintage borderless photographs of Brazilian actress Lourdes de Oliveira, circa 1960. All three with Lynx stamps on the verso.

Oliveira appeared in two films, both directed by French filmmaker Marcel Camus: "Black Orpheus" (1959, for which she is best remembered) and "Os bandeirantes" (1960). Oliveira and Camus met and fell in love during the filming of "Black Orpheus," and would marry in 1959, leading Oliveira to retire from acting and move to France to live with the director.

6.25 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #171771]