Acting credits
14
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Marpessa Dawn
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 11Series: 3
TMDB ID: 17581
IMDb ID: nm0206026
Known for: Acting
Born: January 3, 1934
Died: August 25, 2008
Age: 74
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 1979
Years active: 25
Average TMDB rating: 5.62
Wikidata: Q535841
Also known as
Marpessa Dawn Menor • Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Marpessa Dawn.
5.9
Private Collections
as a siren
1979 Movie
5.2
Sweet Movie
as Mama Communa
1974 Movie
Boubou cravate
1972 Movie
5.0
Le Bal du comte d'Orgel
as Marie
1970 Movie
Chérie Noire
as Chérie
1966 Movie
38-24-36
as Self
1963 Movie
The Secret of the Blue Men
as Malika
1961 Movie
7.0
Black Orpheus
as Eurydice
1959 Movie
4.4
Womaneater
as Native Girl
1958 Movie
Élisa
as Negress
1957 Movie
5.4
Africa on the Seine
1955 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Marpessa Dawn.
