{{short description|Brazilian actress and model (1932–2022)}} {{Portuguese name|Hack|Soares}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Ilka Soares | image = Ilka Soares.webp | image_size = | caption = Soares in 1964 | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|06|21|df=y}} | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|2022|06|18|1932|06|21}} | death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}} | years_active = 1949–2013 | spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Anselmo Duarte|1952|1956|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Walter Clark|1963|1970|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Nelson Fiúza Filho|1979|1982|end=divorced}}}} | children = 3 }}
'''Ilka Hack Soares''' (21 June 1932 – 18 June 2022) was a Brazilian actress and model.<ref>{{cite news |title=Morre a atriz Ilka Soares, de 'Anjo Mau' e 'Rainha da Sucata', aos 89 anos |url=https://br.noticias.yahoo.com/morre-atriz-ilka-soares-anjo-180000311.html |trans-title=Actress Ilka Soares, from 'Anjo Mau' and 'Rainha da Sucata', dies at 89 |publisher=Yahoo News |date=18 June 2022 |access-date=19 June 2022 |language=pt}}</ref> She appeared in the title role of the 1949 historical film ''Iracema''. Shortly afterwards, she married Anselmo Duarte, and they became one of Brazil's leading celebrity couples.
== Personal life == === Early life === She was born as Ilka Hack Soares in Rio de Janeiro on 21 June 1932.<ref name="birth and children">{{cite news |last=Zorzi |first=André Carlos |url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/noticia/2022/06/morre-ilka-soares-aos-89-anos-relembre-a-trajetoria-da-atriz-cl4k3aax3001901hmwu61emrf.html |title=Morre Ilka Soares, aos 89 anos; relembre a trajetória da atriz |trans-title=Ilka Soares dies, aged 89; remember the career trajectory of the actress |work=Cultura e Lazer |date=18 June 2022 |access-date=19 June 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
=== Marriages and family === Soares was married three times and had three children.<ref name="birth and children" /><ref name="marriages">{{cite news |url=https://www.uai.com.br/app/noticia/series-e-tv/2022/06/18/noticias-series-e-tv,288116/atriz-ilka-soares-morre-aos-89-anos.shtml |title=Atriz Ilka Soares morre aos 89 anos |trans-title=Actress Ilka Soares dies at 89 |work=Estado de Minas |date=18 June 2022 |access-date=19 June 2022 |language=pt}}</ref>
She met Anselmo Duarte during the filming of ''Iracema'', where the Brazilian actress played a title role, and married him shortly afterwards.{{sfn|Sadlier|2009|p=10}} During her marriage with Duarte between 1952 and 1956,<ref name="marriages" /> with whom she had two children,<ref name="birth and children" /> they were celebrated as one of Brazil's leading celebrity couples.{{sfn|Sadlier|2009|p=10}}
=== Illness and death === Soares died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 89. She had previously been hospitalized at São Vicente Clinic, and had been undergoing cancer treatment.<ref>{{cite news |date=18 June 2022 |title=Atriz Ilka Soares morre aos 89 anos no Rio |trans-title=Actress Ilka Soares dies in Rio at the age of 89 |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2022/06/18/morre-a-atriz-ilka-soares.ghtml |work=G1 |language=pt |access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref> Her death was confirmed by her grandson, who posted a tribute to his grandmother on his Instagram profile.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2022/06/18/morre-aos-89-anos-a-atriz-ilka-soares.htm |title=Morre aos 89 anos a atriz Ilka Soares |trans-title=Actress Ilka Soares dies at 89 |date=18 June 2022 |work=Splash – UOL |access-date=19 June 2022 |language=pt}}</ref> l
== Selected filmography == The following is a list of selected feature films and TV series which Soares appeared in.{{sfn|de Assis|2005|page=245–252}}
* ''Iracema'' (1949) * ''O Cafona'' (1971) * ''Anjo Mau'' (1976) * ''Locomotivas'' (1977) * ''Te Contei?'' (1978) * ''Chega Mais'' (1980) * ''Elas por Elas'' (1982) * ''Louco Amor'' (1983) * ''Champagne'' (1983–1984) * ''Corpo a Corpo'' (1984) * ''Mandala'' (1987) * ''Que Rei Sou Eu?'' (1989) * ''Top Model'' (1989) * ''Rainha da Sucata'' (1990) * ''Barriga de Aluguel'' (1990–1991) * ''História de Amor'' (1995) * ''Você Decide'' (1992–1998) * ''A Diarista'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gshow.globo.com/tudo-mais/tv-e-famosos/noticia/morre-a-atriz-ilka-soares-aos-89-anos-no-rio-de-janeiro-relembre-trajetoria-na-tv.ghtml|title= Morre a atriz Ilka Soares aos 89 anos no Rio de Janeiro; relembre trajetória na TV |date=18 June 2022|website=Globo.com |access-date=2022-07-03 | language=pt-BR}}</ref> * ''Mandrake'' (2005–2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://revistaquem.globo.com/QUEM-News/noticia/2022/06/atriz-ilka-soares-morre-aos-89-anos-no-rio-famosos-lamentam.html |title= Atriz Ilka Soares morre aos 89 anos no Rio; famosos lamentam |date=18 June 2022|website=Quem |access-date=2022-07-03 | language=pt-BR}}</ref>
== References == === Citations === {{Reflist}}
=== Bibliography === {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book |editor-last=Sadlier |editor-first=Darlene Joy |year=2009 |title=Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos, and Entertainment |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C9Bg_0k9i8IC |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-07655-8 |access-date=19 June 2022}} * {{cite book |last=de Assis |first=Wagner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SNkuAAAAYAAJ |title=Ilka Soares: a bela da tela |publisher=Imprensa Oficial do Estado de São Paulo |location=São Paulo |year=2005 |access-date=19 June 2022 |isbn=85-7060-369-X}}
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|0811660}}
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