{{Short description|Brazilian actress and director (1935–2019)}} {{Infobox person | name = Lady Francisco | image = 25º Prêmio da Música Brasileira (14225224064).jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = January 7, 1935<ref name=yara/> | birth_place = Belo Horizonte, Brazil | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|05|25|1935|01|07}} <ref name=yara/> | death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_cause = | occupation = Actor | children = Oscar Francisco }}
'''Lady Chuquer Volla Borelli de Bourbon''' (January 7, 1935<ref name=yara/><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://portugalsnews.com/lady-francisco-died-actress-of-escrava-isaura-and-bellies-of-rental-present/|title=Lady Francisco died, actress of "Escrava Isaura" and "Bellies of Rental" - Present|date=May 27, 2019|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629034039/https://portugalsnews.com/lady-francisco-died-actress-of-escrava-isaura-and-bellies-of-rental-present/|url-status=dead}}</ref> – May 25, 2019), also known as '''Lady Francisco''', was a Brazilian actress and director. She appeared in 25 films and several TV soaps.
==Life== Born in Belo Horizonte,<ref name=glob>{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2019/05/25/atriz-lady-francisco-morre-aos-79-anos-no-rio.ghtml|title=Morre a atriz Lady Francisco, aos 84 anos; velório será neste domingo no Leblon, Rio|website=G1|date=25 May 2019|language=pt-br|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=2019-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008221021/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2019/05/25/atriz-lady-francisco-morre-aos-79-anos-no-rio.ghtml|url-status=live}}</ref> to a father of Spanish, Italian, and Syrian descent.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-18 |title=Ex-símbolo sexual, Lady Francisco abre o jogo para a revista J.P – Glamurama |url=https://glamurama.com.br/notas/ex-simbolo-sexual-lady-francisco-abre-o-jogo-para-j-p/|access-date=2024-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518071711/https://glamurama.uol.com.br/ex-simbolo-sexual-lady-francisco-abre-o-jogo-para-j-p/ |archive-date=2019-05-18|url-status=live}}</ref> She appeared in the TV soap opera ''Sin Capital'' in 1975<ref name=glob/> and Carla Lambrini in ''Locomotivas'' in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/novelas/locomotivas/noticia/ficha-tecnica.ghtml|title=Ficha Técnica – Memória|language=pt-BR|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=2022-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003185458/https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/entretenimento/novelas/locomotivas/noticia/ficha-tecnica.ghtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
She returned to the genre to appear in ''Explodes Heart'' in 1995, ''For Love'' in 1998 and ''Full of Charm'' in 2012.<ref name=glob/> Her best remembered role was said to be ''Bellies for Hire'' in 1990, where she played a geneticist named Yara.<ref name=yara>{{Cite web|url=https://observador.pt/2019/05/25/atriz-brasileira-lady-francisco-morreu-aos-84-anos/|title=Morreu a atriz brasileira Lady Francisco aos 84 anos|last=Novais|first=Vera|website=Observador|date=25 May 2019 |language=pt-PT|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> She appeared in 25 films.<ref name=yara/> In 1981, she co-directed the film ''Angels of Sex'' with Levy Salgado.<ref name=glob/>
Francisco died in Rio de Janeiro in 2019, aged 84,<ref name=yara/><ref name="auto"/> during hospital treatment for complications after the repair of a broken femur.<ref name=glob/>
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