This sexy brunette-turned-blonde "B" actress of 50s screamers and crimers lost out on a starlet role in O que Pode um Beijo (1950) to none
other than Marilyn Monroe.
[on the idea for that famous scared pose] The one where I have my hands up in the air and I'm screaming? I had just finished working on Veio do Espaço (1953). I went to the still gallery and as I walked in, the cameraman who was taking stills said to me, "Put your hands up in the air and scream." And I did. It was an instant success. They loved it and the film just lives forever with that photo.
