Françoise Forton (1957-2022) *64

was a Brazilian actress. The actress is the daughter to a French father and a Brazilian mother. She began her career as an actress in 1969, making a small contribution to the soap opera A Última Valsa. She then participated in an episode of the series A Grande Família in 1973, playing Tuco's girlfriend (Luiz Armando Queiroz). It gained more notoriety in the television with the novel Fogo sobre Terra in 1974, interpreting the rebellious Estrada-de-Fogo. Since then, she has been a member of several telenovelas, always with important roles. In 1975, she starred in Cuca Legal alongside Francisco Cuoco, Yoná Magalhães and Suely Franco. In the plot, she was one of the three women of Mário Barroso (Francisco Cuoco), Virgínia. In the same year, she was part of the cast of "Ode to ten", O Grito, where she played the activist Mariana, who was fighting for the rights of women and minorities.

The following year, 1976, she starred in Estúpido Cupido, a novel set in the 1960s. Her character, Maria Tereza, is a dreamy girl who wants to leave Albuquerque to be voted Miss Brazil. However, her boyfriend João (Ricardo Blat), an aspiring journalist, dies of jealousy and intends to marry her, placing herself as a hindrance in her plans. After the end of the novel, Françoise spent seven years away from television. In 1983 she transferred to Rede Bandeirantes where she made the soap opera Sabor de Mel and the series Casa de Irene.