Married to the film-maker Henri-Georges Clouzot, Vera was directed by her husband in her first film the 1953 thriller The Wages of Fear (1953), in which she appeared alongside Charles Vanel and Yves Montand. In a short film career Clouzot only performed in films directed by Henri-Georges, the most famous of which was undoubtedly the 1955 thriller ...
December 30, 1913, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died
December 15, 1960, Paris, France
Place Of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Profession
Actress, Writer
Spouse
Henri-Georges Clouzot (m. 1950–1960), Léo Lapara
Parents
Gilberto Amado
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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As of 2011, two of the only three films in she starred are on IMDb Top 250.
2
She did her own stunts in "Le Salaire de la Peur", which included getting on a moving truck and being pushed away to the ground.
3
Daughter of one of Brazil's most notorious political figures, Gilberto Amado (1887-1969), congressman, writer, journalist and lawyer, ex-President of the United Nations' International Law Committee, and who, in 1915, shot to death fellow writer and poet Aníbal Teóphilo in an official ceremony at the Jornal do Commercio for disagreeing with his opinions on literature (Amado was acquitted).
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