Actress Eunice Munoz dies

Actress Eunice Muñoz died Friday at Hospital de Santa Cruz in Carnacide at the age of 93, she told the agency. losa The son of the actress.

Born in Amariliga, Beja Province in 1928, Eunice Muñoz completed 80 years of business in November.

Eunice Muñoz’s debut took place exactly at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, in Lisbon, on November 28, 1941, in the play Stormat Virginia Vittoreno With the company Rey Colaço / Robles Monteiro, which was based there.

The daughter and granddaughter of theater actors and circus performers, Eunice Muñoz throughout her career has appeared in nearly two hundred plays, has worked with about a hundred companies, according to the database of the Faculty’s Center for Theater Studies of the University of Lisbon, in film and television, his name is associated with more than eighteen fictional productions, Including movies, series and comedy shows.

In April of last year, Eunice Muñoz was honored by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, with the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Santiago da Espada, nearly three years after he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit. ..

Throughout 2021, he starred with his granddaughter, Lydia Muñoz, in the play edge of timeon various stages across the country, on tour culminating in the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, in Lisbon, on November 28, exactly 80 years after its premiere.

At the conclusion of the meeting, which was attended by the Prime Minister Antonio Costa, mayor of lisbon, Carlos MoedaMinister of Culture , Graça FonsecaThe actress was honored.

Eunice Muñoz said at the end of the session: “This theater has been my home for many years, and I’ve been happy on stage, in everything I’ve done here.” pointed out.

“The theater needs us, us on stage and you get the best of us,” added Eunice Muñoz, concluding that “despite the strange and difficult days, the beauty is still there.”