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name: "Elke Maravilha"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elke-maravilha"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 February 1945"
died: "16 August 2016"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:23.457658+00:00"
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# Elke Maravilha

Actor. Born 22 February 1945 in Leutkirch im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg, German. Died 16 August 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 February 1945, Leutkirch im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg, German
- **Died:** 16 August 2016

## Biography

Elke Maravilha (born Elke Grünupp) was a German-Brazilian actress, model and television personality. She was born on 22 February 1945 in Leutkirch im Allgäu, Germany, and moved to Brazil with her family as a child. She studied at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and began working as a model in 1969.

Maravilha appeared in numerous films, including *Xica da Silva* (1976), *Pixote* (1980) as Débora, *Zuzu Angel* (2006) and *Meu Passado Me Condena: O Filme* (2013). She was a regular judge on the television programmes of Chacrinha from 1972 for fourteen years and later presented her own talk show. She died in Rio de Janeiro on 16 August 2016.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, pt.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pixote* (1980), Fi1m 88, as Débora — [page](https://film.one/film/pixote.md)

## Also known for

- *Meu Passado Me Condena: O Filme* (2013), Mirtes
- *Zuzu Angel* (2006), Lieselotte
- *Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina* (2016), Dona Lelé
- *Mato Sem Cachorro* (2013), Dona Nora

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