Overview

• Hospital Copa D'Or in Copacabana confirmed she died on Sunday night, with no cause of death disclosed at the family's request.
• Born Basza Ajs in Warsaw, she emigrated to Brazil to escape antisemitic persecution, a formative story she often recounted in interviews.
• Over more than seven decades, she joined TV Globo in 1966 and marked programs such as Balança Mas Não Cai, Escolinha do Professor Raimundo and Zorra Total.
• Her credits also included novelas and films, with recent work in A Dona do Pedaço (2019) and the feature Amarração do Amor (2021).
• Reports noted she had lived reclusively in recent months; she left no children and would have turned 100 in March 2026.