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Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto
  • Name: Astrud Gilberto
  • Birthday: 1940-03-29
  • Also known as: Astrud Evangelina Weinert
  • Place of birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
  • Popularity: 0.027
Biography: Astrud Gilberto (born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, 29 March 1940 - 5 June 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema". Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. She was raised in Rio de Janeiro. Her father was a language professor, and she became fluent in several languages. She married João Gilberto in 1959 and had a son, João Marcelo Gilberto, who later joined her band. Astrud and João divorced in the mid-1960s. She has another son from a second marriage, Gregory Lasorsa, who... Read More

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Title Release date
Bossa Nova: the sound that seduced the world   as  Self 2008-07-29
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova   as  Self (archive footage) 2005-01-01
Get Yourself a College Girl   as  Astrud Gilberto 1964-12-18
The Hanged Man   as  Self 1964-11-18