Gracinha Leporace

Gracinha Leporace

Born Maria de Graca Leporace in Ipanema, Brazil. Gracinha is from a musical family. Her sister Marianna Leporace is also a singer. She was a member of the Bossa Nove group Bossa Rio in the late 60's. They released 2 albums. She first appears on the album Fool on the Hill in 1968. Married to Sergio Mendes since about 1972, the couple have 2 sons, Gustavo, and Tiago. Sergio was previously married to Maria Porto. The couple had three children, Rodrigo, Bernardo, and Isabel.
Gracinha Leporace

Movies

Rio
7.0
  • Apr 08, 2011
  • OST
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.