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She is the wife of former President Mário Soares , whom she married in 1949 , with whom she has one daughter and one son, João Soares ; although not as politically involved as her husband, she was a founding member of the Socialist Party . She is the President of the Aristides Sousa Mendes Foundation and Pro Dignitate Association. She was the head of the Portuguese Red Cross for several years. She was a member of the National Theater Company and one of the most famous theater and cinema actress in Portugal . Recently she read the poetry of Sophia De Mello Breyner Andresen at the Unesco for an homage to Aristides Sousa Mendes , where baritone Jorge Chaminé participated also. She converted to Catholicism, in 1989. |
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