Rita, an Italian variation of this name, is very popular on its own.
In between TV movies and some international co-productions, she also performed in features such as A Comédia de Deus (1995) by João Cesar Monteiro, Tráfico (1998) by João Botelho, O Anjo da Guarda (1999) by Margarida Gil, and Os Meus Espelhos (2005) by Rui Simões, "Quero Ser Uma Estrela" (2009) by José Carlos de Oliveira, "Quinze Pontos na Alma" (2009) and Florbela (2011) by Vicente Alves do Ó.
He was the only son of Francisco Coelho do Amaral Reis, 1st Viscount of Pedralva by Carlos I of Portugal in 1904 (Sátão, Águas Boas, 3 August 1873 – 5 April 1938), 100th Governor of Portuguese Angola from 1920 to 1921, son of José Caetano dos Reis and wife Lucrécia Coelho do Amaral, and first wife, as her second husband, Guida Maria Josefina Cinatti Keil, daughter of Alfredo Cristiano Keil and wife Cleyde Maria Margarida Cinatti.
His nickname was Margarida (meaning Daisy, in English).
He was born in Lisbon in 1712, he was educated in Paris, he married D. Margarida de Lorena e Távora in 1728 and raised two children, one died young and another was a daughter named Joana Tomásia da Câmara.
Margarita Xirgu, also Margarida Xirgu (18 June 1888, Molins de Rei, (Catalonia, Spain) – 25 April 1969, Montevideo, (Uruguay)) was a Catalan stage actress, who was greatly popular throughout her country and Latin America.