Mafalda Basílio Monteiro dos Santos (29 August 1924 – 15 December 2024) was a Brazilian actress, active in the country's classic era.

Fada began her career at a very young age, working as a dancer in the Alda Garrido Company and later as a crooner in casinos in the 1940s.

[2] Her debut as an actress in cinema was at the end of the 1930s in the film O Samba da Vida, having made several appearances until becoming established in 1949 in the film A Escrava Isaura,[3] beginning the couple's cinematographic fame alongside the actor Cyll Farney [pt].

Due to her fame in Brazilian cinema, she was invited to participate in the Argentine films La Delatora (1955) and África Ríe (1956).

[6] Santoro died in Rio de Janeiro on 15 December 2024, at the age of 100.