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Birth Name: Horacia Correa D'Avila
Born: 12 May 1907 Died: 27 May 1972
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Brazil
Height: 5' 6"
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Lia Tora was born Horacia Correa D'Avila on May 12, 1907, in Rio de Janerio to Portuguese and Spanish parents,
She studied dance at the Dance Academy of Barcelona in Spain and when she was 18 returned to Brazil with the Velasco Dance Company to perform.
In 1924, she met Julio De Moraes, a Brazilian newspaperman and industrialist who was 26 years older than Tora. De Moraes was married and had a son, but he left his wife for Tora and they married. In 1925, twins Marie Julio and Julio Mario were born.
Tora had hoped to transition from dancing to a film career. A year after her children were born, she entered a contest
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