Mercedes Blasco

Mercedes Blasco
Born
Conceição Vitória Marques

(1867-09-04)4 September 1867
Died12 April 1961(1961-04-12) (aged 93)
Resting placePrazeres cemetery, Lisbon
Occupation(s)actor and writer
Known forLisbon theatre performances, autobiographies
SpouseRemi Ghekiere
Childrentwo sons (father, Augusto Peixoto)

Mercedes Blasco (4 September 1867 – 12 April 1961), pseudonym of Conceição Vitória Marques, was a popular Portuguese actor in operettas and variety shows. She was also a writer, being the first Portuguese actress to write her memoirs, a teacher, translator and journalist, as well as a volunteer nurse in World War I.