Rita (1954) Cadillac

Rita de Cássia Coutinho, known as Rita Cadillac, (born 13 June 1954) is a Brazilian dancer and singer. She took her stage name from Rita Cadillac, an acclaimed French dancer of the 1950s and 1960s. She is a former chacrete, a special name to identify the dancers who appeared in the TV shows hosted by Chacrinha. Cadillac was born in Rio de Janeiro. In 1982, she co-starred with Gretchen in the pornochanchada Aluga-se Moças and made a brief cameo appearance as herself in the 2003 film Carandiru. In 2004, Cadillac (who was then 50 years of age) made a contract with porn producers Brasileirinhas in exchange for 500,000 R$. From 2004 to 2009, she appeared in 11 pornographic films for Brasileirinhas. In 2009, she was influential in launching a new adult model career for the dancer who then started to be promoted under the alias "Cléo Cadillac". At Brazilian local elections in 2008, she ran as a candidate of Brazilian Socialist Party for Praia Grande city council. In April 2010, the documentary Rita Cadillac - A Lady do Povo was released in Brazil. The film depicts her life since childhood until 2007 (year of production). In July 2017, Cadillac appeared with Gretchen in a Netflix Brasil commercial to promote the series GLOW.

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