Portrait of Maria Della Costa.

Maria Della Costa (actress), playing "The Respectful Prostitute," by Jean Paul Sartre. Della Costa was one of the founders of Teatro Popular de Arte (TPA) together with her husband Sandro Pollini (Italia Fausta's nephew). In 1954, she founded her own theater which carries her name in Bela Vista, São Paulo, and where she created the best repertoires of Brazilian theater.