Maria Clara Machado was born on April 3, 1921 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil as Maria Clara Jacob Machado. She was a writer and actress, known for O Cavalinho Azul (1984), Das blaue Pferdchen (1975) and Pluft, o Fantasminha (1965). She died on April 30, 2001 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.