Marpessa Dawn

Marpessa Dawn (1934 - 2008)
== Film Deaths ==
* The Woman Eater (Womaneater) (1957) [Native Girl Sacrifice]: Eaten (off-camera) by the giant carnivorous plant at the end of a sacrificial ceremony.
* Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro; Orfeu do Carnaval) (1959) [Eurydice]: Accidentally electrocuted when Breno Mello turns on the switch while Marpessa is hanging from the power line in a warehouse. Her body is shown again later on when Breno arrives at the morgue and carries her out.
Category:American actors and actresses
Category:Listed on Original Cinemorgue
Category:1934 Births
Category:2008 Deaths
Category:Actresses
Category:Death scenes by devouring
Category:Death scenes by being eaten alive
Category:Death scenes by electrocution