It was her second Tony after winning her first award in 1980 for playing Eva Peron in Evita.

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The great Argentine heroine, Eva Peron, is dubbed Santa Evita, or Saint Evita, by her supporters.

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Eva Peron -- better known by her nickname, Evita -- will be on new 100-peso bills released into circulation in the coming weeks, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced Wednesday.

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In Buenos Aires Thursday, tourists streamed into to a museum commemorating Evita's life, visiting a building that was once a shelter for children run by Peron's foundation.

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"Evita, " which opens Christmas Day, is a screen opera about the life of Eva Peron, the daughter of a poor farmer who rose to power as the first lady of Argentina's President Juan Peron in the 1940s.

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