Daughter of Nizete (b. July 1921), a housewife. Elizângela parents split when she was a baby.
Had one daughter, Marcelle Sampaio (b. 1974), with ex-husband Jorge Humberto Moreira.
[1978] Song "Pertinho de Você" was a big disco hit in Brazil in the '70s. Although the enormous success as a singer, she gave her musical career up because of the stage.