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Alceu Valença (born July 1, 1946) is a Brazilian singer, musician and songwriter.
Alceu Valenca was born in countryside Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil. He is considered the most successful artist in achieving an aesthetic balance between traditional northeastern Brazilian music and a broad range of electronic sounds and effects from pop music. One can find traces of maracatu, coco and "repentes de viola" (improvising fast-paced Brazilian folk music) in most of his songs. Alceu was able to utilize the electric guitar, the electric bass, and lately even a synthesizer was added to his broad scope of musical instruments.
Because of that, Alceu was able to recreate Northeastern traditional music, like baião, coco, toada, maracatu, frevo, caboclinhos, embolada and repentes: all sung with a sometimes rock sometimes alternative sounding music background. His music and his themes are intangible, universal and unlimited. However, his aesthetic basis is genuinely Brazilian Northeastern music.- Music Artist
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Alcione was born on 21 November 1947 in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. She is a music artist and actress, known for Aquarius (2016), Sassaricando (1987) and Shades of Sin (2004).- Writer
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Ana Luiza Machado da Silva Muylaert (born 21 April 1964), known professionally as Anna Muylaert, is a Brazilian film and television director, producer and screenwriter. Anna studied filmmaking at the School of Communications and Arts at University of São Paulo (USP) from 1980 to 1984. She became a film critic for IstoÉ and O Estado de S. Paulo and in 1988 she joined the staff of Rede Gazeta's program TV Mix. In 1999, she worked as an editor and reporter on TV Cultura's Matéria-Prima. She also wrote scripts for the Cultura programs Mundo da Lua (1991-92) and Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum (1994-97).- Music Department
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Arnaldo Antunes, born Arnaldo Augusto Nora Antunes Filho, September 2, 1960 is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked on a solo career. He has published poetry and had his first book published in 1983. He has worked with Marisa Monte, Tribalistas, and Carlinhos Brown.- Bemvindo Sequeira was born in Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is known for Felicidade (1991), Sobrevivente Urbano (2014) and Kubanacan (2003). He is married to Doia.
- Bete Mendes was born Elizabeth Mendes de Oliveira in Santos, São Paulo. She is the daughter of Osmar Pires de Oliveira, a Sub-Lieutenant of the Brazilian Air Force, and Maria Mendes de Oliveira. She acted in school plays since she was 5.
However, her artistic career really began at age 15, in her hometown of Santos, in the role of bunny Naná in the play A Árvore que Andava, by Oscar Von Phull.
Mendes has a degree in performing arts by the University of São Paulo (USP), and was pursuing a degree in Sociology when she was arrested by the political police of the military dictatorship.
She performed by the first time in theatre with the play A Cozinha (The kitchen) on 1968. At that same year, she had a prominent role in the popular TV Tupi soap opera Beto Rockfeller. - Music Department
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Beth Carvalho was born on 5 May 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a writer and producer, known for The Girl in the Fog (2017), Beth Carvalho - 40 Anos de Carreira Ao Vivo no Theatro Municipal (2006) and Roque Santeiro (1985). She was married to Edson de Souza Barbosa. She died on 30 April 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actress
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Camila Manhães Sampaio (born 14 June 1977), known professionally as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in film and television. In film, she is known for her roles in Quilombo, Caramuru: A Invenção do Brasil, Redeemer, I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips, Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury, among others. In television, she is known for her roles in Paraíso Tropical, Cama DE Gato, Lado a Lado, Babilônia, and Velho Chico.- Music Department
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Chico Buarque was born on 19 June 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a composer and writer, known for A Máquina (2005), Joanna Francesa (1973) and The Foreigner (2017). He was previously married to Marieta Severo.- Actor
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Chico César was born on 26 January 1964 in Catolé do Rocha, Paraíba, Brazil. He is an actor and composer, known for Central Station (1998), From Beginning to End (2009) and The King of the Cattle (1996).- Actor
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Chico Díaz was born in Mexico, but due to his Paraguayan father's diplomatic career, spent his childhood in Peru and went to Brazil in 1969, where he has remained ever since. He was a young stage actor when he was cast in his first movie.- Actress
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Cleo Pires had her television debut at the age of eleven in a role in "Memorial de Maria Moura" (1994) (Maria Moura's Memorial). In the miniseries, she portrayed the protagonist Maria Moura as a child. The character in adulthood was played by her mother, Gloria Pires. Nine years later, she met director Monique Gardenberg by chance and was invited to star in the movie "Benjamin" (2004) whose screenplay was based on the book by Chico Buarque. Cleo won the award for Best Actress at the Rio Film Festival for her performance, this was an incentive for her to pursue acting. Her next role was Lurdinha, in "America" (2005), a soap-opera produced by Globo Television, written by Gloria Perez. The role gave her international recognition, and for this Cleo received the award for "Best New Actress" from Contigo! Magazine. Lurdinha was a sensual and spontaneous girl who won the heart of Glauco (Edson Celulari), a much older man. In the same year, she played Cleopatra in the children's' special "Clara e o Chuveiro do Tempo" (2005) (Claire and the Time Shower). In the following year, 2006, she played the rebellious Leticia in the soap-opera "Cobras e Lagartos" (2006) (Snakes and Lizards), a role for which she received the "Best of the Year" award from TV Globo. She presented the "Cineview" program on channel Telecine Premium, a show about the cinematic universe and its backstage. Her second role in a feature film was on "Meu Nome Não e Johnny" (2008) (My Name is Not Johnny), she played Sofia, girlfriend of the protagonist Joao (Selton Mello). The film, directed by Mauro Lima, was based on Guilherme Fiuza's book with the same title. In 2008, Cleo gave life to the young teacher Margarida in the remake of "Ciranda de Pedra" (Rock Ciranda). In the following year, she was in the cast of the soap-opera "Caminho das Indias" (2009) (India - A Love Story), she portrayed the indian Surya, her first villain. When that soap-opera ended, she worked on the movie "Lula, o filho do Brasil" (2010) (Lula, son of Brazil), based on the biography of the President Lula, written by Denise Parana. In the movie, Cleo played Lula's first wife, Lourdes. Between 2010 and 2011, she played the native brazilian Estela, protagonist of the soap-opera "Araguaia"(Destiny River). She also filmed the romantic comedy "Qualquer gato vira-lata" (2010) (Any Stray Cat), directed by Tomas Portella and adapted, by Daniela Carlo, from a play written by Juca de Oliveira. In the following year, she starred in the episode "O Anjo de Alagoas" (The Angel from Alagoas), from the series "As Brasileiras" (The Brazilians), directed by Daniel Filho. In her last soap-opera, "Salve Jorge" (2013) (Brave Woman), she played urban and free Bianca. Her latest character in cinema was Ana Terra, heroine of the first part of Erico Verissimo's work "O Tempo e o Vento" (The Time and the Wind), directed by Jayme Monjardim. In 2014, she returned to television in the series "O Cacador" (The Hunter), directed by Jose Alvarenga. In this police drama, she plays Katia, an emotionally unstable woman who lives a love triangle with her husband Alexandre (Alejandro Claveaux) and his brother Andre (Caua Reymond). She has just finished working on the movie "Boletim de Ocorrencia" (Police Report), in which she plays the leading role of Francis. The film is directed by Tomas Portella.- Cristina Pereira was born on 9 August 1949 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. She is an actress, known for The Big Catch (2017), Invisible Life (2019) and Guerra dos Sexos (1983). She was previously married to Rafael Ponzi.
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Dira Paes is one of the most awarded actresses in Brazilian Cinema and her curriculum has more than 35 feature films. She started her career in the overproduction of Embassy Pictures "The Emerald Forest" (Cannes film Festival), of the diretor John Boorman. At the cinema we can highlight movies such as "Baixio das Bestas" of Claudio Assis (Tiger Award-Rotterdan International Film Festival), "A Festa da Menina Morta" of Matheus Natchergale (Cannes Film Festival-Un Certain Regard) and one of the most seen brazilian movies "Two sons of Francisco" from Breno Silveira.
In total, Dira has 7 tv series, 7 novels and 37 feature films. Her career is based in a successful image and popularity in the main stream of Brazilian teledramaturgy even as in independent and authoral cinema.
Recently Dira played the protagonist of director Gabriel Mascaro new film. At beginings of 2018 she will start filming "Veneza", the first long of Miguel Falabella where she will act with Carmen Maura.
Dira is also know as one of the founders of the NGO Human Rights Movement (MHuD), which has developed a series of activities for peace and human rights. It looks specifically at the problems of slave labor, abuse of children and adolescents, issues of quilombolas, the environment and indigenous peoples.- Actor
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Francisco Milani (November 19, 1936 - August 13, 2005) was a Brazilian actor, voice actor, comedian, television director and politician. With a vast career in cinema, theater and TV, he excelled in comedy, directing and acting in classic comedy shows, such as Viva o Gordo and Chico Anysio Show. He was consecrated for playing bad-tempered types, the most memorable being the character "Saraiva", from the humorous Zorra Total.R.I.P.- Music Artist
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Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae.
Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician and grew to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the Música popular brasileira and tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country. Gil moved to London, but returned to Bahia in 1972 and continued his musical career, as well as worked as a politician and environmental advocate.- Actor
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Brazilian actor and poet born in Rio de Janeiro. Son of singer Olivia Byington and musician Edgar Duvivier. At 9 years old began acting in theater through the drama class Tablado. At 17, he formed the group responsible for the play Z.É., Zenas Emprovisadas. Over the period studied drama in which he was involved in several works quite well known in the Brazilian cultural scene, including the films "Apenas O Fim (2009), À Deriva (2009), Mulher Invisível (2009) and the series "Mandrake (2007 )." In 2008 he graduated in Letras from PUC-Rio and in the same year he launched a book of poetry, "A partir de amanhã eu juro que a vida vai ser agora (7 Letras, 2008)", being very well received by critics. His works are always marked by a comic tone, either in interpretation, the theme of the stories.- Writer
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Jorge Furtado was born on 9 June 1959 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is a writer and director, known for The Man Who Copied (2003), Houve uma Vez Dois Verões (2002) and Meu Tio Matou um Cara (2004).- Actor
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José Pereira de Abreu Júnior is a Brazilian actor.Born in the city of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, in the state of São Paulo, at the age of fourteen he moved to the state's capital, São Paulo city, working as a lab assistant and office-boy for a law firm.
In 1967, while studying law at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, he began his theatrical career at the Teatro da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, with the play Morte e Vida Severina by João Cabral de Melo Neto and Chico Buarque.
A year later, he was starring in movies, but his career came to a quick halt because of his political activism. Abreu was arrested during a meeting of the União Nacional dos Estudantes, belonged to the Ação Popular and gave logistical support to the Vanguarda Armada Revolucionária Palmares, a leftist group that fought against the military regime. He also joined the hippie movement during that time, in contrast with his militaristic actions.
Forced into exile in Europe in 1968, he returned in 1974 to live in Pelotas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, his wife's homeland. They both taught at the federal university in that city, but soon moved to Porto Alegre, where he produced musicals and starred in children's plays. With his wife, he produced the first staging of the musical Os Saltimbancos in that state.
Then, after the success of the movie A Intrusa (The Intruder) (1979), filmed in Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, he started work as an actor in TV Globo's soap-operas.
In 2006 he partnered with director Luiz Arthur Nunes to create Fala, Zé!, a theatrical monologue in which he critically reflects on his generation, crossing biography and fiction.
In 2011 he played Milton in the soap-opera Insensato Coração; in 2012, the character Nilo in Avenida Brasil; in 2013, the character Ernest in Joia Rara; and in 2015 the villain Gibson Stewart in A Regra do Jogo.- Director
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Kleber Mendonça Filho is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer, and critic. With a degree in journalism from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Kleber Mendonça Filho began his career as a film critic and journalist. He wrote for newspapers such as Jornal do Commercio and Folha DE S. Paulo, for magazines such as Continente and Cinética, and for his own site, CinemaScópio.- Writer
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Leci Brandão was born on 12 September 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress and composer, known for Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010), Xica da Silva (1996) and Antônia (2006).- Actor
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Leoni was born in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is known for Intimate Strangers (2018), Califórnia (2015) and Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop (2004).- Actress
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Letícia Sabatella (born 8 March 1971) is a Brazilian actress and singer. Born in Belo Horizonte, Letícia Sabatella was two years old when her family moved from Itajubá (MG) to the mining town of Conceição das Alagoas, going live in the village of Big Bend Power Plant. There her father worked as an engineer. She has said she learned to appreciate nature in this place full of greenery and people of different nationalities. Today, she lives in Nova Friburgo, a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, where she grows organic food cooperative arrangements with employees.- Luis Fernando Verissimo was born on 26 September 1936 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is a writer and actor, known for Planeta dos Homens (1976), Um é Pouco, Dois é Bom (1970) and The Club of Angels (2020). He has been married to Lúcia Helena Massa since 1964. They have three children.
- Marcos Winter was born on 31 August 1966 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. He is an actor, known for Planet of the Pantanal (1990), Vida Nova (1988) and Magnífica 70 (2015). He was previously married to Paloma Duarte.
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Actor, composer, activist, lawyer, poet and radio broadcaster, the Brazilian Mario Lago was a multi-talented man born in 1911. He was an ardent communist who was imprisoned by the Brazilian government seven times between 1932 and 1969. The Andrew Sisters popularized his song "Aurora" in the 1941 film Hold that Ghost He died in 2012.R.I.P.- Osmar do Amaral Barbosa, better known as Osmar Prado, is a Brazilian actor, writer and producer. As one of the most prestigious Brazilian actors, he has won several awards, including two APCA Awards, a Guarani Award, two Brazil Quality Awards, and a Press Trophy. Osmar was married twice. He has three daughters, two from his first marriage with Elizabeth Cosentino Vianna, Janína and Tainá Prado. In 1990, he married Vânia Penteado, with whom he had his third daughter, born in 1994. He participates in the Human Rights Movement.
- Paloma Marcos Sanches Silva (São Paulo, May 21, 1977),known as Paloma Duarte, is a Brazilian actress. She is the daughter of actress Débora Duarte and singer-songwriter Antônio Marcos;
Paloma is the daughter of actress Débora Duarte and singer-songwriter Antônio Marcos, granddaughter of actress Marisa Sanches and actor Lima Duarte, as well as half-sister of filmmaker Daniela Duarte and singer Aretha Marcos. Paloma attended a German boarding school in São Paulo, however, due to her rebelliousness, she ended up stopping studying at the age of 14, finishing only the eighth year of elementary school. At this time, she began to smoke hidden from her parents. In 1992, at the age of 15, due to several conflicts with his mother, he decided to leave home, emancipating himself. In 1993, she married singer Renato Lui, with whom she stayed for just two years, until 1995.] In 1994, she gave birth to her first daughter, Maria Luiza, at just 17 years old. In 1996, she began dating actor Marcos Winter, whom she married in 1997, the same year she had her second daughter, Ana Clara. The marriage lasted until March 2003. In September, she began dating the singer Oswaldo Montenegro, 21 years her senior, whom she married in December of that year. The couple separated in January 2009.
In December 2009, she started dating actor Gabriel Braga Nunes, with whom she played opposite in Poder Paralelo, staying together until April 2011. In the same month, she began dating actor Bruno Ferrari, who ended their seven-year marriage to join the relationship. The two were married in August 2012. On April 28, 2016, the actress' third child, Antônio, was born. - Actor
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Paulo Betti is one of the most well-known and respected actors in Brazil today. Having earned a "Distinguished Fulbright Fellowship", Paulo began his theatrical career in 1969 with "Zé do Burro", which earned him first acting award. He was the leading man in more than 13 films, including "Lamarca" (1994), "Maua - The Emperor and the King"(1999) and "Guerra de Canudos"(1997) by Sérgio Rezende. "O Toque do Oboé" (1998) won the critic's choice award at the Miami Film Festival in 1999. In "Oriundi" (1999), he starred with Anthony Quinn. Paulo has had significant success on Brazilian TV. His first appearance was in the soap opera "Como Salvar meu Casamento" (1979). His role in "Os Imigrantes" (1981) brought him to the limelight, and he has since been a prominent figure in soap operas, specials, and miniseries for TV Globo. Although he has directed numerous plays, many of them award-winning, he debuted his film directing career with "Cafundó" (2005) a feature-film starring Lázaro Ramos. It received 19 national and international awards, and was launched nationally in Brazilian theaters in 2006 to critical acclaim. In 1992, he founded "Casa da Gávea", a living arts center based in Rio de Janeiro, where he promotes the study and dissemination of various forms of art and culture.- Actor
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Pedro Cardoso was born on 31 December 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an actor and writer, known for Big Family (2001), Four Days in September (1997) and Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003).- Actor
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Sérgio Mamberti was born on 22 April 1939 in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Vale Tudo (1988), 3% (2016) and Xuxa in Abracadabra (2003). He was married to Vivien Mar. He died on 3 September 2021 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Actress
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Sílvia Buarque was born on 28 March 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Reza a Lenda (2016), Louise's Wedding (2001) and Buena Sorte (1996). She is married to Chico Díaz. They have one child. She was previously married to Bruno Fernandes.- Tássia Camargo was born on 29 January 1961 in Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil. She is an actress, known for O Dono do Mundo (1991), Elas por Elas (1982) and The Thorn and the Rose (2000). She was previously married to Marinho Boffa.
- Tereza Seiblitz was born on 29 June 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress, known for Querido Estranho (2002), Explode Coração (1995) and Hilda Hurricane (1998). She is married to Kiko Horta. They have one child. She was previously married to Luiz Fernando Carvalho.
- Tico Santa Cruz was born on 30 September 1977 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Tonico Pereira was born on 22 June 1948 in Campos dos Goitacases, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is an actor and director, known for Edge of Desire (2017), The Blind Man Who Shouted Light (1997) and A Repartição do Tempo (2016). He is married to Marina Salomão. They have two children.- Actor
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Moura was born in Salvador, a city located in Northeast Region of Brazil, but grew up in the small town of Rodelas, Bahia. His mother, Alderiva, was a housewife, and his father, José Moura, was a Sergeant in the Brazilian Air Force. At the age of 13, he moved with his family to Salvador, Bahia.
Besides his acting career, Moura is a lyricist and the vocalist of a band named Sua Mãe ("Your Mum"). In 2012, he guest performed as lead vocalist for some Legião Urbana tribute shows, featuring surviving members Marcelo Bonfá and Dado Villa-Lobos.- Composer
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Wagner Tiso was born on 12 December 1945 in Três Pontas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a composer and actor, known for Os Desafinados (2008), Jango (1984) and Vida de Menina (2003).- Actress
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Zezé Polessa was born on 22 September 1953 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an actress and talent agent, known for Port of Miracles (2001), Achados e Perdidos (2007) and Written in the Stars (2010).