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- Martins Pena was born on 5 November 1815 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for O Grande Desbum... (1978), O Noviço (1975) and O Namorador (1978). He died on 7 December 1848 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Joaquim Manoel de Macedo was born on 24 June 1820 in Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for A Moreninha (1975), A Moreninha (1915) and A Moreninha (1970). He died on 11 April 1882 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- Best remembered by his famous novel "O Ateneu", a mixture of autobiography and fiction that tells about his school year during the first years of adolescence, Raul Pompéia is highly regarded as one of the most important writers of the classic Brazilian literature.
He was born in Rio de Janeiro in a household of means. At age 11, his father sent him to the aristocratic school institution Colégio Abílio - which formed the basis for his future novel "O Ateneu". In 1880, at age 17 he wrote his first novel "Uma Tragédia no Amazonas", which went unnoticed by the public. Some time later he goes to the law school at Faculdade do Largo São Francisco, in São Paulo. His conflicting and progressive ideas in favor of abolishing slavery and the end of monarchy isn't seen with good eyes by the academics, so he's constantly failed in exams again and again...but gained some friends too such as Luis Murat, an intellectual with similar thoughts. Later on, he moves to another law school, graduates but never actually works as a lawyer. Instead, he takes several positions in many newspapers and it is in one of those, he publishes "O Ateneu" as a chronic. In the following years, it became a full acclaimed novel.
Now with a formed Republic and no longer a monarchy, Pompéia is chosen to be chairman of the Academia de Belas Artes (Fine Arts Academy). But due to constant rivalry and fights between sections supporting former first Brazilian president Deodoro da Fonseca and the then president Floriano Peixoto, that meant Pompéia wouldn't have an easy term while securing the art projects in Brazil, since he was truly loyal to Peixoto and because of that he gained many enemies and lost several friends. By that time, he was the director of National Library. When Floriano Peixoto died, Raul Pompéia made an inflamed speech honoring the man during his funeral which enraged the crowd and the supporters of the new Brazilian president Prudente de Moraes, who followed a similar line as the first leader. In 1895 he was fired from his position at the library, and to add to it, he was publicly humiliated by a critical article written by his old friend Luis Murat. A severely depressed Pompéia committed suicide on Christmas day at age 32.
The novel that brought him acclaim was made into a TV series in 1979 Memórias de Amor (1979). - Visconde de Taunay was born on 22 February 1843 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Visconde was a writer, known for Inocência (1915), Inocência (1949) and Innocence (1983). Visconde died on 25 January 1899 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Teixeira de Melo was born on 28 August 1833 in Campos dos Goitacases, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a producer and production manager, known for Um Dia Qualquer (1965) and Marajó, Barreira do Mar (1967). He died on 10 April 1907 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Founder and first president of Academia Brasileira de Letras. At 16 he published his first poem, "Ela", in "Marmota Fluminense" magazine. In 1858, he started to write for newspapers.
His novels can be divided in Romantic and Realistic periods.
In the Romantic period, he wrote: "Ressurreição" (1872), "A Mão e a Luva" (1874), "Helena" (1876) and "Iaiá Garcia" (1878).
The following are the works from the Realistic and considered his best period: "Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" (1881), "Quincas Borba" (1892), "Dom Casmurro" (1900) and "Memorial de Aires" (1908).
Among his other works are poems, short stories, plays and theater and literature essays. - Euclides da Cunha was born on 20 January 1866 in Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Antônio Conselheiro e a Guerra dos Pelados (1977), Savagery (2020) and The Battle of Canudos (1997). He died on 15 August 1909 in Piedade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Glauco Velasquez was born on 23 March 1884 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer, known for A Missa do Galo (1982). He died on 21 June 1914 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Olavo Bilac was born on 16 December 1865 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Bandeirantes (1940) and Entre Versos (2022). He died on 28 December 1918 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Aurélia Delorme was born on 2 May 1866 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Pega na Chaleira (1909), O Garimpeiro (1920) and Um Cavalheiro Deveras Obsequioso (1909). She died on 4 October 1920 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- João do Rio (pseudonym of João Paulo Emílio Cristóvão dos Santos Coelho Barreto) (August 5, 1881, Rio de Janeiro - June 23, 1921, Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian journalist, short-story writer and playwright of African descent. In May 7, 1910, was elected for the chair #26 of Brazilian Academy of Letters.
- Lima Barreto was born on 13 May 1881 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Osso, Amor e Papagaio (1957), Grande Teatro Tupi (1951) and Policarpo Quaresma, Herói do Brasil (1997). He died on 1 November 1922 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Paul Milliet was born on 24 June 1858 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paul was a writer, known for Marathon Man (1976), Mein Herz ruft nach dir (1934) and My Heart Is Calling (1935). Paul died on 21 November 1924 in Paris, France.- Director
- Producer
Irineu Marinho was born on 19 July 1876 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and producer, known for Um Senhor de Posição (1925) and Ambição Castigada (1927). He died on 21 August 1925 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Gabriela Montani was born on 13 May 1854 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Perdida (1916) and Entre Dois Amores (1917). She died on 3 December 1926 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Soundtrack
Sinhô was born on 18 September 1888 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sinhô is known for The Mandarin (1995), Absolutamente Certo (1957) and The Thorn and the Rose (2000). Sinhô died on 4 August 1930 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Director
Leopoldo Froes was born on 30 September 1882 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for A Viuvinha do Cinema (1917), A Minha Noite de Núpcias (1931) and Perdida (1916). He died on 2 March 1932 in Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland.- Diva Tosca was born on 4 December 1909 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for As Armas (1930). She was married to Raul Roulien. She died on 27 September 1933 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Composer
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Ernesto Nazareth was born on 20 March 1863 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer, known for Scoop (2006), Road to Rio (1947) and Chega de Saudade (2007). He was married to Teodora de Meireles. He died on 4 February 1934 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Chiquinha Gonzaga was born on 17 October 1847 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is known for Found Memories (2011), Proibido Proibir (2006) and Chacrinha: O Velho Guerreiro (2018). She was married to João Batista de Carvalho and Jacinto Ribeiro do Amaral. She died on 28 February 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Alberto de Oliveira was born on 28 April 1857 in Palmital de Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Caídos do Céu (1946). He died on 19 January 1937 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Composer
- Music Department
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Noel Rosa was born on 11 December 1910 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer, known for Cousas Nossas (1931), Cidade-Mulher (1936) and Cleópatra (2007). He was married to Lindaura. He died on 4 May 1937 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Producer
- Writer
- Production Manager
Born in Brazil, son of a Portuguese father and Brazilian mother. After having solved subsequent problems of his father's death, owner of an important industrial business, the Casting Alegria & C., in Rio de Janeiro, he went to Portugal in 1907. Henrique Alegria fixed residence in Porto (Portugal), finding here the interest for the cinematographic exhibition business, building the Olympia Cinema, inaugurated on 18 May of 1912. In contribution with Alfredo Nunes de Matos, he took the position of art director of the Invicta Film [pt], functions that corresponded to production today, beyond maintenance responsibility in several aspects of the studio.
Henrique Alegria left Invicta in 1922, sold the Olympia Cinema and moved to Lisbon where, along with several associates, he founded Patria Film, a new firm with a great ambition but which finally had only a two year existence. Following this disappointing experience, Alegria returned to Porto, where he resumed business, but never again in the movies. He first devoted himself to fashion and then to insurance. Too bad he stopped producing given whereas he had been one of the most important pioneers of Portuguese cinema, but once bitten, twice shy, as they say! Henrique Alegria died prematurely at age 58.- Actor
- Producer
Luiz Barbosa was born on 7 July 1910 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and producer, known for The King Crab (2019) and Alô Alô Carnaval (1936). He died on 8 October 1938 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Custódio Mesquita was born on 25 April 1910 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Carioca Maravilhosa (1936), Estudantes (1935) and Vida Nova (1988). He died on 13 March 1945.- Francisco Braga was born on 15 April 1868 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a composer, known for Bandeirantes (1940). He died on 14 March 1945 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Composer
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Oscar Lorenzo Fernández was born on 4 November 1897 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oscar Lorenzo was a composer, known for Vendaval Maravilhoso (1949) and New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958). Oscar Lorenzo died on 27 August 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Music Department
Paulo da Portela was born on 18 June 1901 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paulo is known for Natal da Portela (1988) and Separações (2002). Paulo died on 30 January 1949 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Francisco Alves was born on 19 August 1898 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Berlim na Batucada (1944), Alô, Alô, Brasil (1935) and Samba em Berlim (1943). He died on 27 September 1952 in Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo, Brazil.- Zé was born on 6 January 1908 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Eu Quero é Movimento (1949), Pra Lá de Boa (1949) and Pif-Paf (1945). He was married to Zilda do Zé. He died on 10 October 1954.
- Director
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- Writer
Edgar Roquette-Pinto was born on 25 September 1884 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and actor, known for Bandeirantes (1940), Argila (1940) and Coração Físico de Ostwald (1942). He died on 18 October 1954 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Music Department
Nonô was born on 7 February 1901 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Mágoa de Boiadeiro (1977), No Rancho Fundo (1971) and Sinfonia Sertaneja (1979). He died on 13 November 1954 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Zaquia Jorge was born on 6 January 1924 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Fantasma Por Acaso (1946), Pinguinho de Gente (1949) and A Serra da Aventura (1950). She died on 22 April 1957 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Romeu Silva was born on 11 February 1893 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Banana-da-Terra (1939). He died on 1 May 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Benedito Lacerda was born on 14 March 1903 in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Banana-da-Terra (1939), Esta é Fina (1948) and Alô Alô Carnaval (1936). He died on 16 November 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Gastão Cruls was born on 4 May 1888 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for A Sombra da Outra (1950) and Um Lobisomem na Amazônia (2005). He died on 7 June 1959.
- Aloisio Castro was born on 14 June 1881 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Cassiopeia (1996). He died on 7 October 1959 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Dolores Durán was born on 7 June 1930 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Pain and Glory (2019), Rico Ri à Toa (1957) and Samba (1965). She was married to Macedo Neto. She died on 24 October 1959 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Music Department
- Composer
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He was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bachian-pieces) and his Chôros. His Etudes for classical guitar (1929) were dedicated to Andrés Segovia, while his 5 Preludes (1940) were dedicated to his spouse Arminda Neves d'Almeida, a.k.a. "Mindinha." Both are important works in the classical guitar repertory.- Music Department
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Newton Mendonca was born on 14 February 1927 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is known for Out of Sight (1998), Whatever Works (2009) and Wall Street (1987). He died on 11 November 1960 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Actress
- Writer
Véra Gibson-Amado, known professionally as Véra Clouzot, was a Brazilian-French actress.
In 1941, Véra met French actor Léo Lapara, a member of the theater company of Louis Jouvet, who toured in Brazil during World War II. Vera married the actor, taking part in the company's South American tour that lasted almost four years. After World War II, Vera settled in Paris.
In 1947, Lapara had a role in Jenny Lamour (1947) by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Vera met Henri on the set with her then-husband and it was described as "coup de foudre", love at first sight. Clouzot hired Vera as the script girl of his next film, Miquette (1950). Vera divorced Lapara and married Henri-Georges Clouzot in 1950. She was directed by her husband in her first film, the 1953 thriller The Wages of Fear (1953), in which she appeared alongside Charles Vanel and Yves Montand. In a short film career Clouzot only performed in films directed by Henri-Georges, the most famous of which was undoubtedly the 1955 thriller Diabolique (1955).
Vera died suddenly of a heart attack in 1960 just 15 days short of her 47th birthday.- Zé da Caninha was born on 6 July 1883 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Eu Quero é Movimento (1949). He died on 16 June 1961 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Januário de Oliveira was born on 24 March 1902 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Fazendo Fitas (1935) and Como Se Gosta (1929). He died on 22 February 1963 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Art Department
- Director
Carlos Thiré was born on 9 October 1917 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for Luz Apagada (1953), Nadando em Dinheiro (1952) and Querida Susana (1947). He was married to Tônia Carrero. He died on 11 March 1963 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Maria Vidal was born on 24 November 1905 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Quase no Céu (1949), Vou Te Contá (1958) and Dorinha no Soçaite (1957). She died on 14 May 1963 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Lamartine Babo was born on 10 January 1904 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Alô, Alô, Brasil (1935), Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005) and A Grande Vedete (1958). He died on 16 June 1963 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Cecília Meireles was born on 7 November 1901 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a writer, known for Chico Rei (1985), The Conspirators (1972) and O Sereno Desespero (1973). She was married to Heitor Grillo and Correia Dias. She died on 9 November 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Silveira Sampaio was born on 8 June 1914 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer and actor, known for Uma Aventura aos Quarenta (1947), Copacabana Palace (1962) and Quem Roubou Meu Samba? (1959). He died on 23 November 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Barbosa Júnior was born on 17 May 1897 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for Os Crimes de Diogo Alves (1911), Caçando Feras (1936) and Laranja-da-China (1940). He died on 21 May 1965 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- Glaucio Gill was born on 18 August 1932 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Toda Donzela Tem Um Pai Que É Uma Fera (1966) and A Rose for Everyone (1967). He died on 13 August 1965 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.