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- Lois Hamilton (Areno) personified a new wave of actresses who built careers on both beauty and brains. Lois attend Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennslyvannia, and the University of Florence in Florence, Italy, where she received degrees in Psychology and Fine Arts. As a top Ford model in the late 1970s, Lois graced the covers and pages of countless magazines, such as "Cosmopolitan", "Fortune", "Mademoiselle", "Italian Vogue", "Prevue", "Neue Revue Illustrierte", "Newsweek", "Paris Match", "Hello", "Redbook", "Ladies' Home Journal", "Glamour", "Time", and many others. Some of her ad campaigns included Chanel, Clarol, Halston, Pucci and Hermes, and she appeared in over 150 commercials worldwide. She was one of the pioneers who made the successful transition from model to actress. When she came to Los Angeles her career immediately took off and she found herself splashed all over the television and movie screens. Within a year she landed more TV stints than any other actress at ICM. She worked with such luminaries as Ivan Reitman, Neil Simon, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, John Candy, John Larroquette, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Bill Murray, Jane Fonda, Dean Martin, Carl Reiner, David Carradine, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve Guttenberg, Howard W. Koch, Albert S. Ruddy, Hal Needham, and Thomas R. Bond II to name a few. She was one of the privileged few to be photographed by George Hurrell Sr. before his death. When she wasn't involved in a feature film or television project, she took to the skies--she was a licensed private pilot. She logged over 600 hours and was an accomplished aerobatic pilot flying her 1936 German biplane. In addition, Lois was also a titled Italian baroness with a family that lays claim to the most noble of ancestries dating back to 11th-century Naples. Not one to be typecast as just another pretty face, and in keeping with her artistic talents, she was also an accomplished sculptress, painter and writer. She exhibited her bronze sculptures and oil paintings in many one-woman shows in Los Angeles. An author as well, she penned her first novel, "Move Over Tarzan," a woman's guide on how to be as assertive as the most aggressive, successful man using a woman's femininity. Lois Hamilton was definitely a woman ahead of her time.
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Norma Bengell was born on 21 February 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress and director, known for Planet of the Vampires (1965), Eternamente Pagú (1987) and The Murdered House (1971). She was married to Gabriele Tinti. She died on 9 October 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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He studied Law. He also directed theatre pieces, wrote movie criticisms and took part in the creation and development of the 'cinema novo' movement in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, becoming its theoretical leader and first embassador in Europe. After "Barravento (1962)", a trilogy of films and "Antonio das Mortes (1969)" he won various international prizes. As he symbolized the feelings of the ideology of the May of 1968, he became very popular in Europe and America. But when he started to film in Africa and Spain his followers were distracted and this marked the beginning of the decline of his fame. Thus, he only made a couple of films of minor interest later on.- Actor
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Born in Rome, on 21st July of 1930, at the Brazilian embassy, son of Formula 1 champion and then ambassador Manoel de Teffe; he was named Antonio Luiz and became the Baron de Teffe. The de Teffe family had a noble origin but during Second World War, teenage Antonio left home to join the partisans against the Nazis.
His life in the film business started as studio messenger for Vittorio De Sica who was then directing Bicycle Thieves (1948) and years later Antonio starred in the critically acclaimed Gli sbandati (1955). Then he went into typical examples of popular Italian films of the late 50s such as sword and sandal epics, comedies, adventures and even great American movies like Robert Aldrich's Sodom and Gomorrah (1962), but it was with Spaghetti Westerns that renamed Anthony Steffen achieved worldwide stardom. His acting is often accused of being wooden, but in many ways is ideally suited to playing the steely-faced gunslinger synonymous with the gender. Steffen's most memorable role was in Django the Bastard (1969), which he also co-wrote, playing a phantom gunslinger returned from the grave to avenge his own death. This is the uncredited inspiration for Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter (1973).
His others successes include well liked features as Seven Dollars to Kill (1966), A Train for Durango (1968) (with Mark Damon), Killer Kid (1967) and many others. He was still enjoyable in other genres, especially thrillers as the successful The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971), Tropic of Cancer (1972) or The Crimes of the Black Cat (1972), a good example of a giallo where he played a blind pianist - one of his roles he most liked, and Killer Fish (1979), with James Franciscus and Lee Majors. Steffen was a very reliable leading man and supporting actor and was among the elite of European cinema such as Federico Fellini, Sergio Leone, Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Luchino Visconti, Antonio Margheriti, Ennio Morricone, Roger Vadim, Carlo Ponti, Sophia Loren and many others.
Elegant, educated and handsome, fluent in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian, Steffen lived in international jet-set, but in the early 80s he moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, place he just adored, occasionally visiting his beloved Rome. Since 2002 he had been fighting a dreadful cancer. He died on July 5, 2004, in Rio de Janeiro. He left three sons: Manuel de Teffe, Luiz and Chiara. Besides De Sica's Shoeshine (1946), his favorite film was John Ford's My Darling Clementine (1946). Good taste until the end.- He moved to Belo Horizonte to work in the Radio Inconfidência as radiate-actor. He began in TV Itacolomi in the program Tribunal de Calouros. In Rio de Janeiro he participated in programs Time Square, Vovo de Ville, Show Riso and Praça da Alegria (1995). In the Program "Café Sem Concerto" for TV Tupi created the character Zacarias, that would accompany him for the rest of the life. He integrated the group "Os Trapalhões" ("The Dabblers") beside Renato Aragão, Dedé Santana and Mussum, making the largest success in TV and Movies for many years. He died of lung infection on March 18, 1990 at 56 years old, in Rio de Janeiro.
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José Wilker de Almeida was born on 20th August 1947 in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil. He worked as a speaker in a radio there but he later moved to Recife where he started worked in the theatre as a member of "Movimento de Cultura Popular (MPC)". The group not only brought culture to people but also reading, writing and political lessons. During the military repression, however, MPC was made illegal and Wilker moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he started working in cinema. His first film as "A Falecida", starred by Fernanda Montenegro.
In Rio Wilker kept on working in theatre. In 1968 he wrote his own play, "O Trágico Acidente que Destronou Teresa". His next move as a playwright was "A China é Azul", in 1972. In this year he starred "Os Inconfidentes", a movie by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. Still in 1972 he worked on his first TV series, "O Bofe".
Between 1976 and 1985 he didn't work in theatre, but played important roles in cinema and TV. "Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos" (1976), based on Jorge Amado's novel, is a recordist on Brazilian cinema box office. "Xica da Silva" (1976), "Bye Bye Brasil (1979)", "Bonitinha Mas Ordinária" (based on Nelson Rodrigues' text, 1981), and "O Homem da Capa Preta" (1986) were blockbusters too. His works for TV were very successful too.
In 1989 he worked on two then famous films: "Doida Demais" and "Dias Melhores Virão". In 1992 he was on "Medicine Man", directed by John McTiernan and starred by Sean Connery. In the next five years Wilker worked almost exclusively for Tv. However, in 1996, a compilation of his reviews on cinema was released in a book, "Como Deixar um Relógio Emocionado". In 1997 he came back to the Seventh Art with "O Pequeno Dicionário Amoroso" and "A Guerra de Canudos", where he was the protagonist and producer.
Wilker carried on his acclaimed TV career but in 2000 he worked on Villa Lobos, Uma Vida de Paixões". In 2002 he was on "Dead in the Water" starred by Henry Thomas. He then had three films in a role: "O Homem do Ano" (2003) and "Maria, Mãe de Deus" (2003) and "Redentor" (2004). In 2003 he was elected president of Rio Filmes, a cinema company in Brazil.- Writer
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Here he grew up in the educated Jewish middle class, together with his brother Alfred. The Zweig family was not religious. He passed his high school diploma at the Wasagymnasium in Vienna. Zweig wrote his first poems here. At that time he was influenced by writers such as Hugo von Hofmannstahl and Rainer Maria Rilke. In 1901, Stefan Zweig's first volume of poetry entitled "Silberne Saiten" was published. He also began translating works by French writers at this time. In 1904 he completed his doctorate in German and Romance studies. Until 1910 he traveled extensively through Europe. The focus here was on exchanges with other writers and artists, with whom he mostly maintained friendship through intensive correspondence. By 1911, works such as "Tersites", "The House by the Sea" and "Burning Secret" as well as his first biography "Émile Verhaeren" had been created.
With his work "First Experience. Four Stories from Kinderland," Zweig approached an intuitive psychological style. At the beginning of the First World War, Stefan Zweig signed up as a volunteer. Here he was employed in the war press quarters until 1917. To demonstrate against war in any form, he wrote the drama "Jeremiah", which premiered in Zurich in 1918. From 1918 onwards, Zweig also worked as a journalist and correspondent for the Swiss newspaper "Neue Freie Presse". He also uses this medium to publish his non-partisan views. After the end of the war he settled in Salzburg. His idea was to found a spiritually, holistically and humanistically motivated alliance in Europe. So he began, initially in numerous lectures and essays, to warn against radicalization through nationalism and to call for calm, diplomacy and patience.
In 1920, Zweig published the writings "Fear", "The Compulsion" and, from 1920, three essays about master builders of the world: "Three Masters", in 1925 "The Fight with the Demon" and in 1928 "Three Poets of Their Life". Zweig enjoyed great stage success in 1926 with his adaptation of Ben Jonson's "Volpone". The publication of the book "Star Hours of Humanity" in 1927 was equally successful. In 1928 he traveled to the Soviet Union, where his books were also published in Russian at the instigation of Maxim Gorki, with whom he corresponded. After the NSDAP came to power in Germany, Stefan Zweig fled to London for fear of persecution. The book "Impatience of the Heart" was written here. From 1934 onwards, his works were no longer published in Germany and with the annexation of Austria to the Third Reich in 1938, production in his homeland also stopped. In 1935, Zweig wrote the libretto for the opera "Die schweigsame Frau" for Richard Strauss.
In 1936 the NSDAP immediately banned the sale of all of his works. His first marriage ended in divorce in 1938, and his second marriage was to Charlotte Altmann in 1939. In 1940 he received English citizenship from Great Britain. Nevertheless, he left Europe and traveled on to New York. In 1942 his chess novella and the monograph Brazil were published. After a short stay he visited Argentina and Paraguay. He then settled in Brazil. Here Stefan Zweig fell into deep sadness and depression.
Stefan Zweig committed suicide on February 22, 1942 in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro. In 1944 his autobiography was published posthumously under the title "The World of Yesterday".- Director
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Régis Cardoso was born on 24 June 1934 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was a director and actor, known for A Cabana do Pai Tomás (1969), Verão Quente (1993) and O Bem-Amado (1973). He was married to Susana Vieira. He died on 3 April 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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Eduardo Coutinho was born on 11 May 1933 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Edifício Master (2002), Santo Forte (1999) and Babilônia 2000 (1999). He was married to Maria das Dores de Oliveira. He died on 2 February 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actress
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Aurora Miranda had a successful career in Brazil and the US, although somewhat overshadowed by her sister Carmen Miranda's larger-then-life persona. Aurora was six years younger than Carmen, not as brilliant but equally talented and vivacious.
She made her recording debut on May 25, 1933, at the age of 18. On that day she sang Assis Valente''s marcha "Cai, Cai, Balão!" and 'Floriano Ribeiro de Pi'nho''s samba "Toque de Amor" in a duo with Francisco Alves, Brazil's greatest male singing star. Three weeks later she was in the studio again, recording a macumba by Pixinguinha and João da Baiana. Another duo with Chico Alves came in July: Noel Rosa's and Hélio Rosa's foxtrot "Você só . . . Mente." Aurora was launched.
Her record company was Odeon, and her principal competition--her sister Carmen--recorded for Victor. During the rest of the decade, Aurora recorded 162 more sides, many of them enormous hits, such as "Cidade Maravilhosa" (André Filho) and "Se a Lua Contasse" (Custódio Mesquita), whose composers were her constant songwriters, along with Walfrido Silva and Assis Valente. In 1936 Aurora appeared in the film Alô Alô Carnaval (1936), in which she was seen with Carmen dressed in gold-lamé top hat and tails, singing "Cantores do Rádio" (João de Barro / Alberto Ribeiro / Lamartine Babo). This film is apparently lost except from some short sequences.
In 1940 Aurora married Gabriel Richaid. Carmen gave the couple a trip to the US as a honeymoon present, and before long Aurora was appearing in American nightclubs and revues. During the war, when Walt Disney was producing his "Good Neighbor" south-of-the-border films, he wanted to cast Carmen with Ethel Smith in a picture to be called "Blame It on the Samba". Carmen was unavailable, and the technology wasn't advanced enough for making that film (it would eventually be made in 1948 (Blame It on the Samba (1948)) with Ethel as the only live character. However, Carmen recommended her sister, and Aurora was cast in The Three Caballeros (1944), in which she shined in the Bahia sequence, dancing with Donald Duck and Zé Carioca to the tune of Ary Barroso's "Os Quindins de Iaiá.". She also appears in the film noir classic Phantom Lady (1944), in which she can be seen as a nightclub performer.
Unlike her sister, Aurora preferred married life to her career. In 1951 she returned to Rio de Janeiro and settled down as a wife and mother. She often spoke of her sister Carmen and appeared in many documentaries.
Aurora Miranda passed away at the age of 90 on Thursday, December 22, 2005.- Caio Junqueira was born on 15 November 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Elite Squad (2007), Buena Sorte (1996) and Central Station (1998). He died on 23 January 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Esmeralda Barros was born on 4 September 1944 in Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Kong Island (1968), Presídio de Mulheres Violentadas (1977) and A Espiã Que Entrou em Fria (1967). She died on 10 October 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Ivan Setta was born in 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for As Aventuras Amorosas de Um Padeiro (1975), Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (1977) and Mandacaru (1997). He was married to Sandra Schaeppi. He died on 6 April 2001 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- José Lewgoy was born on 16 November 1920 in Veranópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Fitzcarraldo (1982), O Ibraim do Subúrbio (1976) and Perfume de Gardênia (1992). He died on 10 February 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Sandra Bréa was born on 11 May 1952 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for O Bem-Amado (1973), Corrida do Ouro (1974) and Felicidade (1991). She was married to Arthur Guarisse, António Guerreiro and Eduardo Espínolla Netto. She died on 4 May 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Nicette Bruno was born on 7 January 1933 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Éramos Seis (1977), The Big Catch (2017) and Como Salvar Meu Casamento (1979). She was married to Paulo Goulart. She died on 20 December 2020 in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
- While the full name goes unnoticed by the majority of people, it's his nickname and a song inspired by him that made him a known figure in the 1980's in an almost mythical way. José Arthur Machado, best known as Petit, was a famous surfer who regularly attended the beach of Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro ever since his teen years. He was born around 1956-57 and almost nothing is known about his early days.
In the early 1970's he was already a known figure in Ipanema due to his long blonde hair, a well-built muscular body and great looks. A rare and silent appearance of his was in the short documentary O Sereno Desespero (1973) where he becomes the model to fit the description of a poem written by the great Cecília Meireles.
His rose to fame and attract a wider audience and some fans came after becoming friends with singer/composer Caetano Veloso, who had a deep admiration for the young man. When singer Baby Consuelo asked Caetano for a new song he immediately got inspired by Petit and his wild spirit and dominant presence at the beach - by that time he was known for having a dragon tattoo on his shoulder, a rare feat at the time since tattoos weren't popular. That's how the hit single "Menino do Rio" was born, which later became the theme song of a soap opera and inspired the 1982 film of same name - though it talks about a popular surf it wasn't Petit story that was brought to the screen.
Sadly, his life took a tragic turn of events after August 1987 when he suffered a motorcycle accident that later on, when he recovered from a comatose state, had the left side of his body paralyzed. Despite many rehabilitation sessions he was never the same man, and suffering his constant pain and depression, he committed suicide in 1989, hanging himself with a kimono. A wife and a kid survived him.
Yet he lives on immortalized on a popular song which excites the imagination of listeners but for a brief time the boy from Rio was indeed real. - One of the most beautiful women in Brazil in the 1950s and 1960s, Ilka Soares' career began in 1947 in a Miss Brazil pageant promoted by 'O Globo' newspaper. There, she met Vittorio Cardineli and Ugo Lombardi, actress Bruna Lombardi's father, who invited her to audition for Iracema (1949), an adaptation of the novel of the same name by José de Alencar. After a successful screen test at 'Brasil Vita Filmes' studios, she got the leading role in what is now considered a lost film.
In the 50s, she starred in ten films for 'Atlântida Empresa Cinematográfica do Brasil' and 'Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz', two of the most prestigious Brazilian film studios at that time.
She started on TV in 1956 as a news anchor and variety show host, becoming popular on magazine covers as well as a professional model. Her 40-decade-long career in telenovelas began with O Cafona (1971). - Actress
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Aracy Balabanian was born on 22 February 1940 in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. She was an actress, known for The Next Victim (1995), Rainha da Sucata (1990) and Nino, o Italianinho (1969). She died on 7 August 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
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Paulo Gustavo was born on 30 October 1978 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for My Mom Is a Character 2 (2016), My Mom Is a Character (2013) and 220 Volts (2011). He was married to Thales Bretas. He died on 4 May 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Director
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Born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina in 1914, Carlos Hugo Christensen is considered one of the most prolific filmmakers in Latin American history.
A pioneer in the film industry, his love of literature combined with a forward-thinking attitude towards sexuality, resulted in a unique point of view which infused Argentine cinema of the forties and fifties with his trademark touch of audacity and veiled eroticism. Films such as "SAFO, Historia De Una Pasión" (1943), where Mecha Ortiz and Roberto Escalada smoked after an implied sexual encounter, or "El Ángel Desnudo"(1946), where famed Argentinean screen goddess Olga Zubarry bared her naked back to the camera in the first ever nude scene in Argentine history, or "Adan y la Serpiente" (1946) where Tilda Thamar exhibited a two piece bathing suit for the first time in Latin American film, pushed the sexual envelope and sparked much controversy and debate.
In 1954, Christensen's anti-Peron sentiments resulted in his political exile from Argentina, as part of the largest persecution of the artistic community and intellectual class in the country's history. This landed Christensen in Brazil, where he completed the first Technicolor film ever to be shot there, "Meus Amores No Rio," which was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1959. A contemporary of world-renowned Argentinean author Jorge Luis Borges, Christensen is the only director to have adapted many of Borges' short stories to the screen, including the incendiary "La Intrusa," a feature film centering on the relationship between two homosexual gauchos (Argentine cowboys) which was banned from cinemas throughout Latin America, but was the official selection representing Brazil at the Montreal International Film Festival in 1980.
Within a career that spanned seven decades, he completed 55 films, most of them comedies, melodramas or film noir, the majority of which he wrote, directed and produced. His films have each garnered numerous awards including Best Director and Best Film prizes, in countless festivals and award ceremonies throughout the world. Among his many cinematic distinctions, some of the most internationally notable include: Grand Prize of the Festival (Nomination), Cannes Int'l Film Festival for "La Ballandra Isabel Llego Esta Tarde" (1951); Venice International Film Festival, Official Selection, Brazil, for "Maos Sangrentas" (1955); Golden Berlin Bear (Nomination), Berlin Int'l Film Festival for "Meus Amores No Rio" (1959).
Although best known for his film work, Christensen was also an accomplished poet, publishing his first volume of poetry "El Libro del Primer Amor" at the tender age of 18. His next poetic compilation "El Mar Ante La Playa," was published to great critical acclaim shortly after, as was his first short story "Adolescencia." Armed with literary success, he abandoned his studies at the Facultad de Filosofia y Letras (University of Philosophy and Letters) in Buenos Aires, and began working as a journalist. From there he moved on to radio, then to writing and directing plays, and finally to what he is best known for, film. He continued to write poetry throughout his life; his final book of poetry "Poemas Para Os Amigos," was published shortly before his death in 1999.
Among the innumerable personal honors and tributes he has received, the final one to date came shortly before his death, at the 18th Festival des 3 Continents, in Nantes (France), where 8 of his feature films were selected to screen as part of an exhibit dedicated to melodrama in Argentinean cinema. Posthumously, he has continued to screen around the world, most recently, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His multi award-winning film "La Ballandra Isabel Llego Esta Tarde" will screen in Los Angeles in June 2007 as the only Spanish Language offering of the 21st Annual Last Remaining Seats Series, alongside "North by Northwest," "Roman Holiday," "Flesh and the Devil," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," and "Scarface."- Handsome, talented and a man who defined a generation with his presence and acting in movies and TV series, Lauro Corona was one of a kind. And one who's gone too soon at an early age leaving a mark to his fans with his brief career.
Corona was born on 6 July, 1957, in Rio de Janeiro. At 16, he began as a salesman working at his mother boutique. By the late 1970's he was doing plays and was discovered by actor Paulo José and a famous theater director who loved his talent and knew he could do more. Next thing he knew a TV show came his way, the massive hit Dancin' Days (1978) where he played Beto. That was his first soap opera and very first TV appearance and soon after he was the talk of the town and the crush of many girls. From then on, he was a constant presence on TV with several shows, which includes Baila Comigo (1981) and Marina (1980).
His film debut was as one of the leads in Sergio Rezende's O Sonho Não Acabou (1982) , a testament about Brasília's youth in the early 1980's with a generation of sex, drugs and rock n'roll in the final years of the military regime - in fact, in one of the most memorable moments of the film Corona appears next to president João Figueiredo's guards, a moment that was captured with the real politicians and soldiers who didn't know they were being filmed, a very bold move by the director, crew and the actor. Then, he made only one movie Swingin' Betty (1984), a huge hit - possibly the film people remember him the most.
The miniseries Memórias de um Gigolô (1986), the TV series Direito de Amar (1987) were also great moments in his career and he also presented the Globo de Ouro, a musical program that brought artists performing their classics or latest hits. That program showcased his talents as a great host.
But the last memory people have of him was as the Portuguese Manuel Victor in Vida Nova (1988), which ended up being his last TV show and one that he didn't manage to end. By the middle of the show, he discovered he had AIDS. He never told the network about that - since then revealing about such condition was a career killer - only said that he was really sick and needed to stay away from the show. Concerned about his health, the creators decided to give an alternate ending for his character, even though the show was in its middle and he was one of the main characters- a memorable scene where he kisses goodbye to his girl, enters the car and reads an off-screen poem by Fernando Pessoa, and then he goes back to his native land.
A few days after his 32nd birthday he passed away from complications of AIDS - news that wasn't revealed immediately due to his family concerns. He was one of the first famous victims of this deadly disease in Brazil. Fans and nostalgic TV buffs always remember him with care, love and fondness. - Actress
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Marília Pêra was born on 22 January 1943 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress and producer, known for Pixote (1980), Central Station (1998) and Urban Snap-Shots (2008). She was married to Bruno Faria, Nelson Motta, Paulo Villaça, Agildo Ribeiro and Paulo Graça Mello. She died on 5 December 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
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Helmuth Schneider was born on 18 December 1920 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Die Göttin vom Rio Beni (1950), Der Löwe von Babylon (1959) and Joseph and His Brethren (1961). He died on 17 March 1972 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Talent Agent
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John Casablancas was born on 12 December 1942 in New York, USA. He was a talent agent and manager. He was married to Aline Wermelinger, Jeanette Christensen and Marie Christine. He died on 20 July 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Director
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One of the most important Brazilian directors of all time, Leon Hirszman is best remembered for the realistic manner of dealing with social and political themes in his works, from documentaries to feature films. His career started with a segment filmed for Cinco vezes Favela (1962) and The Deceased (1965) marked as his first feature film, an adaptation of Nelson Rodrigues classic play, and also marked as José Wilker's acting film debut. _São Bernardo (1972) was a major turning point in his career, a film lauded by audiences and critics, winning multiple awards and Hirszman name became well-known in film circles.
With They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981), by following the current wave in politics and social economical issues such as the strikes for better working conditions in automobile plants which happened in the late 1970's during the military regime, intertwining its story with a family's division, Hirszman conquered audiences and the critics again with his memorable sequences and a power driven story. The film won three awards at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Lion as well. This adaptation of Gianfrancesco Guarnieri celebrated play - who also acted in the leading role - was a massive hit. Around the making of this film, Hirszman was filming the real events that also inspired this film in ABC da Greve (1990), which was released a few years after his death.
During the last year of his life, he managed to release three different projects: his final feature films A Barca do Sol (1987), and Em Busca do Espaço Cotidiano (1987) and the short documentary Imagens do Inconsciente (1987). He died on September 15, 1987 due to complication of AIDS, having been diagnosed in 1986 due to a blood transfusion. Along with ABC da Greve (1990), the documentary Bahia de Todos os Sambas (1996) was released posthumously.- Director
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos was born on 22 October 1928 in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Memórias do Cárcere (1984), O Amuleto de Ogum (1974) and Tenda dos Milagres (1977). He was married to Ivelise Ferreira. He died on 21 April 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Magalhães began her career on Tupi Broadcasting's radio and TV in 1954, playing small roles and background acting, eventually getting her big break and greater roles and prominent characters. All of this way before the era of videotaping.
Moving to the state to Bahia, after her first marriage in 1960, she did not abandon her craft and joined the theatrical group 'A Barca', formed by former students of a drama school and under the direction of Luís Carlos Maciel, and appeared in great classics on the local station TV Itapoan. Invited by [Glauber Rocha,] himself, she also got a role on the now classic Black God, White Devil (1964), a landmark of Brazil's 'New Cinema' movement, shot in Monte Santo, Bahia.
In 1964 she returned to Rio de Janeiro and gave birth to her only son. The following year, she was back to work when she was invited by Nathália Timberg, one of the great Brazilian stage actresses, to perform in Nelson Rodrigues's 'Vestido de Noiva', directed by Sérgio Cardoso and staged at the Municipal Theater.
In 1966 she was invited by Walter Clark, Globo TV's newly appointed executive producer, to play a romantic role in one of the network' first telenovelas, and in which she would meet actor and future husband Carlos Alberto.
In 1970, the couple went to work for Tupi TV in São Paulo, taking roles in another telenovela. With the end of their marriage the following year, Magalhães returned to Rio and to Globo TV, where she would mostly work for the rest of her career.
At the age of 50, and because of the huge success of her character on Roque Santeiro (1985), she posed nude for a photo spread on one of most popular men's magazine of the time.
She died at 80, leaving the legacy of a six-decade-long career on TV, theatre, and films. - Actress
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Maria Lúcia Dahl was born on 20 July 1941 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress and writer, known for Vendo ou Alugo (2013), Pobre Príncipe Encantado (1969) and Torre de Babel (1998). She was married to Gustavo Dahl and Marcos Medeiros. She died on 16 June 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actress
- Costume Designer
- Soundtrack
Elke Maravilha was born on 22 February 1945 in Leutkirch im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She was an actress and costume designer, known for Elke Maravilha Contra o Homem Atômico (1978), Herdeiros do Solar the Usher (1988) and Pixote (1980). She was married to Alexandros Evremidis. She died on 16 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milton Moraes was born in 1930 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for O Espigão (1974), Bonitinha Mas Ordinária ou Otto Lara Rezende (1981) and Maria Bonita, Rainha do Cangaço (1968). He died on 15 February 1993 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Leonora Amar was born on 1 March 1926 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Captain Scarlett (1952), Curvas peligrosas (1950) and Veneno (1952). She died on 2 February 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Eduardo Conde (April 9, 1946 - January 16, 2003) was a Brazilian actor, singer and model. In the 1970s, he starred in the Brazilian production of Jesus Cristo Superstar, in the role of Jesus Christ. For many years, he presented the awards at the Brasília Film Festival. As an actor, he participated in national productions - such as O Incrível Monstro Trapalhão and Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões (both 1981) - and international productions - for example, The Emerald Forest, by John Boorman and Blame It on Rio, by Stanley Donen, acting alongside Michael Caine and Demi Moore. On television, he acted in Plumas e Paetês (1980), O Beijo do Vampiro (2002) and in the miniseries O Quinto dos Infernos (2002). Eduardo Conde died of lung cancer caused by smoking and was buried at Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. He left two children, fruits of his marriage with actress Betty Lago.
- Dary Reis was born in Formigueiro, at that time a small village in São Sepé County - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil on February 12th, 1926. He was the third son of João Felipe dos Reis and Idalina Berger. After Dary was born the family moved to a larger town called Santa Cruz do Sul - RS. They lived there till 1931 when they moved again, this time to São Leopoldo, a town 15 miles north from the State Capital Porto Alegre. Dary lost his mother very soon after this move, in 1939 and his father later, in 1947.
Around 1945 he tried to work as a stage actor. In order to accomplish this and become a show business star, he moved to Rio de Janeiro where all the major opportunities in this area were opening up in Brazil at that time. At the beginning he had a few roles but very quickly climb the stairs of fame working on stage in Dulcina de Moraes theatrical group in several shows; in twenty two (22) movies and also in twenty six (26) soap operas most of those taking place in Globo TV.
His first marriage was with the actress Sonia de Moraes with whom he had a daughter called Leana (deceased) who married and gave him a grandson: Dary Hugo dos Reis Neto. After divorcing he married again in 1962 to Leda Lucia Marques with whom he had two children: Katia Christina and Dary Hugo dos Reis Junior. This son and daughter gave him four grandchildren: Pedro Alberto and Ana Clara, Katia's children and from his son Junior, Lucas Santos dos Reis and João Felipe dos Reis (named after his great-grandfather - Dary's father name). His last work at TV Globo was in 2005, a soap opera called 'Bang Bang' completing, therefore, sixty years of shows, movies and soap operas. On December 26th, 2010 Dary Reis passed away after a short period in coma because of cerebral-vascular disease. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Márcia Cabrita was born on 20 January 1964 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Delegacia de Mulheres (1989), Xuxa Gêmeas (2006) and Seven Sins (2007). She was married to Ricardo Parente. She died on 10 November 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Joel Barcellos was born on 27 November 1936 in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for Paraíso no Inferno (1977), Jardim de Guerra (1969) and Beijo 2348/72 (1990). He died on 10 November 2018 in Rio das Ostras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Ruth de Souza was born on 12 May 1921 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Primavera (2018), Filhas do Vento (2004) and Pureza Proibida (1974). She died on 28 July 2019 in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Thelma Reston was born on 6 July 1939 in Piracanjuba, Goiás, Brazil. She was an actress, known for The Seven Kittens (1980), Kubanacan (2003) and Mandacaru (1997). She died on 20 December 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Marcos Paulo was born on 1 March 1951 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for A Indomada (1997), Port of Miracles (2001) and Federal Bank Heist (2011). He was married to Antônia Fontenelle, Flávia Alessandra, Renata Sorrah, Márcia Mendes and Belisa Ribeiro. He died on 11 November 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Producer
Claudio Marzo was born on 26 September 1940 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor and producer, known for Planet of the Pantanal (1990), O Homem Nu (1997) and Memórias do Medo (1981). He was married to Neia Marzo, Betty Faria, Denise Dumont, Xuxa Lopes and Thaís de Andrade. He died on 22 March 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Actor
- Producer
Stelvio Rosi was born on 1 August 1938 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and producer, known for Anaconda (1997), The Leopard (1963) and They Were Called Three Musketeers But They Were Four (1973). He died on 19 December 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Director
Milton Gonçalves was born on 9 December 1933 in Monte Santo, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for Carandiru (2003), A Rainha Diaba (1974) and À Sombra dos Laranjais (1977). He was married to Oda Gonçalves. He died on 30 May 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Míriam Pires was born on 20 April 1927 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Summer Showers (1978), Meus Filhos, Minha Vida (1984) and Tocaia Grande (1995). She died on 7 September 2004 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Paulo José was born on 20 March 1937 in Lavras do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor and director, known for The Clown (2011), The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell (2010) and Todas as Mulheres do Mundo (1966). He was married to Zezé Polessa, Carla Camurati, Beth Caruso, Dina Sfat and Kika Lopes. He died on 11 August 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Paulo César Peréio was born on 19 October 1940 in Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for As Aventuras Amorosas de Um Padeiro (1975), Harmada (2003) and Summer Showers (1978). He was married to Cissa Guimarães, Suzana César de Andrade and Neila Tavares. He died on 12 May 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- José Santa Cruz was born on 14 March 1929 in Picuí, Paraíba, Brazil. He was an actor, known for A Espiã Que Entrou em Fria (1967), 007 1/2 no Carnaval (1966) and Terra Sem Deus (1963). He died on 26 April 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Marianne Ebert was born on 24 April 1968 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for War of the Worlds (2005), City Island (2009) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). She died on 24 March 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Aracy Cardoso was born on 17 June 1931 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was an actress, known for A hora do Galo (2004), A Canção de Bernadete (1957) and Capital Sin (1998). She was married to Ibanez Filho. She died on 26 December 2017 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Sound Department
Arduíno Colassanti was born in 1936 in Livorno, Italy. He was an actor, known for How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971), Amor, Carnaval e Sonhos (1973) and A Doce Mulher Amada (1968). He was married to Sonia Braga and Ana Miranda. He died on 22 February 2014 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Dina Sfat was born on 28 October 1938 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She was an actress, known for The Brazilwood Man (1982), Selva de Pedra (1972) and Eros, the God of Love (1981). She was married to Paulo José. She died on 20 March 1989 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.