Grande Otelo
Brazilian actor
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| Intro | Brazilian actor | ||
| Places | Brazil | ||
| was | Actor | ||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||
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| Birth | 18 October 1915, Uberlândia, Brazil | ||
| Death | 26 November 1993Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, France (aged 78 years) | ||
| Star sign | Libra | ||
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The details
Biography
Grande Otelo (October 18, 1915 – November 26, 1993) was the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo was born in Uberlândia, and was orphaned as a child. He kept running away from the families that adopted him; only when he took up art did his life become settled.
Grande Otelo started his film career in 1935 in the movie Noites Cariocas. He was also renowned for the comic duo he formed with Oscarito.
He died, aged 78, in Charles de Gaulle Airport, near Paris, France.
Selected filmography
- Noites Cariocas (1935)
- Samba in Berlin (1943)
- Berlin to the Samba Beat (1944)
- The Terrible Twosome (1953)
- Vai que É Mole (1960)
- Una rosa per tutti (1967)
- Alibi (1969)
- Macunaíma (1969)
- Carioca Tigre (1976)
- Lucio Flavio (1977)
- Fitzcarraldo (1982)
- Quilombo (1984)
- Jubiabá (1986)