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Cuca Legal
''Cuca Legal'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 27 January 1975 and ended on 13 June 1975, with a total of 119 episodes. It's the fifteenth " novela das sete" to be aired at the timeslot. It is created by Marcos Rey Edmundo Donato (1925-1999) was a popular Brazilian writer, whose pseudonym is Marcos Rey. He was born in São Paulo city, state of São Paulo, in 1925. His brother Mário Donato is also a writer. He started writing short stories when he was sixte ..., directed by Gonzaga Blota, Oswaldo Loureiro and Jardel Mello. Cast References {{Rede Globo telenovelas 1975 telenovelas Brazilian telenovelas TV Globo telenovelas 1975 Brazilian television series debuts 1975 Brazilian television series endings Portuguese-language telenovelas Television shows set in Rio de Janeiro (city) ...
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Telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' (Philippines), '' téléroman'' (Canada, specifically Quebec), and '' sinetron'' (Indonesia). Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas tend to have intertwined storylines told during indefinite, continuing runs. This makes them shorter than most other television series, but still much longer than a miniseries. This planned run results in a faster-paced, more concise style of melodrama compared to a typical soap opera. Episodes of ...
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Sebastião Vasconcelos
Sebastião is Portuguese for ''Sebastian''. This name may refer to: People * Sebastião (given name) Places * Sebastião Barros, a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil * Sebastião Laranjeiras, a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil * Sebastião Leal Sebastião Leal is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Piauí This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Piauí (PI), located in the Northeast Region of Brazi ..., a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil Other * São Sebastião, Portuguese for Saint Sebastian {{dab ...
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Mário Cardoso
Mário Manuel Cardoso de Araújo (born 24 January 1950 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese actor who specializes in films and telenovelas as well in Brazilian Portuguese-language dubbing Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production so .... Early in his career he also worked as a model. The first major television appearance as Robin Hood in ''O Trapalhão da Floresta'' (1974). He won international fame in the supporting role of Henrique Fontoura in the telenovela Escrava Isaura (1976). From the late 80s, he regularly took time out from television and worked in his original profession as a psychologist. Selected filmography References External links * Entry in Quem Dubla 1950 births Living people People from Lisbon Portuguese male film actors Portuguese male soap opera actors ...
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Chica Xavier
Francisca Xavier Queiroz de Jesus, known professionally as Chica Xavier (January 22, 1932 – August 8, 2020), was a Brazilian actress and producer. Xavier worked in stage, film, and television. She was known primarily for her work in Rede Globo's telenovelas, but was active in stage for 60 years. Xavier was born in Salvador, Bahia. She was married to actor Clementino Kelé. Xavier started working at 14 years as bookbinder at the Official Press of the State of Bahia. She moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1953 and studied theater with Pascoal Carlos Magno. Her theater debut was on September 25, 1956 at the Teatro Municipal. Xavier acted in '' Orfeu da Conceição'' alongside Haroldo Costa, Léa Garcia, Cyro Monteiro, Dirce Paiva, Clementino Kelé, among others. Xavier played the role of Dama Negra, which symbolized Death; she recited verses from Vinícius de Moraes and danced to ''atabaques'', or Afro-Brazilian drumming. Xavier's film debut was in ''Assalto ao Trem Pagador'' in 1962, di ...
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Herval Rossano
Herval Abreu Pais (April 23, 1935 – May 8, 2007), better known by his stage name Herval Rossano, was a Brazilian TV actor and director from Campos dos Goytacazes. He directed both the original 1976 version and the 2004 remake of ''Isaura the Slave''. He was a cinema actor and his first movie was ''Luzes nas Sombras'' in 1952, in which he played a very small role. Despite the small roles in movies and of the little payment he received for them, he participated in two productions every year. Soon he became part of the permanent cast of Multifilmes, becoming the leading man in Eva Wilma, and working with Procópio Ferreira and Maria Vidal. Filmography As actor ;Cinema *1952: ''Luzes nas sombras'' *1952: ''Destino'' *1953: ''O homem dos papagaios'' *1953: ''O craque'' - Dr. Mário *1953: ''Balança mas não cai'' *1954: ''A sogra'' *1959: '' Maria 38'' - Henrique *1959: ''Titio não é sopa'' - Paulo *1959: ''Eu sou o tal'' *1959: '' Dona Xepa'' *1959: ''Trágica mentira'' *1 ...
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Dorinha Duval
Dorinha Duval (real name Dorah Teixeira) is a Brazilian former actress and singer, who after retirement from television and film, became an artist. She became famous for her roles in some of Brazil's most famous television soap operas and, later, for the murder of her abusive third husband. Early life Dorah Teixeira was born in São Paulo, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ... on 21 January 1929. As a teenager, she joined director Carlos Lisboa's group of dancers, performing at casinos in the interior of São Paulo (state), São Paulo state. She also sang and played the maracas, earning her the nickname of ''Dorah Maraca''. In this role she appeared in the opening show on Brazilian TV. She also became known as ''Chininha'', apparently from the Chinese appearance ...
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Lady Francisco
Lady Chuquer Volla Borelli de Bourbon (January 7, 1935 – May 25, 2019), also known as Lady Francisco, was a Brazilian actress and director. She appeared in 25 films and several TV soaps. Life Born in Belo Horizonte, she appeared in the TV soap opera ''Sin Capital'' in 1975 and Carla Lambrini in '' Locomotivas'' in 1977. She returned to the genre to appear in ''Explodes Heart'' in 1995, ''For Love'' in 1998 and ''Full of Charm'' in 2012. Her best remembered role was said to be ''Bellies for Hire'' in 1990, where she played a geneticist named Yara. She appeared in 25 films. In 1981, she co-directed the film ''Angels of Sex'' with Levy Salgado. Francisco died in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ... in 2019, aged 84, during hospital treatment for compl ...
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Rogério Fróes
Rogério ( �uˈʒɛɾiuor �oˈʒɛɾiu is a Portuguese male given name, and a variant of the first name Roger. It may refer to: * Rogério Fidélis Régis, or simply Rogério (1976), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Lourenço (1971), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Luiz da Silva (1980), Brazilian footballer, also commonly known as Rogério * Rogério dos Santos Conceição 1984), Brazilian footballer * Rogério de Assis Silva Coutinho or simply Rogerinho (1987), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Rodrigues da Silva (1984), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Gonçalves Martins (1984), Brazilian footballer * Rogério Ceni (1973) Brazilian footballer * Rogério Dutra da Silva (1984) * Antônio Rogério Nogueira (1976) Brazilian martial artist * Rogério Romero (1969) former backstroke swimmer from Brazil * Rogério Pinheiro dos Santos (1972), Brazilian footballer. * Rogério de Almeida Florindo dos Santos * Rogério Gaúcho (1979) * Rogério Corrêa (1979), Brazilian former footballer ...
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Miriam Pires
Miriam de Souza Pires (20 April 1927 – 7 September 2004) was a Brazilian actress. She acted in over 40 telenovelas, including prominent roles in '' Irmãos Coragem'', ''Pecado Capital'', ''Gabriela'', '' Pedra sobre Pedra'', '' Sonho Meu'', and ''O Casarão''. Having won the Festival de Brasília Best Supporting Actress Award in 1978 for '' A Summer Rain'', Pires acted in twelve films during her career. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, where she died from toxoplasmosis. Selected filmography Films * '' A Summer Rain'' (1978) * ''Gabriela, Cravo e Canela'' (1983) * '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1985) * '' Subway to the Stars'' (1987) Telenovelas * '' A Sucessora'' (1978) * '' Tieta'' (1989) * '' Pedra sobre Pedra'' (1992) * '' Sonho Meu'' (1993) * ''Xica da Silva'' (1996) * '' Uga-Uga'' (2000) * ''Um Anjo Caiu do Céu'' (2001) * '' Desejos de Mulher'' (2002) * ''Senhora do Destino ''Senhora do Destino'' (English: ''Her Own Destiny'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produ ...
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Felipe Carone
Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal. Noteworthy people with this name include: Politics * Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico * Felipe I of Spain * Felipe II of Spain * Felipe III of Spain * Felipe IV of Spain * Felipe V of Spain * Felipe VI of Spain, King of Spain * Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón, nephew of the Spanish king * Felipe Herrera, Chilean economist * FELIPE may refer to the Popular Liberation Front in Spain Sports * Felipe Paulino (born 1983), Dominican-Venezuelan baseball pitcher * Felipe Alou (born 1935), Dominican baseball player and manager * Felipe Contepomi (born 1977), Argentine rugby union player * Felipe Drugovich (born 2000), Brazilian racing driver * Felipe Franco, Brazilian water polo player * Felipe Kitadai (born 1989), Brazilian Olympic medalist ...
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Luiz Armando Queiroz
Luiz is a Portuguese given name that is an alternative form of Luís. It's archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Notable people referred to by this name include the following: People *Luiz Bonfá (1922-2001), Brazilian guitarist and composer *Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza (1936-2020), Brazilian professor and novelist * Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 1945), Brazilian politician and 35th president of Brazil *Luiz Felipe Scolari (born 1948), Brazilian football manager and former defender * Luiz Alberto Figueiredo (born 1955), Brazilian diplomat *Luiz Alberto da Silva Oliveira (born 1977), Brazilian football centre-back * Luiz Alberto (born 1982), Brazilian football centre-back * Luíz Carlos (born 1985), Brazilian football defensive midfielder *David Luiz (born 1987), Brazilian football centre-back * Luiz Gustavo (born 1987), Brazilian football defensive midfielder * Luiz Alberto de Araújo (born 1987), Brazilian decathlete * Luiz Adriano (born 1987), Brazilian football striker * Lu ...
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Elizângela
Elizângela do Amaral Vergueiro (born 11 December 1954) is a Brazilian actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ... who played a lead role in the 1977 telenovela '' Locomotivas'' and has participated in several other telenovelas and films. Biography She was the youngest of three sisters. Her father was an executive and her mother was a housewife. Her parents split up when she was one and a half years old, and so, she had very little contact with her father. Her mother was a manicurist after the separation, and had to bring up the three daughters alone, with a small pension from the ex-husband. Going through difficulties, she then began working as a child, at the age of 8. Filmography Awards and nominations References 1954 births Living people Brazil ...
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