Cláudia Maria Patitucci Jimenez (18 November 1958 – 20 August 2022) was a Brazilian actress, comedienne and screenwriter. She started her career in 1979 in the TV show '' Malu Mulher'', but it was from the 1980s onwards that she began to stand out, working with humour in shows such as ''

Os Trapalhões Os Trapalhões () was a Brazilian comedy group and a television series of the same name created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé (Dedé Santana), Zacarias ( Zacarias Gonçalves), Mussum ( Carlinhos Mussum) and their leader Didi Mocó (Rena ...

'', '' Viva O Gordo'' and ''

Chico Anysio Show Chico () means ''small'', ''boy'' or ''child'' in the Spanish language. It is also the nickname for Francisco in the Portuguese language (). Chico may refer to: Places *Chico, California, a city *Chico, Montana, an unincorporated community *Chic ...

''. In the 1990s, she stood out in the film '' O Corpo'', playing Bia, a character that won her Best Actress at the Brasilia Film Festival. In the same period, she had a prominent role in the humorous ''

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo'' is a Brazilian comedy TV sketch and later TV show led by Chico Anysio and aired on various comedy shows for over 38 years. There, Anysio played Professor Raimundo, a teacher in charge of an adult education cl ...

'' as Cacilda. Later, she joined the cast of ''

Sai de Baixo ''Sai de Baixo'' (a Brazilian Portuguese slang roughly translated as "get out of the way") is a Brazilian sitcom that first aired on Rede Globo from 1996 to 2002. It followed the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the ...

'' to play Edileuza; as well, she gave life to the character Glorinha in ''

Zorra Total ''Zorra Total'' was a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by TV Globo. It was launched on March 25, 1999, and has been shown on Saturdays at 10p.m. since May 1999. Despite being audience leader in its exhibition schedule, ''Zorra'' is heavily cr ...

''. In 2004, she was the protagonist of '' Sitcom.br'', a feature of '' Fantástico'' until she stood out in the TV show ''

Sete Pecados ''Sete Pecados'' (''Seven Sins'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It was written by Walcyr Carrasco, with Claudia Soto and Andre Ryoki. The directors were Jorge Fernando, Pedro Vasconcelos and Fred Mayrink. Fernand ...

'', in which she received two nominations for the Contigo! Award 2008 in the categories of Best Supporting Actress and Best Romantic Couple.

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro on 18 November 1958, Jimenez graduated from a normal school with a kindergarten degree and studied amateur theatre at Tijuca Tênis Clube. In 1978, she made her professional theatre debut, playing the prostitute Mimi Bibelô in the first production of ''

Ópera do Malandro ''Ópera do Malandro'' (), from 1979, is a Brazilian musical play, written by Chico Buarque and directed by Luiz Antônio Martinez Corrêa. The play is inspired by the classic ''Beggar's Opera'' of John Gay and the ''Threepenny Opera'', of Bertolt ...

,'' by Chico Buarque, alongside

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and Marieta Severo. Producer Maurício Shermann saw her in the play and invited her to go to TV Globo. Cláudia was invited to participate in the opening of the program ''

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'' and soon joined the cast of the program, where she remained for four years. Simultaneously, she also participated in the program ''

''. Her comic performance caught the attention of

Chico Anysio Chico Anysio (born Francisco Anysio de Oliveira Paula Filho, 12 April 1931 – 23 March 2012) was a Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer. Biography Anysio was born in Maranguape, Ceará. He moved with the family to Rio de Janeiro ...

, who invited her to act in several of his programs, such as ''

'' and ''

''. Alongside Chico, she played several characters, such as the nymphomaniac Pureza, the sadistic nurse Alda and the flirtatious student Dona Cacilda, a parody of the presenter Xuxa, with the catchphrase ''Beijinho-Beijinho Pau-Pau!''. Jimenez died on 20 August 2022, at the age of 63.

Selected filmography

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