Oswaldo Louzada (

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, 12 April 1912 — Rio de Janeiro, 22 February 2008) was a Brazilian actor. He was also known as Louzadinha.

Biography

Louzada was born in

on April 12, 1912. He began working on the Radio Panamericana

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, under the direction of Oduvaldo Viana in 1944. Louzada also filmed two Brazilian movies in 1944, '' Gente Honesta'' and '' É Proibido Sonhar''. Louzada did not begin working in

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until 1971. His

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credits included '' Estúpido Cupido'' (''Stupid Cupid''), '' Locomotivas'' and '' Vamp''. He also appeared in a number of miniseries, including ''Engraçadinha'', ''O Primo Basílio'' and ''O Tempo e o Vento''. In 2003, Louzada was cast in the popular Brazilian telenovela ''

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''. He portrayed the elderly character, Leopoldo Duarte, who was married to Flora de Souza Duarte, played by fellow Brazilian actress

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. The elderly couple in ''Mulheres Apaixonadas'' were often mistreated by their granddaughter, Dóris de Souza Duarte, who was portrayed by actress Regiane Alves. Louzada's role on ''Mulheres Apaixonadas'' earned him a good deal of fame throughout the country. Oswaldo Louzada's last role in television was in the program '' Sob Nova Direção''. Louzada, who was a smoker, suffered from several chronic health problems during his final years, including

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and

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problems. He died at the Hospital Copa D'Or in

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on February 22, 2008, at the age of 95. He had been hospitalized for treatment since February 6, 2008. He was buried at the São João Batista Cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. Actress

, who played Louzada's television wife on the ''Mulheres Apaixonadas'' telenovela, also died of

, the same disorder which afflicted Louzada, two months later on April 21, 2008.

Partial filmography

*1944: ''É Proibido Sonhar'' *1944: ''Gente Honesta'' *1948: ''Uma Luz na Estrada'' *1948: '' Minas Conspiracy'' *1954: ''É Proibido Beijar'' *1955: ''Mãos Sangrentas'' .... Rat *1955: '' Leonora of the Seven Seas'' *1956: ''Rio Fantasia'' *1957: ''Rico Ri à Toa'' *1962: ''O Assalto ao Trem Pagador'' .... Miguel's tenant *1962: ''Esse Rio Que Eu Amo'' .... (segment "A Morte da Porta-Estandarte") *1963: ''Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes'' .... Gabiró *1964: ''Lampião, O Rei do Cangaço'' *1965: ''Viagem aos Seios de Duília'' *1965: ''Crônica da Cidade Amada'' .... (segment "A Morena e o Louro") *1970: ''Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis'' *1971: ''Bandeira 2'' (TV Series) .... Lupa Papa-Defunto *1975: '' Guerra Conjugal'' .... João Corno *1975: '' Escalada'' (TV Series) .... Galbino *1976: '' Estúpido Cupido'' (TV Series) .... Guimarães *1977: '' Locomotivas'' (TV Series) .... Chico Rico *1978: '' Pecado Rasgado'' (TV Series) .... Bilu *1979: ''Cabocla'' (TV Series) .... Felício *1981: '' Brilhante'' (TV Series) .... Leonel *1982: ''Final Feliz'' (TV Series) .... Olegário *1983: ''

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'' (TV Series) .... Aristides *1985: ''O Tempo e o Vento'' (TV Series) .... Florêncio (the old one) *1986: ''Hipertensão'' (TV Series) .... priest Vicente *1988: ''O Primo Basílio'' (TV Mini-Series) .... Cunha Rosado *1989: ''Pacto de Sangue'' (TV Series) .... General Tóti *1990: ''Desejo'' (TV Mini-Series) .... Erico Coelho *1991: '' Vamp'' (TV Series) .... priest Eusébio *1995: '' Cara & Coroa'' (TV Series) .... priest (special guest) *1995: ''Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados'' (TV Mini-Series) *1996: ''A Casa de Açúcar'' *2000: '' Uga-Uga'' (TV Series) .... Moretti *2002: '' O Quinto dos Infernos'' (TV Mini-Series) .... Alencastro *2003: ''

'' (TV Series) .... Leopoldo de Sousa Duarte *2003: '' Zorra Total'' (TV Series)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Louzada, Oswaldo 1912 births 2008 deaths Brazilian male radio actors Brazilian male television actors Brazilian male telenovela actors Brazilian male voice actors Brazilian male film actors Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) Deaths from multiple organ failure