Rita Cleós (née Rita Schadrack; sometimes credited as Rita Cleoci;

Blumenau Blumenau () is a city in Vale do Itajaí, Santa Catarina (Brazil), Santa Catarina state, in the South Region, Brazil, South Region of Brazil, from the state capital Florianópolis. The city was founded by the German chemist and pharmacist H ...

, September 29, 1931 –

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, April 25, 1988) was a Brazilian film, stage, and voice actress. She appeared in films such as ''Esquina da Ilusão'' (1953), ''É Proibido Beijar'' (1954), ''Macumba na Alta'' (1958) and ''A Noite das Depravadas'' (1981). She was the first actress to make a bathing scene on Brazilian television.

Life and career

Rita Cléos was the daughter of Ernesto (1900–1966) and Elsa Schadrack (1905–1977). In 1935, she emigrated with her family to Germany, where she spent her childhood. In 1946, she returned to her hometown. Rita began her artistic career making films, having worked between 1953 and 1958 in the productions ''Esquina da Ilusão,'' ''A Família Lero-Lero,'' ''É Proibido Beijar'' and ''Macumba da Alta.'' In 1962, Rita began working for

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and, from 1962 to 1969, appeared in a series of

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s such as ''A Intrusa,'' ''Prelúdio,'' ''A Vida de Chopin,'' ''Klauss, O Loiro,'' ''Moulin Rouge,'' ''A Vida de Toulouse Lautrec,'' ''A Gata,'' ''Quem Casa com Maria,'' ''Teresa,'' ''O Cara Suja,'' ''O Pecado de Cada Um,'' ''Sangue do Meu Sangue'' and ''Dez Vidas.'' During her career, Rita worked alongside many television actors and actresses including Vera Campos,

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, Irenita Duarte, Lisa Negri, and

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. She became popularly known when she interpreted Iara, alongside Sergio Cardoso, in the soap opera ''O Cara Suja,'' in 1965. She returned to film-making and made the movies ''Diário de Uma Prostituta'' and ''A Noite das Depravadas.'' Rita also worked as voice actress in the Brazilian dubbing, taking the role of several characters from the cartoon ''

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,'' and the character Yumi of ''

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,'' but her voice is mostly recognized by the character Samantha Stephens on the television show ''

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.'' In 1982, she starred in the miniseries ''Maria Stuart,'' produced by

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. She died of a

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in Curitiba in 1988.

Filmography

Telenovelas

* ''A Intrusa'' (1962) * ''Prelúdio'' (1962) * ''Klauss, o Loiro'' (1963) * ''Moulin Rouge, A Vida de Toulouse Lautrec'' (1963) * ''A Gata'' (1964) * ''Quem Casa com Maria?'' (1964) * ''Teresa'' (1965) * ''O Cara Suja'' (1965) * ''O Pecado de Cada Um'' (1965-1966) * ''Redenção'' (1966-1968) * ''Legião dos Esquecidos'' (1968-1969) * ''Sangue do Meu Sangue'' (1969-1970) * ''Dez Vidas'' (1969-1970) * ''Mais Forte que o Ódio'' (1970) * ''Maria Stuart'' (1982)

Voice actress

* Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) in the series ''Bewitched'' * Libby, in the series Naked City * Jan, in the animation

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* Dubbed actresses in the series, ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

'' * Characters in the animation Woody Woodpecker

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cleos, Rita 1931 births 1988 deaths Brazilian film actresses Brazilian stage actresses Brazilian voice actresses People from Blumenau 20th-century Brazilian actresses