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Dimitris Papamichael was born in 1934, in Piraeus, Greece. He studied acting at the Drama School of the National Greek Theater, where he made his stage debut in 1955 in Euripides' "Hecuba" and interpreted several important roles during 1955-1960: Treplev in Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", Jimmy Porter in John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger" etc. He then collaborated with the prestigious Theatro Technis (Art Theater) and created a personal group with his then wife, Aliki Vougiouklaki: between 1964 and 1974 they appeared together in several plays including George Bernard Shaw's "My Fair Lady") and starred in some of the most commercially successful films in the history of Greek cinema (their on screen partnership had started in 1959 and their marriage - in 1965 - was received with much enthusiasm from their fans). After their divorce (1974) Papamichael retired from films and concentrated on theater; he was much praised for his excellent work in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" (title role) and Euripides' "Medea" (as Jason).- Breno Mello was born on 7 September 1931 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Black Orpheus (1959), Os Vencidos (1963) and O Negrinho do Pastoreio (1973). He was married to Amelina Santos Corrêa. He died on 14 July 2008 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Paulo Rocha was born on 22 December 1935 in Porto, Portugal. He was a director and producer, known for Os Verdes Anos (1963), Vanitas (2004) and A Raiz do Coração (2000). He died on 29 December 2012 in Porto, Portugal.- Zoe Laskari was born in Thessaloniki, Greece. In 1959 she won the title of "Miss Greece" and two years later she played the female lead in Giannis Dalianidis's youth melodrama _Katiforos, O (1961)_. The success of that film made Laskari a star; she signed an exclusive contract with Finos Film, the most powerful Greek studio of the period, and appeared in many films, musicals, comedies and melodramas (most of them were directed by the prolific Dalianidis, who became her mentor). She made her stage debut in the late 1960s, but really concentrated on theater after the decline of the Greek commercial cinema in the mid-1970s; her stage work includes Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (as Martha), Euripides' "The Trojan Women" (as Eleni), Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" etc.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Cláudio Cunha was born on 29 July 1946 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for Sábado Alucinante (1979). He was married to Simone Carvalho. He died on 20 April 2015 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.- Arturo Gatti was born on 15 April 1972 in Calabria, Italy. He was an actor, known for Breaking Point (2009), Welcome to the Family: A Mob Film (2013) and HBO Boxing After Dark (1996). He was married to Amanda Rodrigues. He died on 11 July 2009 in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Teixeirinha was born on 3 March 1927 in Rolante, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for Tropeiro Velho (1979), Pobre João (1975) and Carmen, a cigana (1976). He died on 5 December 1985 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Aurélio Paz dos Reis was a Portuguese florist trader , amateur photographer who left a valuable photographic collection, republican revolutionary and a Freemason convinced, considered the pioneer of the cinema in Portugal by have produced the first Portuguese films, such as The Exit of the Operative Staff of Fábrica Confiança , which is in turn a replica of the first in the history of cinema , shot in France by the Lumière brothers in (1894 - 1895) La Sortie de LUsine Lumière to Lyon . The so-called "Kinematografo Portuguez", a designation used by Paz dos Reis to refer to the cinematographer invented by the Lumière brothers.- Writer
- Actress
Agustina Bessa-Luís was born on 15 October 1922 in Vila Mea, Amarante, Portugal. She was a writer and actress, known for The Portuguese Woman (2018), The Convent (1995) and A Corte do Norte (2008). She was married to Alberto de Oliveira Luís. She died on 3 June 2019 in Porto, Portugal.- Xenia Valderi was born on 21 June 1926 in Split, Croatia. She was an actress, known for Woman of Rome (1954), Red Desert (1964) and The King's Prisoner (1954). She died on 3 November 2008 in Castelnuovo di Porto, Lazio, Italy.
- Producer
- Writer
- Production Manager
Born in Brazil, son of a Portuguese father and Brazilian mother. After having solved subsequent problems of his father's death, owner of an important industrial business, the Casting Alegria & C., in Rio de Janeiro, he went to Portugal in 1907. Henrique Alegria fixed residence in Porto (Portugal), finding here the interest for the cinematographic exhibition business, building the Olympia Cinema, inaugurated on 18 May of 1912. In contribution with Alfredo Nunes de Matos, he took the position of art director of the Invicta Film [pt], functions that corresponded to production today, beyond maintenance responsibility in several aspects of the studio.
Henrique Alegria left Invicta in 1922, sold the Olympia Cinema and moved to Lisbon where, along with several associates, he founded Patria Film, a new firm with a great ambition but which finally had only a two year existence. Following this disappointing experience, Alegria returned to Porto, where he resumed business, but never again in the movies. He first devoted himself to fashion and then to insurance. Too bad he stopped producing given whereas he had been one of the most important pioneers of Portuguese cinema, but once bitten, twice shy, as they say! Henrique Alegria died prematurely at age 58.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Leonardo Machado was born on July 6, 1976 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is an actor and producer, awarded as best Actor with Em Teu Nome (2009) - 37o Gramado's Film Festival and Os Olhos de Capitu (2007) - Historias Curtas Award. Know for TVS Series Na Forma da Lei (2010) and Animal (2014). Also know for A Superfície da Sombra (2016) and Teu Mundo não Cabe nos Meus Olhos (2016).- Carmem Silva was born on 5 April 1916 in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She was an actress, known for Contos Eróticos (1980), Quase no Céu (1949) and Os Ossos do Barão (1973). She was married to Cancela Filho. She died on 21 April 2008 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Norah Fontes was born on 17 August 1910 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She was an actress, known for O Corcunda de Notre Dame (1957), TV de Vanguarda (1952) and Quase no Céu (1949). She was married to Dário Cardoso and Armando Mota. She died on 9 October 1996 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- A successful theater actor, Hermann Gallinger played major roles in masterpieces by Shakespeare (Don Juan in « Much Ado About Nothing », the lead character in « Julius Caesar », Shylock in « The Merchant of Venice »), Kleist (Sosias in « Amphitryon »), Brecht (the field preacher in « Mutter Courage »), Schiller (Franz Moor in « The Robbers ») and many others. In total, he played over 160 mostly leading roles, including in operettas or revues, either in Switzerland or in Germany (a country where he was a darling of audiences but that he had to leave when the Nazis came to power). He also acted in a few Swiss films between 1938 and 1947.
- Maurício Barroso was born in 1925 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Sublime Obsessão (1958), Pobre Príncipe Encantado (1969) and O Preço da Vitória (1959). He died on 17 January 2002 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Director
- Producer
- Cinematographer
Eduardo Hirtz was born in 1878 in Duisberg, Germany. Eduardo was a director and producer, known for Ranchino do Sertão (1909), A Tragédia da Rua dos Andradas (1911) and Chegada do Senador Pinheiro Machado (1912). Eduardo died in 1951 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.- Actor
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Aníbal Damasceno Ferreira was an actor and writer, known for Motorista Sem Limites (1970), Teixeirinha a 7 provas (1972) and Gaudêncio, o Centauro dos Pampas (1971). He died on 11 April 2012 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.- João Gilberto Noll was born on 15 April 1946 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Happier Than Ever (1984), Harmada (2003) and Hotel Atlântico (2009). He died on 27 March 2017 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Nico Fagundes was born on 4 November 1934 in Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor and writer, known for O Negrinho do Pastoreio (1973), O Grande Rodeio (1975) and Pára, Pedro! (1970). He died on 24 June 2015 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.- Teresa Roby was born on 18 July 1957 in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. She was an actress, known for Três Palmeiras (1994), Esta Noite Sonhei com Brueghel (1989) and The Holy Alliance (1978). She died on 19 February 2002 in Porto, Portugal.
- Marina Schiano was born on 18 November 1941 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She was an actress, known for Stardust Memories (1980). She was married to Frederick, Hughes. She died on 8 September 2019 in Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil.
- Erico Verissimo was born on 17 December 1905 in Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Olhai os Lírios do Campo (1980), Mirad los lirios del campo (1947) and Ana Terra (1971). He was married to Mafalda Halfen Volpe. He died on 28 November 1975 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Madalena Sotto was born on 21 July 1916 in Carvalhais de Lavos, Portugal. She was an actress, known for Varanda dos Rouxinóis (1939), Disco rojo (1973) and Vidas Sem Rumo (1956). She died on 18 August 2016 in Porto, Portugal.
- Jacinto Durães was born on 30 July 1972 in Porto, Portugal. He was an actor, known for Miragens (1998), Liga-me... (1999) and Belo (2002). He died on 2 January 2017 in Porto, Portugal.