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Theresa Amayo

Brazilian actress (1933–2022) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Theresa Amayo
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Theresa Guichard Amayo Brasini (13 July 1933 – 24 January 2022) was a Brazilian actress.

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Life and career

Amayo began her career on stage in the 1950s.[1] She was an early star of Brazilian television, first working for Rede Tupi, and then being one of the first actresses who got an exclusive contract by Rede Globo.[1] Her major works include Sangue e Areia (1967–1968) and Pecado Capital (1975–1976).[1][2]

The wife of the actor, screenwriter and film director Mário Brasini, in 2004 Amayo lost her daughter, her son-in-law and her grandson in the Indian Ocean tsunami.[2] In 2019 she was awarded best actress at the 52nd edition of the Festival de Brasília for her performance in the film Dulcina.[3]

Amayo died after a one-year battle with kidney cancer in Rio de Janeiro, on 24 January 2022, at the age of 88.[1][2]

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Filmography

Television

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Film[12]

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Stage

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Amayo in 2011
  • Irene – by Pedro Bloch. Theater debut in Rio, title role, great success in Portugal (Cia. Dulcina – Odilon)
  • As Bruxas já foram Meninas (Cia. Cesar Borba)
  • A Cegonha se Diverte (Cia. Artista Unidos)
  • Um Cravo Na Lapela (Cia. Artistas Unidos)
  • Mulheres Feias (Cia. Artistas Unidos)
  • Daqui não Saio (Cia. Artistas Unidos)
  • É do Amor que se Trata (Cia. Artistas Unidos)
  • Pindura Saia (Cia. Graça Mello)
  • Três em Lua de Mel (Cia. André Villon – Floriano Faisal)
  • Irma la Douce (musical – Cia. Antônio de Cabo)
  • Pepsi – Adultério Adulterado (Teatro Santa Rosa)
  • Um Raio de Sol (Cia. Teatro Permanente de Brasília – Founded by the Brasini couple in Brasília)
  • Divórcio (Cia. Teatro Permanente de Brasília)
  • O Noviço (Cia. Teatro Permanente de Brasília)
  • O Rapto das Cebolinhas (Cia. Teatro Permanente de Brasília)
  • Seis Personagens à Procura de Autor (Cia. Tônia Carreiro – Paulo Autran, in Portugal )
  • As Inocentes do Leblon (Cia. Antonio de Cabo)
  • A Teia de Aranha (Cia. Antonio de Cabo)
  • Um Vizinho em Nossas Vidas (Cia. Amayo – Brasini)
  • Aqui e Agora (Cia. Jorge Ayer)
  • Pequenos Burgueses (Teatro Vivo/ Etty Fraser & Chico Martins – SP)
  • A Guerra Mais ou Menos Santa (Inauguration Teatro Princesa Isabel –RJ)
  • A Moratória – by Jorge Andrade (2004)
  • Liberdade para as borboletas – by Gershe, replacing Débora Duarte
  • A Moratória – by Jorge Andrade (2006)
  • A Vida É Uma Ópera – (2008)
  • A Garota do Biquini Vermelho – by Artur Xexeo – Barata Produções ( 2010)
  • As Eruditas – de Molière – Cia. Limite 151 (2011–2012)
  • Theresè Raquin – Cia.Limite 151 (2014)
  • Tricotando – 2017

Radio

  • ''A Juventude Cria'' – program carried out by students at Colégio Pedro II (Rádio MEC)
  • ''Terra Brasileira'' – Ministry of Finance program (Rádio MEC)
  • ''França Eterna'' – French Embassy program (Radio MEC)
  • ''Doce França'' – French Embassy program (Radio MEC)
  • '' Novela das 18:00 Horas '' (Radio Guanabara)
  • ''O mundo em suas mãos'' (Rádio Mayrink Veiga)

Awards and nominations

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Bibliography

  • Theresa Amayo - Ficção e Realidade.

References

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