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Carlota Joaquina, Princess Of Brazil
''Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil'' ( pt, Carlota Joaquina, Princesa do Brazil) is a 1995 Brazilian historical drama, historical comedy film directed and written by Carla Camurati. It stars Marieta Severo as Carlota of Spain, Carlota Joaquina, Marco Nanini as John VI of Portugal, Dom João VI and Marcos Palmeira as Dom Pedro I. The film shows Carlota's efforts to conquer her enemies and become a queen. It tells a summarized tale, mixing history with popular folk traditions, from her childhood until her suicide. Cast * Marieta Severo as Carlota Joaquina of Spain * Marco Nanini as John VI of Portugal * Ludmila Dayer as Yolanda / young Carlota Joaquina * Maria Fernanda as Maria I of Portugal * Marcos Palmeira as Pedro I of Brazil * Beth Goulart as Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira * Antônio Abujamra as Count of Mata-Porcos * Eliana Fonseca as Custódia * Norton Nascimento as Fernando Leão * Romeu Evaristo as Felisbindo * Bel Kutner as Francisca * Aldo Leite as Francisco José Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Camurati
Carla Camurati (born October 14, 1960) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. She became notorious for acting in several Rede Globo telenovelas in the 1980s. She also acted on children's theater, starred in films—including '' Eternamente Pagú'' for which she won the Best Actress Award of Festival de Gramado—and was cover of the Brazilian edition of ''Playboy''. In 1995, she debuted as a director with '' Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil'', an important mark in the period of Cinema of Brazil known as " Retomada". She was the director of Fundação Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro that administers the Teatro Municipal from 2007 to 2014. Selected filmography *''Champagne'' (1983; actress) *'' Eternamente Pagú'' (1986; actress) *''Fera Radical'' (1988; actress) *''Brasileiras e Brasileiros ''Brasileiros e Brasileiras'' is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludmila Dayer
Ludmila Dayer-Middleton (born 18 June 1983) is a Brazilian-American actress, producer and director. Career Dayer began acting at the age of 10 in the movie ''Carlota Joaquina – Princesa do Brasil'' released in 1995, for which she was named by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) as the revelation of the year. She rose to prominence after being discovered in a Spanish dance class and getting cast for a double role in two different languages in ''Carlota Joaquina'': the Spanish infant princess Carlota and the little British girl Yolanda. At that time, she didn't speak English and Spanish fluently; but after two months of training with a language coach, she could deliver her lines in both languages. For her next film "Traição" where she plays the "Diabólica" character by playwright Nelson Rodrigues, she got the "Candango" for best supporting actress at the Festival de Brasília. The first part she landed as a teenager was a TV role in the Rede Manchete tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s English-language Films
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Brazilian Historical Comedy Films
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1995 Films
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1990s Historical Comedy Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Ceiça
Maria Ceiça (born Maria da Conceição Justino de Paula in Rio de Janeiro, October 18, 1965) is a Brazilian actress, singer and performer, who has a significant career in theater, movies and television. Biography Trained at the Martins Pena Theater School in Rio de Janeiro, she began her professional career in 1989 at the TV Globo, with the telenovela ''Pacto de Sangue''. Since then, she has appeared in various telenovelas for TV Globo and Rede Record, interpreting highly popular characters with Brazilian and Portuguese public audiences, such as Tuquinha Batista in the telenovela ''Felicidade'' or Márcia in '' Por Amor''. Winner of the Andorinha Trophy, Special Jury Prize at the Film Festival of Portuguese Language Countries, in 2006 and honored by a Special Tribute at the African Film Festival in New York City in 2005, she has starred in many films, including several important Brazilian and international productions, such as ''Filhas do Vento'' (Brazil), winner of 6 Kikitos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford
Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford (31 August 178029 May 1855) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat. Early life He was the son of Lionel Smythe, 5th Viscount Strangford (1753–1801) and Maria Eliza Philipse. In 1769, his sixteen-year-old future father left Ireland, joined the army and served during the American War of Independence. While quartered in New York in the winter of 1776 to 1777, he met and courted Maria. She was the daughter of Frederick Philipse III (1720–1785), the third and last Lord of Philipsburg Manor and a descendant of the Dutch founder of the city. At first, her father rejected Lionel, however, as Philipse was a Loyalist during the war,Purple, Edwin R., "Contributions to the History of the Ancient Families of New York: Varleth-Varlet-Varleet-Verlet-Verleth," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 9 (1878), pp. 120–12/ref> the New York Legislature confiscated his estate, one of the largest in the province, and Philipse changed hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bel Kutner
Isabel Kutner de Souza (born 27 May 1970) is a Brazilian actress and theater director. Biography The actress Isabel Kutner de Souza was born on May 27, 1970, daughter of actors Dina Sfat and Paulo José, and sister of actress Ana Kutner and director Clara Kutner. Career The choice of profession was easy and precocious. At age 13, went to study theater and at 15 was already sure that she was going to be an actress. It began in television in the Rede Manchete, in the TV soap opera ''Corpo Santo'' (87), as Renata. She then stars in '' Bebê a Bordo'' (88) as the younger version of Laura, a character played by her mother, Dina Sfat. Soon, in double dose, she makes the miniseries ''Meu Marido'' (91), as Aline and the TV soap opera ''Vamp'' (91), as Scarlet. Later, also in double dose, she makes the miniseries ''Sex Appeal'' (93), as Carla and the telenovela/TV soap opera ''Olho no Olho'' (93), as Júlia. In 1996, she transferred to SBT, where she made the telenovela ''Razão ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norton Nascimento
Norton Nascimento (4 January 1962 – 21 December 2007) was a Brazilian actor. Personal life Norton Nascimento was born in the city of Belém, capital of the state of Pará. His wife was actress Kelly Candia. He was a member of the Igreja Renascer em Cristo. Death Nascimento had suffered several years of failing health, including a reported Heart transplantation, heart transplant in December 2003 due to an aortic aneurysm. He died in Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo hospital, aged 45, in São Paulo, Brazil, from heart failure due to lung problems. Filmography Film credits *1995: ''Carlota Joaquina, Princess of Brazil'' – Fernando Leão *1998: ''Drama Urbano'' – Waldo *2000: ''Até que a Vida nos Separe (1999), Até que a Vida nos Separe'' – Pedro *2004: ''Araguaia - A Conspiração do Silêncio, Araguaia – A Conspiração do Silêncio'' – Osvaldão Television credits *1981: ''Os Imigrantes'' *1992: ''De Corpo e Alma (TV series), De Corpo e Alma'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antônio Abujamra
Antônio Abujamra (15 September 1932 – 28 April 2015) was a Brazilian theatre and television director and actor. Having majored in journalism and philosophy at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in 1957, he started a career as a theatre critic while he directed and acted in his own plays at the university theatre. Professionally, he made his debut as a theatre director in 1961, and as an actor in 1987, acting in both theatre and television. In 1989, he gained national fame for his role as Ravengar in Rede Globo's telenovela ''Que Rei Sou Eu?'', which became his best known role. In that same year, Abujamra won the Best Actor award at the Gramado Film Festival for his role in the film '' Festa''. From 2000 onward, he was the presenter on TV Cultura's interview program ''Provocações''. His son André Abujamra André Cibelli Abujamra (born May 15, 1965) is a Brazilian score composer, musician, singer, guitarist, actor, and comedian of Lebanese and Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Teresa, Princess Of Beira
Infanta Maria Teresa of Braganza ( or ; 29 April 1793 – 17 January 1874) was the firstborn child of John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain, and heir presumptive to the throne of Portugal between 1793 and 1795, until her short-lived brother António Pio was born. Early life ''Maria Teresa Francisca de Assis Antónia Carlota Joana Josefa Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Isabel Gonzaga'' was born in Ajuda, Lisbon in 1793. As the eldest child of the heir to the Portuguese monarch, she was granted the title Princess of Beira (given to the son of the heir to the throne). Maria Teresa was the eldest daughter of King John VI of Portugal, then the heir-apparent of the reigning queen Maria I of Portugal, and his wife Carlota Joaquina, daughter of Charles IV of Spain. Marriage She was married on 13 May 1810 in Rio de Janeiro (where the royal family was exiled because of the Napoleonic wars) to her cousin Infante Pedro Carlos, Prince of Spain and Portugal. She was widowed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
