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Maria Eugénia
Maria Eugénia (1 April 1927 – 25 August 2016) was a Portuguese stage and film actress. She appeared in seven Portuguese and Spanish films in the late 1940s. Eugénia appeared opposite the Italian actor Amedeo Nazzari in a couple of Barcelona-made films including the comedy '' Unexpected Conflict'' (1948). She received an offer from Vittorio De Sica to work with him, but she turned it down. Eugénia came from an artistic family, and was the daughter of a musician. She retired from acting following her marriage. She is the mother of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pinto do Amaral. Selected filmography * ''A Menina da Rádio'' (1944) * ''When the Angels Sleep ''When the Angels Sleep'' () is a 1947 Spanish-Italian drama film directed by Ricardo Gascón and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Maria Eugénia. In Italian the film's title is '' Quando gli angeli dormono''.Lancia p.102-03 Cast * Amed ...'' (1947) * '' O Leão da Estrela'' (1947) * '' Unexpected Conflict'' (1948) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city (second overall after Reykjavík, Reykjavik), and the only one along the Atlantic coast, the others (Reykjavik and Dublin) being on islands. The city lies in the western portion of the Iberian Peninsula, on the northern shore of the River Tagus. The western portion of its metro area, the Portuguese Riviera, hosts the westernmost point of Continental Europe, culminating at Cabo da Roca. Lisbon is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world and the second-oldest European capital city (after Athens), predating other modern European capitals by centuries. Settled by pre-Celtic tribes and later founded and civilized by the Phoenicians, Julius Caesar made it a municipium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Nazzari (10 December 1907 – 5 November 1979) was an Italian actor. Nazzari was one of the leading figures of Italian classic cinema, often considered a local variant of the Australian–American star Errol Flynn. Although he emerged as a star during the Fascist era, Nazzari's popularity continued well into the post-war years. Early career Amedeo Nazzari was born as Amedeo Carlo Leone Buffa in Cagliari, Sardinia, Kingdom of Italy, in 1907 and he later adopted as his professional name the name of his maternal grandfather, Amedeo Nazzari, a magistrate who had been the president of the Court of Appeal of Vicenza in Veneto and later took the same position in Cagliari. Although Amedeo eventually moved to Rome, he always retained a slight trace of his native Sardinian accent. While Nazzari was keen on gaining film contracts much of his early experience was in the theatre. He entered a contest organised by Twentieth Century Fox to find an Italian actor to fill the boots of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unexpected Conflict
''Unexpected Conflict'' (Spanish: ''Conflicto inesperado'') is a 1948 Spanish comedy film directed by Ricardo Gascón and starring Amedeo Nazzari, María Asquerino and Alfonso Estela.Lancia p.104 It was one of several films the Italian star Nazzari made in Spain in the late 1940s. The film was made by the Barcelona-based PESCA Films rather than in the major Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... studios. Plot Cast References Bibliography * de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Lancia, Enrico. ''Amedeo Nazzari''. Gremese Editore, 1983. External links * 1948 films 1948 comedy films Spanish comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Spanish films based on plays Films directed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio De Sica
Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: '' Sciuscià'' and '' Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary), while '' Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow'', and '' Il giardino dei Finzi Contini'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indeed, the great critical success of ''Sciuscià'' (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and ''Bicycle Thieves'' helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award. These two films are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. ''Bicycle Thieves'' was deemed the greatest film of all time by '' Sight & Sound'' magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1952, and was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSF (radio Station)
TSF is a Portuguese radio station, founded in 1989 and broadcasting from Lisbon. TSF is one of the three main Portuguese radio news stations, alongside Antena 1 and Rádio Renascença. Its programs are focused on news. It was legally founded, though its first broadcast on 29 February 1988 was not legal, because at that time private radios were forbidden in Portugal. TSF is part of the Portuguese Global Media Group. History The station made its first broadcast as a pirate radio Pirate radio is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license, whether an invalid license or no license at all. In some cases, radio stations are considered legal where the signal is transmitted, but illegal where the signals are rec ... station on June 17, 1984 with a four-hour broadcast featuring testimonies from politicians regarding the legalization of independent radio stations. In February 2020, it had an audience share of 3.7% or 317,000 listeners Programs The station's pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Menina Da Rádio
''A Menina da Rádio'' is a 1944 Portuguese musical film comedy directed by Arthur Duarte. Cast * Maria Matos ... D. Rosa Gonçalves * António Silva ... Cipriano Lopes * Maria Eugénia ... Geninha, a Menina da Rádio * Francisco Ribeiro ... Fortunato * Óscar de Lemos Óscar de Lemos (17 September 1906–1954) was a Portuguese stage and film actor known for his roles in several Portuguese films of the 1930s and 1940s.Vieira p.161 Born in Viana do Castelo, Óscar de Lemos moved to Porto at the age of ten to live ... ... Óscar * Teresa Casal ... Teresa Waldemar * Aida Ultz ... Aidinha Seabra * Maria Olguim ... Maria do Ó * Manuel Santos Carvalho ... Leitão * Silvestre Alegrim ... Night-watchman * Vital dos Santos * Sales Ribeiro * Emilia D'Oliveira * Leticia Brazao * Mendonça de Carvalho External links * 1940s Portuguese-language films 1944 films 1944 musical comedy films Portuguese musical comedy films Portuguese black-and-white films Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When The Angels Sleep
''When the Angels Sleep'' () is a 1947 Spanish-Italian drama film directed by Ricardo Gascón and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Maria Eugénia. In Italian the film's title is '' Quando gli angeli dormono''.Lancia p.102-03 Cast * Amedeo Nazzari as Blin * Clara Calamai as Elena * Maria Eugénia as Bianca * Silvia Morgan as Susana * Ana Farra as Paulina * Mona Tarridas * Gina Montes as Bárbara * Camino Garrigó as Braulia * Pedro Mascaró as Oriol * Alfonso Estela as Lalio * Modesto Cid as Bonifacio * Carlos Agostí as Emilio * Arturo Cámara as Carmona * Rafael Luis Calvo as Ventura * Fernando Sancho as Peral * Jorge Morales as Víctor * César Pombo as Hurtado * Luis Villasiul as Cura Riévana * Enriqueta Villasiul as Dora * Félix Dafauce as Chas * Alberto Vialis References Bibliography * de España, Rafael. ''Directory of Spanish and Portuguese film-makers and films''. Greenwood Press, 1994. * Lancia, Enrico. ''Amedeo Nazzari'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Leão Da Estrela
O Leão da Estrela (Portuguese language for "The Lion from Estrela") is a Portuguese comedy film of 1947, starring António Silva, Milú, Maria Eugénia, Laura Alves, Tony D'Algy, Fernando Curado Ribeiro, Arthur Agostinho, Maria Olguim, Cremilda de Oliveira, Óscar Acúrcio, and Erico Braga, and directed by Arthur Duarte. It is a classic of the Portuguese cinema. In its remake of 2015, the main character is played by Miguel Guilherme. Plot Anastácio's family, from Lisbon, had met on vacation, the Barata family, from Porto, in Caldas da Rainha, and lied to them about their wealth. A decisive Sporting Club de Portugal's (the Lions or Leões in Portuguese because of the rampant lion in the sports club crest) away match with Futebol Clube do Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Births
Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ** The first transatlantic telephone call is made ''via radio'' from New York City, United States, to London, United Kingdom. ** The Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball team play their first ever road game in Hinckley, Illinois. * January 9 – The Laurier Palace Theatre fire at a movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. * January 10 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film ''Metropolis (1927 film), Metropolis'' is released in Germany. * January 11 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California. * January 24 – U.S. Marines United States occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
