Ada Chaseliov (March 30, 1952 – October 27, 2015) was a Brazilian film, stage, and television actress.

Life

Chaseliov was born in

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in 1952. She studied at drama school before her film debut in 1973 in ''Um virgem na praça''. In 1974, she made her first appearance on TV in the

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''Supermanoela''. The actress participated in several soap operas on

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, including the Brazilian telenovela ''Guerra dos Sexos'' in 1983, where she played the jealous and tormented Manoela, and the telenovela '' Belíssima''. These series were both created by Silvio de Abreu. Her greatest achievement on TV is said to be the villain Leonor in the miniseries ''A Muralha'' which was broadcast on the free to air Brazilian network Rede Globo in 2000. Chaseliov appeared on Brazilian television as a judge in the soap opera '' Amor à Vida'' in 2013. It was her last appearance in a telenovela. She died in

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in 2015 from cancer. She had a daughter, Mila Chaseliov, with film director Ney Sant'Anna.

Filmography

References

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