Camilla de Hollanda Amado, whose stage name was Camilla Amado (7 August 1938 – 6 June 2021
) was a Brazilian actress and teacher. She was the daughter of educator Henriette Amado and Gilson Amado, founder of the defunct television station Televisão Educativa TV Educativa do Rio de Janeiro (also called as TVE Brasil or TVE RJ) was a major Brazilian public TV network based in Rio de Janeiro, now defunct. It was founded in November 5, 1975 and ended on December 2, 2007, being replaced by TV Brasil, the Br ...
, and a distant relative of writer Jorge Amado
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria (10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in ...
.
Amado debuted in film in the 1970s. For her performance in the movie ''The Wedding'', directed by Arnaldo Jabor
Arnaldo Jabor (12 December 1940 – 15 February 2022) was a Brazilian film director and producer, screenwriter, writer, journalist and political pundit for Brazilian television network Rede Globo.
Biography
He was of jewish lebanese descent an ...
in 1975 and based on the eponymous work of Nelson Rodrigues
Nelson Falcão Rodrigues (August 23, 1912 – December 21, 1980) was a Brazilian playwright, journalist and novelist. In 1943, he helped usher in a new era in Brazilian theater with his play ''Vestido de Noiva (The Wedding Dress)'', considered ...
, Amado won the Kikito Gold award for Best Supporting Actress and the Special Jury Prize at the Gramado Festival.
Amado was married to actor Stepan Nercessian for fourteen years.
Television
* 1972 – ''Time to Live
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''
* 1978 – '' The Leaping Cat'' – Sofia
* 1982 – '' Summer Sun'' – Noêmia
* 1982 – '' Chico Anysio Show'' – Jose Maria
* 2003 – '' The House of the Seven Women'' – Aunt Angela
* 2004 – '' Heavy Load'' – Joaquina
* 2006 – ''Yellow Woodpecker Ranch
Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In the R ...
'' – Queen Linden
* 2007 – '' The Big Family'' – Dona Isaltina
* 2009 – ''Aline'' (first season) – Dona Rosa
* 2009 – '' Task Force'' – Leonor
* 2010 – ''Task Force'' – Leonor
* 2011 – ''Task Force'' – Leonor
* 2011 – ''Cordel Encantado
''Cordel Encantado'' (English: ''The Enchanted Tale'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo from 11 April to 23 September 2011. It has been re-aired in Globo's ''Vale a Pena Ver de Novo'' since 14 January 2019.
Synopsis
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'' – Zefa
* 2011 – '' Aline'' – Dona Rosa
* 2012 – '' Eternal Love Love'' – Dona Olga
* 2016 – '' Ligações Perigosas'' (TV mini-series) – Madre
* 2017 – ''The Big Catch'' (TV mini-series) – Dona Marieta
* 2019 – ''Topíssima
''Topíssima'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced by RecordTV and Casablanca that premiered on 21 May 2019 and ended on 9 December 2019. The series is written by Cristianne Fridman and directed by Rudi Lagemann. The series stars Camila Rodrigues, ...
'' – Zilá da Silva
Film
* 1969 – ''A Taste of Bitter Feast''
* 1975 – '' Who's Afraid of Werewolf?'' – Iracema
* 1975 – '' The Wedding[ Brazilian Cinema, ''Marriage']
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* 1980 – ''Partner Adventure''
* 1995 – '' The Girls'' – Mother Alix
* 1998 – '' Abolition'' – Princess Isabel
* 2000 – '' Amélia'' – Oswalda
* 2001 – ''Condemned to Freedom''
* 2001 – '' Copacabana'' – Miloca
* 2008 – '' The Desafinados'' – Landlady
* 2009 – '' Veronica'' – D. Rita
* 2010 – '' Me and My Umbrella'' – D. Nene
* 2012 – '' Prime Time Soap'' – Maria
* 2015 – ''Cinzento e Negro'' – Armanda
References
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1938 births
2021 deaths
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian film actresses
20th-century Brazilian actresses
21st-century Brazilian actresses
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