Cecil Aldary Portocarrero Thiré (28 May 1943 – 9 October 2020
) was a Brazilian television, film and stage actor, and director.
Life and career
Thiré was born in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
, the only son of actress
Tônia Carrero
Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim ( née de Farias; 23 August 1922 – 3 March 2018), known professionally as Tônia Carrero, was a Brazilian actress.
Early life
Carrero was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Career
She made her t ...
and artist
Carlos Arthur Thiré
Carlos Arthur Thiré (Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 1917 - Rio de Janeiro, March 11, 1963) was a Brazilian set designer, filmmaker, costume designer, painter and comics artist. He was married to actress Tônia Carrero and father of actor Cecil Thiré ...
. He was named after his grandfather Cecil Thiré, a mathematics teacher at
Colégio Pedro II
Colégio Pedro II is a traditional federal public school, located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the third oldest active college in the country, after Ginásio Pernambucano and Atheneu Norte-Riograndense. The school was created ...
and textbook writer.
At the age of 17, he studied acting with
Adolfo Celi
Adolfo Celi (; 27 July 1922 – 19 February 1986) was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films, specialising in international villains. Although a prominent actor in Italian ...
and worked intensely in theater in the 1960s.
At age 18, he had his first professional job, as assistant director to
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still a Portuguese colony.
...
in ''
Os Fuzis
''The Guns'' ( pt, Os Fuzis) is a 1964 Brazilian-Argentine drama film directed by Ruy Guerra.
Synopsis
The film's plot alternates between two stories, both set in the drought-stricken ''sertão'' of Northeastern Brazil in 1963. In one storylin ...
''.
At 19, he directed his first film, the short film ''Os Mendigos''. In 1967, he directed the feature films ''O diabo mora no sangue'' and, later, ''O Ibrahim do subúrbio''. As an actor, he was in the cast of more than twenty films, having started at the age of nine, in a small appearance in ''
Tico-Tico no fubá
"Tico-Tico no fubá" (; " rufous-collared sparrow in the cornmeal") is a Brazilian choro song written by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917. Its original title was "Tico-Tico no farelo" ("sparrow in the bran"), but since Brazilian guitarist Américo Ja ...
,'' starring Tônia Carrero.
On television, he acted in
telenovelas
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include ''teleserye'' (P ...
, miniseries, and comedy programs on
Rede Tupi
Rede Tupi (; in English, Tupi Network) was a Brazilian television network free-to-air. Its parent broadcaster, located in the city of São Paulo, was the first TV station to operate in the country, being inaugurated on 18 September 1950 by journ ...
,
Rede Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Gr ...
, and
RecordTV
RecordTV (), formerly known as Rede Record, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network. It is currently the second largest commercial TV station in Brazil, and the 28th largest in the 2012 world ranking. In 2010, it was elected by the adverti ...
. His debut was in 1967, on TV Tupi's telenovela ''Angústia de amar''.
Thiré died on October 9, 2020, aged 77, of
Parkinson's disease.
Career
Film
Television
Stage
References
External links
Relação completa das peças nas quais Cecil Thiré participou, como ator e diretorEnciclopédia Itaú Cultural - verbete Cecil ThiréCecil Thiré na Paixão de Cristo
Teledramaturgia
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1943 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from Parkinson's disease
Actors from Rio de Janeiro (state)
Brazilian people of French descent
Neurological disease deaths in Rio de Janeiro (state)