Chico Anysio (born Francisco Anysio de Oliveira Paula Filho, 12 April 1931 – 23 March 2012) was a Brazilian actor, comedian, writer and composer.

Biography

Anysio was born in

Maranguape Maranguape is a municipality in Ceará with a population of 130,346 (2020). The community was founded in 1851. It is part of the Fortaleza metropolitan area. Notable natives * Capistrano de Abreu - Brazilian historian. * Chico Anysio - Brazi ...

, Ceará. He moved with the family to

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 ...

when he was 7 years old, and tried to work on ''Rádio Guanabara''. Since 1968 was joined to

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 ...

, which achieved the status of a star cast that boasted the most famous artists of Brazil. Anysio was one of the most famous Brazilian comedians of all times and is considered the greatest Brazilian comedian ever. He died on 23 March 2012, aged 80, in Samaritano Hospital,

, from multiple organ failure.

Private life

He was the brother of actress

Lupe Gigliotti Lupe Gigliotti (1 July 1926 – 19 December 2010) was a Brazilian television, stage, and film actress. Gigliotti was born Maria Paula Viana Lupicina in Maranguape, Ceará, Brazil, on 1 July 1926. She was the sister of Brazilian actor and comedi ...

, of director Zelito Viana and composer and Radio-producer Elano de Paula and father of actors Lug de Paula,

Nizo Neto Nizo Neto (born 27 April 1964 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian stage, television and film actor best known as Mr. Ptolomeu in the series ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo''. He is the son of actor and humorist Chico Anysio and actress Rose Ro ...

and DJ Cícero Chaves, born from marriage with Regina Chaves. His last wife was the manager Malga Di Paula. Regarding religion Anysio was a vocal

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

Filmography

Film

*1959: ''O Primo do Cangaceiro'' *1959: ''Mulheres à Vista'' *1959: ''Eu Sou o Tal'' *1959: '' Entrei de Gaiato'' .... Januário's friend *1960: ''Pequeno por Fora'' *1960: ''O Palhaço O Que É?'' *1960: ''Cacareco Vem Aí'' *1971: ''O Doce Esporte do Sexo'' *1981: ''

O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões O, or o, is the fifteenth letter and the fourth vowel letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''o'' (pronounced ), plu ...

'' .... Narrator *1987: ''Tanga (Deu no New York Times?)'' *1996: ''

Tieta ''Tieta'' (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Tieta do Agreste'', lit. "''Tieta from Agreste''") is a novel written by the Brazilian author Jorge Amado, published on August 17, 1977. Set in the 1970s, it narrates the return of Tieta to the remo ...

'' .... Zé Esteves *2001: '' Trepa nas Estrelas'' .... Jumbo Culano *2009: '' Se Eu Fosse Você 2'' .... Olavo *2009: ''Hermanoteu na Terra de Godah'' .... God *2009: '' Up – Altas Aventuras'' .... Carl Fredricksen (voice in Brazilian dubbing) *2009: '' Simonal - Ninguém Sabe o Duro que Dei'' .... Entrevista *2010: ''Os Sonhos de um Sonhador: A História de Frank Aguiar'' .... Alemão *2010: '' Uma Professora Muito Maluquinha'' .... Monsenhor Aristides *2011: ''A Hora e a Vez de Augusto Matraga'' .... Major Consilva (final film role)

Television

*1973-1980: ''Chico City'' .... Various *1982-1990: '' Chico Anysio Show'' .... Various *1984-1993: ''

Os Trapalhões Os Trapalhões () was a Brazilian comedy group and a television series of the same name created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé (Dedé Santana), Zacarias ( Zacarias Gonçalves), Mussum ( Carlinhos Mussum) and their leader Didi Mocó (Rena ...

'' .... Guest appearances *1989: ''

Que Rei Sou Eu? ''Que Rei Sou Eu?'' (English: ''What King Am I?'') is a 1989 Brazilian telenovela created by Cassiano Gabus Mendes. It stars Edson Celulari and Giulia Gam in the lead roles. Cast * Edson Celulari as Jean-Pierre * Giulia Gam as Aline * Tato G ...

'' .... Taji Namas *1990-1991: ''

'' .... Supervisor Criação *1990-1992: ''

Som Brasil Som, SOM or Søm may refer to: Computing * System Object Model (file format), of the HP-UX operating system * Simulation Object Model, in computer high-level architecture (simulation) * System on module, in computer embedded systems * Self-org ...

'' .... *1990-2002: ''

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo'' is a Brazilian comedy TV sketch and later TV show led by Chico Anysio and aired on various comedy shows for over 38 years. There, Anysio played Professor Raimundo, a teacher in charge of an adult education cl ...

'' .... Professor Raimundo *1991: '' Estados Anysios de Chico City'' .... Various *1995: '' Chico Total'' .... Various *1995: '' Engraçadinha, Seus Amores e Seus Pecados'' .... Vendor *1999-2002: ''

Zorra Total ''Zorra Total'' was a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by TV Globo. It was launched on March 25, 1999, and has been shown on Saturdays at 10p.m. since May 1999. Despite being audience leader in its exhibition schedule, ''Zorra'' is heavily cr ...

'' .... Alberto Roberto / Professor Raimundo / Dr. Rosseti *1999: '' Terra Nostra'' .... Josué Medeiros *1999: '' O Belo e as Feras'' .... Various *2002: ''

Brava Gente Brava or La Brava may refer to: Geography * Brava, Cape Verde, a volcanic island * Brava, Costa Rica, an island of Costa Rica (Isla Brava) * Costa Brava, a coastal area Mediterranean of northeast Spain *Barawa, a town in Somalia commonly known as ...

'' .... Detective Brito / Cego *2002: ''Trepa nas Estrelas'' .... Mulambo Jambo *2004: ''

A Diarista ''A Diarista'' (in Portuguese, literally "The Daily Help") is a Brazilian television sitcom directed by José Alvarenga Jr. and written by Aloísio de Abreu and Bruno Mazzeo. The series aired from 13 April 2004 to 31 July 2007 on Rede Globo. Plo ...

'' .... Rúbio *2005: '' Sítio do Picapau Amarelo'' .... Dr. Saraiva *2006: ''

Sinhá Moça ''Sinhá Moça'' (English title: ''Little Missy'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It premiered on March 13, 2006, replacing '' Alma Gêmea'', and ended on October 13, 2006, replaced by '' O Profeta''. It is writt ...

'' .... Everaldo *2007: ''

Pé na Jaca ''Pé na Jaca'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo from 20 November 2006 to 15 June 2007. It stars Murilo Benício, Juliana Paes, Fernanda Lima, Marcos Pasquim, Betty Lago, Fúlvio Stefanini, Alexandre Schumacher, Carla M ...

'' .... Cigano *2008: '' Cilada'' .... Dep. Sandoval *2008: '' Guerra e Paz'' .... Padre Santo *2009: '' Caminho das Índias'' .... Namit Batra *2009: '' Chico e Amigos'' – .... Various *2009-2010: ''

'' .... Alberto Roberto / Justo Veríssimo / Bento Carneiro *2011: '' Chico e Amigos''.... Various *2011: ''

''.... Salomé

References

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