Lupe Gigliotti (1 July 1926 – 19 December 2010) was a Brazilian television, stage, and film

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

. Gigliotti was born Maria Paula Viana Lupicina 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 - Brazilia ...

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, on 1 July 1926. She was the sister of Brazilian actor and comedian

Chico Anysio 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, Ceará. He moved with the family to Rio de Janeiro ...

and the aunt of actor

Marcos Palmeira Marcos Palmeira de Paula (born 19 August 1963) is a Brazilian actor, TV host and producer. He is nephew of the siblings Chico Anysio and Lupe Gigliotti. In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in ...

. She began acting professionally during the 1960s, appearing in 11 films during her career. Gigliotti became famous for her role as Dona Escolástica on the comedic television show, ''

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 ...

''. She played Signora Botega in the 1984 American film ''

Blame It on Rio ''Blame It on Rio'' is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and written by Charlie Peters and Larry Gelbart based on the 1977 French film ''Un moment d'égarement'', starring an ensemble cast led by Michael Caine, Joseph ...

''. Gigliotti's last television appearance was on the Globo telenovela, '' Cama de Gato'', as Áurea in early 2010. Lupe Gigliotti died at her home in Copacabana,

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 ...

, on 19 December 2010, at the age of 84. She had been suffering from

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissue (biology), tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from tran ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gigliotti, Lupe 1926 births 2010 deaths 20th-century Brazilian actresses Brazilian film actresses Brazilian stage actresses Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian actresses Brazilian television actresses Brazilian telenovela actresses Deaths from lung cancer Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state)