Maria Carmem Barbosa (3 May 1947 – 22 September 2023) was a Brazilian screenwriter, television producer and playwright, whose career spanned over 40 years.

Life and career

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 ...

, Barbosa was the daughter of humorist, composer and writer

Haroldo Barbosa Haroldo Barbosa (March 21, 1915 — September 6, 1979) was a Brazilian comedian, journalist, and composer. Biography He was a childhood friend of Noel Rosa, Almirante, Braguinha, and Aracy de Almeida. During his more than forty years of artistic ...

. She started her career as a producer at Ensine Audiovisual, and later worked as a radio and television writer of educational, musical and comedy programs. Barbosa made her screenwriting debut in 1983, co-writing an episode of the series ''Caso Especial''. Often working in partnership with

Miguel Falabella Miguel Falabella (born October 10, 1955, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor, presenter, screen writer, voice actor, film maker, theater actor, producer, writer and director. He is known, among many other works, for playing Caco Antibes in the ...

, she created a number of successful series and

telenovela 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'' ...

s, notably ''Lua Cheia de Amor'', ''

Olho no Olho ''Olho no Olho'' (English: ''Eye to Eye'' or ''The Eye Of Fury'') is a Brazilian telenovela created by Antônio Calmon, it was produced and aired by TV Globo from September 6, 1993, to April 8, 1994. Cast Special participations * Monah Dela ...

'', ''

Sai de Baixo ''Sai de Baixo'' (a Brazilian Portuguese slang roughly translated as "get out of the way") is a Brazilian sitcom that first aired on Rede Globo from 1996 to 2002. It followed the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the ...

'', ''

Salsa e Merengue Salsa e Merengue is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast at the 7pm timeslot by TV Globo, from September 30, 1996 to May 2, 1997, in 177 episodes. It is written by Miguel Falabella and Maria Carmem Barbosa, with text supervision of Gilbe ...

'' and ''

Toma Lá, Dá Cá ''Toma Lá, Dá Cá'' (English: ''Give-and-Take'') is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Maria Carmem Barbosa and Miguel Falabella, which aired on Rede Globo from August 7, 2007, to December 22, 2009, over three seasons. It started as a year ...

''. She also wrote several stage dramas, film screenplays, and a collection of short stories and poems, ''A Louca de Louça''. Barbosa died of

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term me ...

complications on 22 September 2023, at the age of 76.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbosa, Maria Carmem 1947 births 2023 deaths People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian screenwriters Brazilian dramatists and playwrights Television writers Brazilian women writers Deaths from Alzheimer's disease