Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Sobrinho (5 October 1935 – 12 August 2021), known professionally as Tarcísio Meira, was a Brazilian actor. He was one of the first actors to work in the most popular Brazilian channel
Globo
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. He was born in
São Paulo
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and was the longtime owner of Fazenda São Marcos, a 5000 ha cattle ranch in the eastern Amazonian state of
Pará
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. Fazenda São Marcos is located approximately 20 km east of
Aurora do Pará, off the
Belém-Brasília highway.
Life and career
Meira was a descendant of the Portuguese-born landowning family de Magalhães, who had lived in Brazil since the early 18th century; he aspired to a career as a diplomat, but after being rejected by the
Rio Branco Institute
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, he devoted himself entirely to acting, for which he chose his mother's maiden name, Meira, as his stage name. From 1957 on, he appeared regularly on the theater stage. His first television role was in 1961 in the telenovela
''Maria Antonieta'', and his first appearance in a feature film was in 1963 in ''
Casinha Pequenina''. Also in 1963, Meira played a leading role in the first daily broadcast telenovela in Brazil, ''
2-5499 Ocupado''.
Meira was married to actress
Glória Menezes
Nilcedes Soares de Magalhães ( née Guimarães; born 19 October 1934), known professionally as Glória Menezes, is a Brazilian actress.
Life and career
Glória Menezes was born in Pelotas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Her real name, Ni ...
since 1962. Their son together (b. 1964) also became a well-known actor under the stage name
Tarcísio Filho
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. In 1968, Meira and Menezes were signed by the television network Rede Globo as permanent cast members for telenovelas. Their first telenovela produced by Rede Globo, ''
Sangue e Areia'' (1968), based on Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's novel ''Blood and Sand'', enjoyed great public success. Afterwards, Meira and Menezes were also frequently cast as married couples or lovers. In the 1980s, Meira increasingly appeared in feature films and television miniseries, but kept working in telenovelas and stage as well.
Death
Tarcisio Meira was hospitalized on 6 August with
COVID-19
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. He died from the virus on 12 August 2021, at the
Hospital Albert Einstein in São Paulo.
Filmography
Film
*1963: ''
Casinha Pequenina'' – Nestor
*1965: ''
A Desforra''
*1969: ''
Máscara da Traição'' – Carlos Almeida
*1970: ''
Verão de Fogo'' – Killer
*1970: ''
Quelé do Pajeú'' – Clemente Celidônio / Quelé
*1970: ''Amemo Nus'' (unfinished)
*1971: ''
As Confissões de Frei Abóbora''
*1972: ''
Missão: Matar'' – José da Silva
*1972: ''
Independência ou Morte'' –
Pedro I of Brazil
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*1974: ''
O Marginal'' – Valdo
*1977: ''
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*1979: ''
República Dos Assassinos
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'' – Mateus
*1979: ''
O Caçador de Esmeraldas
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'' – Capitão-Mor
*1980: ''
A Idade da Terra
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Cast
*Maurício do Valle as John Brahms
*Jece Valadão as Indigenous Christ
*Antonio Pitanga as Black Christ
*Tarcísio Meira as Military Chr ...
'' – Military Christ
*1981: ''
Eu Te Amo
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...
'' – Ulisses
*1981: ''
O Beijo no Asfalto
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'' – Aprígio
*1982: ''
Amor Estranho Amor
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'' – Dr. Osmar / politician
*1983: ''
O Cangaceiro Trapalhão
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*1987: ''
Eu'' – Marcelo / Father
*1989: ''
Solidão, Uma Linda História de Amor
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Cast
*José Wilker
*Roberto Bonfim
*Stên ...
''
*1990: ''
Boca de Ouro'' – Boca
*1994: ''
Boca'' – Boca
*2011: ''
Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo'' – Ramon Velasco
Soap operas
*1963: ''
2-5499 Ocupado'' – Larry
*1964: ''
Ambição'' – Miguel (TV Excelsior)
*1965: ''A Deusa Vencida'' – Edmundo Amarante (TV Excelsior)
*1966: ''
Almas de Pedra'' – Eduardo (TV Excelsior)
*1967: ''
O Grande Segredo'' – Celso (TV Excelsior)
*1967: ''
Sangue e Areia'' – Juan Gallardo
*1968: ''
A Gata de Vison'' – Bob Ferguson
*1969: ''
Rosa Rebelde
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'' – Sandro / Fernando de Aragón
*1970: ''
Irmãos Coragem
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'' – João Coragem
*1971: ''
O Homem que Deve Morrer
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'' – Ciro Valdez
*1973: ''
Cavalo de Aço'' – Rodrigo Soares
*1973: ''
O Semideus
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'' – Hugo Leonardo Filho / Raúl de Paula
*1975: ''
Escalada
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'' – Antônio Dias
*1976: ''
Saramandaia'' – D. Pedro I (special participation)
*1977: ''
Espelho Mágico'' – Diogo Maia
*1979: ''
Os Gigantes
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'' – Fernando Lucas
*1980: ''
Coração Alado
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'' – Juca Pitanga
*1981: ''
Brilhante'' – Paulo César
*1983: ''
Guerra dos Sexos
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'' – Felipe de Alcântara Pereira Barreto
*1986: ''
Roda de Fogo
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'' – Renato Villar
*1990: ''
Araponga'' – Aristênio Catanduva (Araponga)
*1992: ''
De Corpo e Alma'' – Diogo
*1993: ''
Fera Ferida
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'' – Feliciano Mota da Costa (special participation)
*1994: ''
Pátria Minha
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'' – Raul Pellegrini
*1996: ''
O Rei do Gado
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'' – Giuseppe Berdinazzi (special participation in the first phase)
*1998: ''
Torre de Babel'' – César Toledo
*2001: ''
Um Anjo Caiu do Céu
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'' – João Medeiros
*2002: ''
O Beijo do Vampiro
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Plot
In t ...
'' – Bóris Vladesco
*2004: ''
Senhora do Destino
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'' – José Carlos Tedesco (special participation)
*2005: ''
Bang Bang
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'' – John McGold (special participation)
*2006: ''
Páginas da Vida
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It stars Regina Duarte, Lília Cabral and Fernanda Vasconcellos in the lead roles.
L ...
'' – Tide (Aristides Martins de Andrade)
*2008: ''
A Favorita
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'' – Copola
*2016: ''
A Lei do Amor
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'' – Fausto Leitão
*2018: ''
Orgulho e Paixão
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'' – Sir George Magnus Williamson (Lorde Williamson)
*2020: ''
Os Casais que Amamos'' – Himself
Series
*1984: ''
Meu destino é pecar
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'' – Paulo de Oliveira
*1985: ''
O Tempo e o Vento'' – Capitão Rodrigo Cambará
*1985: ''
Grande Sertão: Veredas'' – Hermógenes
*1988: ''
Tarcísio & Glória'' – Bruno Lazzarini
*1998: ''
Hilda Furacão
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Plot
The most sought-after prostitute in the Belo Hor ...
'' – Coronel João Possidônio (participation)
*2000: ''
A Muralha'' – Dom Jerônimo Taveira
*2004: ''
Um Só Coração
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'' – Antônio de Sousa Borba (Colonel Totonho)
References
External links
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1935 births
2021 deaths
Male actors from São Paulo
Brazilian male film actors
Brazilian male telenovela actors
20th-century Brazilian male actors
21st-century Brazilian male actors
Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo (state)