Thelma Salim Reston (6 July 1937 – 20 December 2012) was a Brazilian film, theater, and television actress.
Thelma Reston was born in
Piracanjuba
Piracanjuba () is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. It is a big producer of orchids, milk products, and soybeans. ''Piracanjuba is also the name of a fish (Brycon orbignyanus) common to the waters of the Plata River basin.''
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, Goiás.
[ She began a theater career in the 1960s and work in television in the 1970s.][
Reston's earlier filmography includes the 1967 film '']Entranced Earth
''Entranced Earth'' ( pt, Terra em Transe , "World in a Trance", also called ''Land in Anguish'' or ''Earth Entranced'') is a 1967 Brazilian ''Cinema Novo'' drama film directed by Glauber Rocha. It was shot in Parque Lage and at the Municipal T ...
'' and the 1984 film ''Quilombo
A ''quilombo'' (; from the Kimbundu word , ) is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by people of African origin, and others sometimes called Carabali. Most of the inhabitants of quilombos, called quilombolas, were maroons, a term for e ...
''. She also took part in the 1992 telenovela '' Pedra sobre Pedra''.
Her most recent television credits included ''A Lua Me Disse'' in 2005, ''Negócio da China'' in 2009, and ''Escrito nas Estrelas'' in 2010.[ Reston's last role was on the ]TV Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV station ...
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'' ...
, ''Aquele Beijo
''Aquele Beijo'' (English: ''That Kiss'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced by Rede Globo. It is written by Miguel Falabella, Flávio Marinho and Antonia Pellegrino, and directed by Roberto Talma and Cininha de Paula, it premiered on October 17, ...
''.[
Reston died in São Lucas Hospital 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 ...
on 20 December 2012, at the age 75.[ She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009.][ Her funeral was held at São João Batista cemetery in ]Botafogo
Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...
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Boot Hill: RIP Thelma Reston
1937 births
2012 deaths
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian stage actresses
People from Goiás
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