Oswaldo Louzada (

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, 12 April 1912 — Rio de Janeiro, 22 February 2008) was a Brazilian

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. He was also known as Louzadinha. Louzada was born in

on April 12, 1912. He began working on the Radio Panamericana

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, under the direction of Oduvaldo Viana in 1944. Louzada also filmed two Brazilian movies in 1944, '' Gente Honesta'' and '' É Proibido Sonhar''. Louzada did not begin working in

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until 1971. His

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credits included ''

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'' (''Stupid Cupid''), ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also appeared in a number of miniseries, including ''Engraçadinha'', ''O Primo Basílio'' and ''O Tempo e o Vento''. In 2003, Louzada was cast in the popular Brazilian telenovela, ''

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''. He portrayed the elderly character, Leopoldo Duarte, who was married to Flora de Souza Duarte, played by fellow Brazilian actress

Carmen Silva Carmen Silva (April 5, 1916 – April 21, 2008), who was often credited as Carmem Silva, was a Brazilian television, stage and film actress. She was best known in recent years for her role on the Brazilian telenovela, '' Mulheres Apaixonadas'' in ...

. The elderly couple in ''Mulheres Apaixonadas'' were often mistreated by their granddaughter, Dóris de Souza Duarte, who was portrayed by actress

Regiane Alves Regiane Kelly Lima Alves (born 31 August 1978) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known by her role as Dóris in TV Globo's telenovela ''Mulheres Apaixonadas''. Biography Born in Santo André, São Paulo metropolitan region. She is the dau ...

. Louzada's role on ''Mulheres Apaixonadas'' earned him a good deal of fame throughout the country. Oswaldo Louzada's last role in television was in the program, '' Sob Nova Direção''. Louzada, who was a smoker, suffered from several chronic health problems during his final years, including hypertension,

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and

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problems. He died at the Hospital Copa D'Or in

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on February 22, 2008, at the age of 95.
(Portuguese) He had been hospitalized for treatment since February 6, 2008. He was buried at the São João Batista Cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. Actress

, who played Louzada's television wife on the ''Mulheres Apaixonadas'' telenovela, also died of

, the same disorder which afflicted Louzada, two months later on April 21, 2008.

Partial filmography

*1944: ''É Proibido Sonhar'' *1944: ''Gente Honesta'' *1948: ''Uma Luz na Estrada'' *1948: ''Inconfidência Mineira'' *1954: ''É Proibido Beijar'' *1955: ''Mãos Sangrentas'' .... Rat *1955: '' Leonora of the Seven Seas'' *1956: ''Rio Fantasia'' *1957: ''Rico Ri à Toa'' *1962: ''O Assalto ao Trem Pagador'' .... Miguel's tenant *1962: ''Esse Rio Que Eu Amo'' .... (segment "A Morte da Porta-Estandarte") *1963: ''Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes'' .... Gabiró *1964: ''Lampião, O Rei do Cangaço'' *1965: ''Viagem aos Seios de Duília'' *1965: ''Crônica da Cidade Amada'' .... (segment "A Morena e o Louro") *1970: ''Uma Garota em Maus Lençóis'' *1971: '' Bandeira 2'' (TV Series) .... Lupa Papa-Defunto *1974: ''Guerra Conjugal'' .... João Corno *1975: '' Escalada'' (TV Series) .... Galbino *1976: ''

'' (TV Series) .... Guimarães *1977: ''

'' (TV Series) .... Chico Rico *1978: '' Pecado Rasgado'' (TV Series) .... Bilu *1979: ''

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'' (TV Series) .... Felício *1981: '' Brilhante'' (TV Series) .... Leonel *1982: ''

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'' (TV Series) .... Olegário *1983: ''

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'' (TV Series) .... Aristides *1985: '' O Tempo e o Vento'' (TV Series) .... Florêncio (the old one) *1986: '' Hipertensão'' (TV Series) .... priest Vicente *1988: ''O Primo Basílio'' (TV Mini-Series) .... Cunha Rosado *1989: ''Pacto de Sangue'' (TV Series) .... General Tóti *1990: ''Desejo'' (TV Mini-Series) .... Erico Coelho *1991: ''

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'' (TV Series) .... priest Eusébio *1995: '' Cara e Coroa'' (TV Series) .... priest (special guest) *1995: '' Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados'' (TV Mini-Series) *1996: ''A Casa de Açúcar'' *2000: ''

Uga-Uga ''Uga-Uga'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by TV Globo from 8 May 2000 to 19 January 2001 for 221 episodes. It is written by Carlos Lombardi, with the collaboration of Margareth Boury and Tiago Santiago. Cast * Humberto Martins a ...

'' (TV Series) .... Moretti *2002: ''

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'' (TV Mini-Series) .... Alencastro *2003: ''

'' (TV Series) .... Leopoldo de Sousa Duarte *2003: ''

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'' (TV Series)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Louzada, Oswaldo 1912 births 2008 deaths Brazilian male radio actors Brazilian male television actors Brazilian male telenovela actors Brazilian male voice actors Brazilian male film actors Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) Deaths from multiple organ failure