Andréa Maltarolli (28 September 1962 in

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– 22 September 2009 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian

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Biography

A graduate in history and media, Andrea Maltarolli joined TV station

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in 1995, and became involved with the fledgling soap opera ''

Malhação ''Malhação'' (, ''Young Hearts'' in English) is a Brazilian soap-opera that aired on TV Globo from 4 March 1995 to 3 April 2020. The series is targeted at a teenage audience. Each season runs for about a year with cast members changing every ...

''. Aimed at the teenage market, the show became a great success and is still running as of 2009; Andrea Maltarolli continued to work on the program team until 2002. She then collaborated on other popular shows, and developed her first solo venture, telenovela ''

Beleza Pura ''Beleza Pura'' () is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 18 February 2008, replacing '' Sete Pecados'', and ended on 13 September 2008, replaced by '' Três Irmãs''. It is written by the Andrea Maltaro ...

'', broadcast in Brazil in 179 episodes between February and September 2008. From end of 2008 to mid-2009, she adapted for the theatre the comics "Mulheres Alteradas" created by Maitena Burundarena, an Argentine cartoonist. At the time of her death, she was working on the plot of a new series, provisionally titled ''As Quatro Estações''. She wrote the synopsis of the telenovela named ''Alto Astral'' which was broadcast by TV Globo.

Death

Maltarolli died of

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on 22 September 2009, aged 46.Obituary from O Globo (in Portuguese)
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Selected works

Screenwriter

* ''

'' * ''

Zorra Total ''Zorra Total'' was a Brazilian television comedy broadcast by TV Globo. It was launched on March 25, 1999, and has been shown on Saturdays at 10 p.m. since May 1999. Despite being popular, ''Zorra'' is heavily criticized for its style of foolish ...

'' * ''A Turma do Didi'' * ''Escolinha do Professor Raimundo'' * ''

'' * ''

Alto Astral ''Alto Astral'' (International Title:''Forever and Ever'') is a Brazilian access prime telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on November 3, 2014, replacing '' Geração Brasil'' and ended on May 8, 2015 replaced by '' I Love ...

Theatre

* ''Mulheres Alteradas''

References

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