Cecil Aldary Portocarrero Thiré (28 May 1943 – 9 October 2020) was a Brazilian television, film and stage actor, and director.

Life and career

Thiré was born in

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, the only son of actress

Tônia Carrero Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim (née de Farias; 23 August 1922 – 3 March 2018), known professionally as Tônia Carrero, was a Brazilian actress. Early life Carrero was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Career She made her th ...

and artist Carlos Arthur Thiré. He was named after his grandfather Cecil Thiré, a mathematics teacher at

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and textbook writer. At the age of 17, he studied acting with

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and worked intensely in theater in the 1960s. At age 18, he had his first professional job, as assistant director to

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in ''

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''. At 19, he directed his first film, the short film ''Os Mendigos''. In 1967, he directed the feature films ''O diabo mora no sangue'' and, later, ''O Ibrahim do subúrbio''. As an actor, he was in the cast of more than twenty films, having started at the age of nine, in a small appearance in ''

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,'' starring Tônia Carrero. On television, he acted in

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, miniseries, and comedy programs on

Rede Tupi Rede Tupi (; in English, Tupi Network) was a Brazilian television network free-to-air. Its parent broadcaster, located in the city of São Paulo, was the first TV station to operate in the country, being inaugurated on 18 September 1950 by jo ...

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, and

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. His debut was in 1967, on TV Tupi's telenovela ''Angústia de amar''. Thiré died on October 9, 2020, aged 77, of Parkinson's disease.

Career

Film

Television

Stage

References

External links

Relação completa das peças nas quais Cecil Thiré participou, como ator e diretor

Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural - verbete Cecil Thiré

Cecil Thiré na Paixão de Cristo

Teledramaturgia
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