Lélia Abramo (February 8, 1911 – April 9, 2004) was an

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actress and political activist.

Biography

Daughter of Italian immigrants, Abramo was born and died in

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, but lived in Italy from 1938 to 1950, suffering through the privations of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Along with her brothers

Cláudio Abramo Cláudio Abramo (April 6, 1923, in São Paulo – August 14, 1987, in São Paulo) was a Brazilian journalist and author. Born to Vincenzo Abramo and Iole Scarmagnan (daughter of Italian anarchist Bortolo Scarmagnan), his siblings are Athos Abramo ...

and plastic artist Lívio Abramo she is part of one of the most prominent families in Brazilian history in both politics and the arts. She participated in the early foundation of the (''

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in Brazil''). Along with Mario Pedrosa, she has always been considered a sympathizer of trotskysm. Lélia Abramo was also a militant and was one of the founder of the

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(''Worker's Party'') along with Mario Pedrosa,

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and Apolônio de Carvalho. She was personally active in many different movements in Brazilian politics like

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. Abramo played in 27

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, fourteen films and twenty four plays, having acted with some of the great names of São Paulo theater, like Gianni Ratto and

Gianfrancesco Guarnieri Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi de Guarnieri (August 6, 1934 – July 22, 2006) was an Italian–Brazilian actor, lyricist, poet and playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a fo ...

with whom she debuted on stage in the 1958 in ' (''They don’t wear Black-Tie'').

Awards

*1958 Saci - character Romana - ''Black-tie'' *1958 Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) - character Romana - ''Black-tie'' *1958 Governador do Estado - character Romana - ''Black-tie'' *1958 Círculo Independente de Críticos Teatrais do Rio de Janeiro - character Romana - ''Black-tie'' *1958 Associação Brasileira de Críticos Teatrais - character Romana - ''Black-tie'' *1964 Roquete Pinto - SP. All her work in the theater *1975 Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA). All her work in the Brazilian theater *1976 Governador do Estado - Best Actor - character Pozzo in ''

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Filmography and television work

*1990 - ''

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'' .... Lúcia *1986 - '' Mania de querer'' .... Margô *1985 - ''

O tempo e o vento ''O Tempo e o Vento'' (''Time and the Wind'') is a trilogy of novels written by the Brazilian author Erico Verissimo. Confusingly, the first part of the series, ''O Continente'', was translated as ''Time and the Wind'', giving the impression t ...

'' .... Bibiana (idosa) *1983 - '' Pão pão, beijo beijo'' .... Mama Vitória *1982 - ''

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'' .... Bebel *1979 - ''

Pai Herói ''Pai Herói'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 29 January 1979 and ended on 18 August 1979, with a total of 178 episodes. It's the twenty second "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is cre ...

'' .... Januária Brandão *1976 - '' O julgamento'' .... Felícia *1975 - '' Um dia, o amor'' .... Lucinha *1973 - '' Os ossos do barão'' - Bianca Ghirotto *1972 - ''

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'' - Amália *1972 - ''

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'' *1971 - '' Nossa filha Gabriela'' .... Donana *1970 - '' O meu pé de laranja lima'' .... Estefânia *1970 - '' As bruxas'' .... Chiquinha *1969 - ''

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'' *1968 - ''

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'' *1967 - '' Paixão proibida'' *1966 - ''

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'' .... Carmela *1966 - '' Calúnia'' .... Sarah *1965 - ''

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'' .... irmã Rosa *1965 - '' Os quatro filhos'' *1964 - '' Prisioneiro de um sonho'' *1964 - ''

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'' *1961 - '' A Muralha''

Theater

*1958 - Teatro de Arena - SP - Romana in

Eles Não Usam Black-Tie ''Eles Não Usam Black-tie'' (internationally released as ''They Don't Wear Black Tie'') is a 1981 Brazilian drama film directed by Leon Hirszman, based on Gianfrancesco Guarnieri's play of the same name. In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Asso ...

*1959 - São Paulo SP - Gente como a Gente *1960 - São Paulo SP - Mother Courage de Brecht *1961 - São Paulo SP - Raízes *1961 - São Paulo SP - Pintado de Alegre *1961 - São Paulo SP - Oscar *1961 - São Paulo SP - Os Rinocerontes *1962 - São Paulo SP - Yerma *1962 - São Paulo SP - As Visões de Simone Machard *1963 - São Paulo SP - Os Ossos do Barão *1964 - São Paulo SP - Vereda da Salvação *1965 - São Paulo SP - Os Espectros *1968 - São Paulo SP - Lisístrata *1968 - São Paulo SP - Agamêmnon *1969 - São Paulo SP - Romeu e Julieta *1975 - São Paulo SP - Ricardo III *1977 - São Paulo SP - Pozzo em Esperando Godot de Samuel Beckett. Direção

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*1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Mother - Brecht

Series

Drama at TV

Cinema

*1994 - '' Mil e Uma'' *1992 - '' Manôushe'' *1983 - '' Janete'' *1981 - ''

'' *1979 - '' Maldita Coincidência'' *1975 - ''

Joanna Francesa ''Joanna Francesa'' is a 1973 French-Brazilian romantic drama film directed by Carlos Diegues and starring Jeanne Moreau, Eliezer Gomes and Carlos Kroeber. Plot In the 1930s, Joanna, the owner of a brothel in São Paulo, goes to Alagoas a ...

'' *1974 - ''O Comprador de Fazendas'' *1970 - ''Beto Rockfeller (film), Beto Rochfeller'' *1970 - ''Cleo e Daniel'' *1968 - ''O Quarto'' *1967 - ''O Caso dos Irmãos Neves'' *1967 - ''O Anjo Assassino'' *1964 - ''The Obsessed of Catale, Vereda de Salvação'' *1960 - ''Cidade Ameaçada''

References

* Vida e Arte - Memórias de Lélia Abramo. São Paulo:Fundação Perseu Abramo, 1997.
Participação na Frente Única Anti-Facista (1934), artigo de Augusto C. Buonicore 27 October 2007
* Eduardo Maffei. A Batalha da Praça da Sé. RJ: Editora Philobiblion, 1984. * ABRAMO, Fúlvio. "Frente Única Antifascista, 1934-1984". SP: Cadernos do Centro de Documentação Mário Pedrosa, 1984. Ano I, número um.
ABRAMO, Fúlvio. Entrevista. Revista Teoria e Debate. Ano I, número 1.

ABRAMO, Lélia. Entrevista. Revista Teoria e Debate. Ano II, número 5.

External links

Filmography

Interview with Revista Isto É

Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
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