Manuel Maria Soares Pêra (16 November 1894 – 11 August 1967) was a Portuguese actor based in

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Biography

Manuel was born in

Carregosa Carregosa is a civil parish in the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis Oliveira de Azeméis () is a city and municipality in the Porto Metropolitan Area of Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The pop ...

Oliveira de Azeméis Oliveira de Azeméis () is a city and municipality in the Porto Metropolitan Area of Portugal. Administratively, the municipality belongs to the District of Aveiro. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 68,611, in an area of 161.10 ...

Aveiro District Aveiro District (, ) is located in the central coastal region of Portugal. The capital of the district is the city of Aveiro, which also serves as the seat of Aveiro Municipality. Aveiro District is bordered by the Porto District to the north, ...

, Portugal. He was the father of Brazilian actresses

Marília Pêra Marília Soares Pêra (22 January 1943 – 5 December 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Throughout her career, she won around 80 awards, acting in 49 plays, 29 telenovelas and more than 20 films. Career Daughter of Port ...

and

Sandra Pêra Sandra Cristina Marzullo Pêra (born September 17, 1954) is a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Family She is daughter of the actors Manuel Pêra and Dinorah Marzullo and granddaughter of the actress Antonia Marzullo. She is mo ...

, fruits of his marriage to the actress Dinorah Marzullo. He was brother of the Portuguese actor

Abel Pêra Abel Pêra (16 November 1891 – 27 September 1975) was a Portuguese actor based in Brazil. He was brother of the Portuguese actor Manuel Pêra. Filmography * ''Com as Calças na Mão'' (1975) * ''Toda Nudez Será Castigada'' (1973) * ''O Desc ...

(1891-1975) and Joaquim.

Filmography

Cinema

References

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* 1894 births 1967 deaths People from Oliveira de Azeméis Portuguese male film actors Portuguese emigrants to Brazil Pêra family {{Portugal-actor-stub