Elias Gleizer
Elias Gleizer | |
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 Elias Gleizer in 2006. | |
| Born | Ilicz Glejzer 4 January 1934 São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died | 16 May 2015 (aged 81) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1959-2013 |
Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor.
Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife.[1][2] He began his artistic career at age 12, playing the violin in a youth orchestra.[1] In 1956 he won the award for best actor in an amateur festival, and in 1959 he made his television debut on TV Tupi.[1][2] His first major work was Joseph of Egypt, a 1964 telenovela.[1] In 1984 he started an intense collaboration with the Rede Globo, acting in Free to Fly, and then appearing in dozens of telenovelas and miniseries.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (1980)
- Fera Radical (1988)
- Tieta (1989)
- Pedra sobre Pedra (1992)
- Despedida de Solteiro (1992)
- Sonho Meu (1993)
- Terra Nostra (1999)
- Uga-Uga (2000)
- Pé na Jaca (2006)
- Caminho das Índias (2009)
- Passione (2010)
- Flor do Caribe (2013)
- Boogie Oogie (2014)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Morre o ator Elias Gleizer, aos 81 anos" [Actor Elias Gleizer dies at age 81]. Universo Online (in Portuguese). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Morre, aos 81 anos, o ator Elias Gleizer". Terra (in Portuguese). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.