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Gianfrancesco Guarnieri

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Gianfrancesco Guarnieri
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri in 2004
Gianfrancesco Guarnieri in 2004
Born(1934-08-06)August 6, 1934
Milan, Italy
DiedJuly 22, 2006(2006-07-22) (aged 71)
São Paulo, Brazil
CitizenshipItalian-Brazilian
SpousesCecilia Thompson (1958–1965)
Vanya Sant'Anna (1965–2006)

Gianfrancesco Sigfrido Benedetto Marinenghi de Guarnieri (August 6, 1934 – July 22, 2006) was an Italian–Brazilian actor, lyricist, poet and playwright. He was a key participant in the Arena Theater of São Paulo, his most important work was "They Don't Wear Black Tie".[1]

Biography

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He was born in Milan, 6 August 1934, to a couple of antifascist musicians.[1] His parents, the maestro Edoardo Guarnieri and the Harpist Elsa Martineghi, decided to move to Brazil in 1936, finding a new home in Rio de Janeiro. In the beginning of the 1950s, they moved again to São Paulo.

A student leader since his teenage years, Guarnieri began to do amateur theater with Oduvaldo Vianna Filho (Vianinha) and a group of students from São Paulo. In 1955 they created the "Paulista Theater of the Student" (Teatro Paulista do Estudante), with guidance from Ruggero Jacobbi. In the next year that theater joined up with The Arena Theater, founded and directed by José Renato[2]

Career

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Theater

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His first play was "They Don't Wear Black Tie", put on stage for the first time in 1958 in the Arena Theater[2] Directed by José Renato, the case had great talents that had begun to attract attention, like Guarnieri himself, Leila Abramo, Miriam Melhler, Flavio Migliaccio, Eugênio Kusnet, Francisco de Assis, Henrique César, Celeste Lima, Riva Nimtz, and Milton Gonçalves;

It was set to end the collective project, since they were having financial problems, but it had immense success. The play, author and cast were given awards by the governor of São Paulo State, Janio Quadros, and the arena was saved from its financial troubles. Around the same time Guarnieri also starred in "O Grande Momento" by Director Roberto Santos, the beginning of a new wave in cinema in Brazil called "Cinema Novo".[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1958 O Grande Momento
1965 The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga Writer
1968 A Muralha Leonel Olinto TV Series
1973-1974 Mulheres de Areia Tonho da Lua TV Series
1977 O Jogo da Vida Perus
1978 As Três Mortes de Solano
1978 Diário da Província
1978 Curumim
1980 Gaijin: Roads to Freedom Enrico
1980 Asa Branca: Um Sonho Brasileiro Toninho
1981 They Don't Wear Black Tie Otávio Writer
1983 A Próxima Vítima Guido Andreolli
1986 Por Incrível Que Pareça
1989 Que Rei Sou Eu? King Petrus II TV Series
1980 Beijo 2348/72 Photographer
1990 Rainha da Sucata Irineu Saldanha TV Series
1991 Mundo da Lua Vô Orlando TV Series
1994 O Quatrilho Padre Giobbe
1995 A Próxima Vítima Eliseu Giardini TV Series
1999 Contos de Lygia
2002-2003 Esperança Pellegrini TV Series
2005-2006 Belíssima Peppe TV Series, (final appearance)
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  1. ^ a b "Gianfrancesco Guarnieri" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Morre o ator e dramaturgo Gianfrancesco Guarnieri (July, 2006).(In Portuguese)


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