Elias Gleizer

Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor.

Elias Gleizer
Elias Gleizer in 2006.
Born
Ilicz Glejzer

4 January 1934 (1934-01-04)
São Paulo, Brazil
Died16 May 2015 (2015-05-17) (aged 81)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationActor
Years active1959-2014

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]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1965Quatro Brasileiros em ParisPolicial
1971Diabólicos Herdeiros
1980O Meu Pé de Laranja LimaPadre RosendoTV series
1988Fera RadicalDonato Orsini
1989TietaJairo
1992Pedra sobre PedraTV series
1992-1993Despedida de SolteiroVitório203 episodes
1993-1994Sonho MeuZé
1999Terra NostraPadre OlavoTV series
2000Uga-UgaCeguinhoTV series
2003Sítio do Picapau Amarelo BerloqueTV series
2004Didi Quer Ser CriançaSeu Tião
2006-2007Pé na JacaGiácomo159 episodes
2009DivãAgenor
2009Caminho das ÍndiasCadore95 episodes
2010-2011PassioneDiógenes Santarém68 episodes
2013Flor do CaribeManolo GutierrezTV series
2014Boogie OogiePadre ClaudiusTV series, (final appearance)

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Morre, aos 81 anos, o ator Elias Gleizer". Terra (in Portuguese). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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