Nelma Costa

Nelma da Costa (born 1 February 1922) is a Brazilian actress. She is the only surviving actress from the silent era of Brazilian cinema and the last protagonist of Cinédia.[1]

Nelma Costa
Costa in 1940
Born
Nelma de Costa

(1922-02-01) 1 February 1922
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationActress
Years active1925–1960
SpouseJanos Soares

Life and career

Nelma Costa was born on February 1, 1922, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. She is a descendant of a family linked to the arts, being the daughter of actors Álvaro Costa and Cora Costa. Her maternal grandparents, Caetano Magiolli and Livia Magiolli, were also actors.[2]

Costa's career began in 1925,[3] at the age of three, when she began to participate in soap commercials recorded for the cinema.[4] In 1928, at the invitation of Olavo de Barros, she made her theater debut in the operetta Kenai. In 1937 she joined the theater company of Jaime Costa and also joined the theater company of Mesquitinha.[5] Alongside Ítala Ferreira, Custódio Mesquita and Jaime Costa, she participated, in 1939, in the play Carlota Joaquina, the first theatrical representation of the Imperial Family of Brazil.[6]

In 1939, at the invitation of Humberto Mauro, she participated in the short film Um Apólogo, alongside Déa Selva and narrated by Lúcia Miguel Pereira. She later became a Cinédia star, having acted in O Dia é Nosso (1941), Corações Sem Piloto, Caídos do Céu (1946) and Aguenta Firme, Isidoro (1951), being directed by Luiz de Barros in these last three films.[7]

After getting married in 1947, she gradually moved away from the stage. For many years she was a radio actress, until she retired in the 1960s.[8]

Personal life

She was married to Janos Soares.[9] In February 2023 she celebrated her 101st birthday.[10]

Filmography
Year Title Role Director
1939 Um Apólogo Agulha Humberto Mauro
1941 O Dia é Nosso[11] Enfermeira Laura Milton Rodrigues
1944 Corações Sem Piloto[12] Mocinha Luiz de Barros
1946 Caídos do Céu[13] Olinda
1951 Aguenta Firme, Isidoro[14] Rita Molina

Theater credits
  • 1928 - Kenai
  • 1931 - Berenice
  • 1937 - O Gosto da Vida
  • 1937 - Assim... Não É Pecado
  • 1938 - Malibu
  • 1938 - O Homem Que Nasceu Duas Vezes
  • 1938 - Tinoco
  • 1939 - A Flor da Família
  • 1941 - Ciumenta
  • 1941 - Hotel da Felicidade
  • 1941 - Tudo pela Moral
  • 1941 - Casado sem Ter Mulher
  • 1942 - A Família Lero-Lero
  • 1942 - Emboscada Nazista
  • 1942 - O Burguês Fidalgo
  • 1942 - O Menino Jesus
  • 1943 - A Família Lero-Lero
  • 1943 - Emboscada Nazista
  • 1945 - Grande Marido
  • 1945 - Momo na Fila
  • 1945 - O Costa do Castelo
  • 1945 - O Meu Nome É Doutor
  • 1946 - O 13º Mandamento
  • 1946 - Onde Está Minha Família?
  • 1946 - Venha a Nós...
  • 1947 - A Canção de Nápoles

References
  1. Cinelândia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio Grafica e Editora. 1953.
  2. "Nelma Costa". O Obscuro Fichário dos Artistas Mundanos. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  3. Salvador,Roberto (2016-05-06). A era do radioteatro: O registro da história de um gênero que emocionou o Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gramma. ISBN 978-85-98555-98-0.
  4. Paiva, Salvyano Cavalcanti de (1991). Viva o rebolado!: vida e morte do teatro de revista brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Nova Fronteira. ISBN 978-85-209-0350-6.
  5. Barros, Orlando de (2001). Custódio Mesquita: um compositor romântico no tempo de Vargas, 1930-45 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ministério da Cultura, FUNARTE. ISBN 978-85-7511-005-8.
  6. Gonçalves, Augusto de Freitas Lopes (1982). Dicionario histórico e literário do teatro no Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Livraria Editora Cátedra.
  7. Barros, Luiz de (1978). Minhas memórias de cineasta (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Artenova.
  8. Marinho, Flávio (2007). Oscarito: o riso e o siso (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora Record. ISBN 978-85-01-07461-4.
  9. Gonçalves, Augusto de Freitas Lopes (1979). Dicionario histórico e literário do teatro no Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Livraria Editora Cátedra.
  10. "Nelma Costa, a mais longeva estrela do cinema brasileiro, completa 101 anos de idade". Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  11. AdoroCinema, O Dia é Nosso (in Brazilian Portuguese), retrieved 2023-03-26
  12. AdoroCinema, Corações Sem Piloto (in Brazilian Portuguese), retrieved 2023-03-26
  13. AdoroCinema, Caídos do Céu (in Brazilian Portuguese), retrieved 2023-03-26
  14. AdoroCinema, Aguenta firme, Isidoro (in Brazilian Portuguese), retrieved 2023-03-26
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.