Tônia Carrero

Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim (née de Farias; 23 August 1922 – 3 March 2018), known professionally as Tônia Carrero, was a Brazilian actress.[2]

Tônia Carrero
Carrero in 1966
Born
Maria Antonieta de Farias Portocarrero

(1922-08-23)23 August 1922
Died3 March 2018(2018-03-03) (aged 95)[1]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationActress
Years active1947–2008
Spouses
(m. 1940; sep. 1950)
    (m. 1957; sep. 1962)
      César Thedim
      (m. 1964; div. 1977)
      ChildrenCecil Thiré

      Early life

      Carrero was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

      Career

      Tônia Carrero (1970s)

      She made her theater debut at the Brazilian Theater of Comedy (TBC) in São Paulo, with the play Um Deus Dormiu Lá em Casa, opposite actor Paulo Autran. Later she formed with her husband Adolfo Celi, and Autran, the Tonia-Celi-Autran Company (CTCA), which in the 1950s and 1960s revolutionized the Brazilian theater scene by performing a wide repertoire from classical pieces by Shakespeare and Carlo Goldoni to avant-garde works such as Sartre.

      Selected filmography

      References

      1. "Atriz Tônia Carrero morre aos 95 anos". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 4 March 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
      2. Prestes a fazer 91 anos, Tônia Carrero está lúcida, mas quase não fala e vive reclusa (in Portuguese)
      3. "Alias Big Shot (1961)". IMDb. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
      4. "Aqua Viva". IMDb. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
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