Archive for 'Brazilian Profile'
Brazilian Profile: Dercy Gonçalves, in memoriam Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 20, 2008
Dercy Gonçalves was born in 1907 in Santa Maria Madalena, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. She began working very young, especially after her mother left her family. Dercy ran away from home when she was 17 and joined a theater company. She began performing on stage, and later began to specialize in comedy…
Brazilian Profile: Clarisse Zeitel Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 25, 2008
Clarisse Zeitel is not a star, per se. She appears every week as a dancer on the popular weekend variety show “Caldeirão do Huck,” along with another dozen or so women. But recently, she became a local celebrity because of her brain and not because of her good looks. Clarisse is a law student…
Brazilian Profile: Paulo Szot Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 19, 2008
Last Sunday, Brazilian opera singer Paul Szot won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in “South Pacific.” But it was a long road to success on Broadway. Paulo was born in 1969 in São Paulo, and grew up in Riberão Preto. He is the son of Polish immigrants who…
Brazilian Profile: Zé Carioca Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 12, 2008
This year, Zé Carioca turns sixty five, but he hasn’t aged a bit. That’s because he’s a Disney cartoon who was wildly popular in Brazil for years. During World War II, Walt Disney and his team traveled to South America with the official purpose of finding new cartoon characters, and with the real purpose being…
Brazilian Profile: Beatriz Milhazes Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 5, 2008
Beatriz was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1960, and grew up in Copacabana. She got her degree in journalism and went on to teach math at a local high school. But when she was twenty, she got into the School of Fine Arts of Rio, and discovered her love of art. She is now…
Brazilian Profile: Jorge Amado Posted by Transparent Language on May 21, 2008
Jorge Amado is one of Brazil’s most famous and beloved novelists. Born in 1912 on a cocoa plantation in the state of Bahia, he grew up in the coastal town of Ilhéus, where he set many of his novels. He went to high school in Salvador and begin his career in writing. He published his…
Brazilian Profile: Dona Lily Posted by Transparent Language on May 13, 2008
Lily Marinho de Carvalho, known as Dona Lily, is actually a naturalized Brazilian, meaning she wasn’t born in Brazil. Born in Germany, her father was British and her mother was French. She grew up in Paris, where she went on to become “Miss Paris” as a teenager. But when she was just 18, Lily…