Glória Menezes Explained

Glória Menezes
Birth Name:Nilcedes Soares Guimarães
Birth Date:19 October 1934
Birth Place:Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Occupation:Actress
Children:3 (including Tarcísio Filho)
Years Active:1959–2020
Alma Mater:University of São Paulo

Nilcedes Soares de Magalhães (née Guimarães; born 19 October 1934), known professionally as Glória Menezes, is a Brazilian actress.[1]

Life and career

Glória Menezes was born in Pelotas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Her real name, Nilcedes, is the joining of both her father's name, José Nilo, and her mother's name, Mercedes.[2]

At the age of six, she and her family moved to São Paulo, where she attended University of São Paulo's School of Dramatic Arts and founded a theater group called Jovens Independentes.[3] Her professional career began on São Paulo's TV Tupi in 1959, in the soap opera Um Lugar ao Sol, directed by Dionísio Azevedo. In 1962 she appeared in the film O Pagador de Promessas, alongside Leonardo Villar and Anselmo Duarte.[4] In 1963, alongside Tarcísio Meira, she starred in the first daily soap opera on Brazilian television, 2-5499 Ocupado, broadcast by TV Excelsior. It was during this soap opera that the two actors began dating.

The Uruguayan LGBT rights activist Gloria Meneses, named herself after Menezes.[5]

Partial filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: Glória Menezes se emociona ao retornar a Pelotas. October 16, 2009. Zero Hora. pt. August 6, 2010.
  2. Web site: 2015-10-10. Entrevista! Glória Menezes revela histórias de amor e talento que marcaram os seus (quase) 81 anos de vida Donna. 2021-08-12. GZH. pt-BR.
  3. Web site: GLÓRIA MENEZES - TRAJETÓRIA . memoriaglobo.globo.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423021349/http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/perfis/talentos/gloria-menezes/trajetoria.htm . 2016-04-23.
  4. Web site: Pró-TV - Associação dos Pioneiros, Profissionais e Incentivadores da TV Brasileira . www.museudatv.com.br . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071226181549/http://www.museudatv.com.br/biografias/Gloria%20Menezes.htm . 2007-12-26.
  5. Web site: 2023-08-27 . La vida de Gloria Meneses: memoria histórica y silencios . 2023-12-03 . Grupo R Multimedio . es.

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