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Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo

Acting • 1915-10-18 • Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil

Grande Otelo, pseudonym of Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata OMC (Uberlândia, October 18, 1915 – Roissy-en-France, November 26, 1993), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, producer and composer. He was an artist in Rio's casinos and in the so-called revue theater, he participated in several successful Brazilian films, including the famous chanchadas in the 1940s and 1950s, which he starred in in partnership with the comic Oscarito, and the film version of Macunaíma, made in 1969. He is often cited as one of the most important actors in Brazilian history.

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Fitzcarraldo7.6

Fitzcarraldo

1982

Macunaima6.9

Macunaima

1969

Chico Anysio Show9.0

Chico Anysio Show

1982

Rio, Northern Zone8.2

Rio, Northern Zone

1957

Assault on the Pay Train8.0

Assault on the Pay Train

1962

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo8.6

Escolinha do Professor Raimundo

1990

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