Tônia Carrero
Birthday: Born in 1922-08-23 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deathday: 2018-03-03
Tônia Carrero, stage name Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim (August 23, 1922 – March 3, 2018), was a renowned Brazilian film, theater and television actress. She was the mother of actor Cecil Thiré, and grandmother of actors Miguel Thiré, Luísa Thiré and Carlos Thiré.
TV Credits
Sassaricando
Character: Rebeca Rocha (Bebé) / Rebeca Zaidan
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Louco Amor
Character: Muriel
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Água Viva
Character: Stella Maria
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Pigmalião 70
Character: Cristina
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A Próxima Atração
Character: Glória
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O Cafona
Character: Beatriz Monteiro
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O Primeiro Amor
Character: Maria do Carmo
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O Amor é Nosso!
Character: Gilda
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Uma Rosa com Amor
Character: Roberta Vermont
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Kananga do Japão
Character: Letícia
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Esplendor
Character: Mimi Melody
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Senhora do Destino
Character: Madame Berthe Legrand
A story about people who succeed in life thanks to nothing but their own efforts. Maria do Carmo is the main character of the telenovela; a mother of five who struggle to be successful in life, but whose most important will be recovering the love of her daughter who was kidnapped when she was just months old....
Cupido Electrónico
Character:
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Sangue do Meu Sangue
Character: Pola Renon
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Movie Credits
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."...
The Ballroom
Character: Alice
An evening in an old time dance hall in Sao Paulo introduces us to local characters who reminisce about the past, wonder about the future, have fun, flirt, fight and, of course, dance. Its earthy humour and eternal themes of ageing, loneliness and desire is an antidote to grumpy old men and women everywhere....
Tico-Tico no Fubá
Character: Branca
Tico-Tico no Fubá is a 1952 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Anselmo Duarte. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. The film is a fictionalized biography of Brazilian composer Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935), who penned the song "Tico-Tico no Fubá" that became an international hit in the 1940s....
Carnival of Crime
Character: Marina Silvera
Mike, an architect, is married to Lin, a beautiful and unfaithful woman. Returning from a trip, he finds she's disappeared. When he tries to locate her, he also learns about her many affairs, and he gets closer to Marina, his efficient assistant, who helps him solve the mystery....
Gordos e Magros
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After staying the day at the gym, eating and drinking, Carlos, a fat man, go meet his parents, Helena and Jorge, at the party they are throwing. He is drunk and end up having a fight and leaving home....
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Character: Self
italian documentary...
Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos
Character: Self (archive footage)
A portrait of the evolution of theater in the 20th century and a deep reflection on the art of acting through the career of Paulo Autran (1922-2007), one of the greatest actors in Brazil....
Sonhos de Menina Moça
Character: Yolanda
Iolanda, a widow who is the matriarch of a large and complicated family, is the hostess of a large party in a mansion that brings back many memories. The celebration is marked by a barbecue with lots of gossip and fun among old friends....
Alias Gardelito
Character: Pilar
The title of this story is taken from the name of the great Argentine singer Carlos Gardel, the idol of the antihero Toribio portrayed by Alberto Argibay. Toribio's goal in life is to emulate the famous singer and making his own way successfully in the music business. Yet at the same time, he does not stop his illegal means of making ends meet, stealing and petty thievery. Discouraged when his big break never quite materializes, Toribio heads for disaster when he joins up with a large smuggling ...
Vinicius de Moraes
Character: Self
To celebrate the life and the work of a multifaceted creator – playwright, poet, partner of the most important names of Brazilian pop music and, above all, an enlightened character of the Brazilian cultural history - director Miguel Faria Jr. gathered an incomparable cast of partners, singers, friends and rare images from the archives recalling Vinícius’ genial simplicity, with the spontaneity, the humor, and the freedom of a person chatting over a bar table, exactly how the eternal Vinícius wou...
Appassionata
Character: Sílvia Nogalis
Sílvia Nogalis, a renowned concert pianist, prefers her career to her marriage. On the night she performs Beethoven's "Appassionata", she learns of the death of her husband, maestro Walter Hauser....
Fogo e Paixão
Character: mendiga
The story of citizens from different parts of the world who come together to participate in a project to visit a Latin American city, however its location is not revealed....
Fable of the Beautiful Pigeon-Fancier
Character: Mãe de Orestes
Orestes, a rich factory owner, falls for the beautiful Fulvia. They communicate using pigeons, to avoid being discovered by her husband....
Copacabana Palace
Character: Jewel thief's wife
For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; three charming stewardesses are looking for entertainment, but their three Carioca host, musicians Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and João Gilberto, are married; a man, separated from his wife, wants to catch her in the act of adultery....
Quando a Noite Acaba
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Bloody Hands
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Maos Sangrentas translates to Bloody Hands in English, and that's just what this gruesome Brazilian melodrama delivers. The story begins when a gang of dangerous convicts escape from a penal colony. With the police in hot pursuit, the escapees cut a gory swath through the countryside. As his comrades are killed off one by one, the leader of the group descends into gibbering madness. In contrast to this, a subplot develops involving the least dangerous of the escapees, who murdered his wife in a ...
É Proibido Beijar
Character: June
Eduardo wants to become a police reporter. To do so, he unravels a mysterious crime, but fails to get the editor of his newspaper to promote it. He is engaged to Suzy, who works at a nightclub. In charge of interviewing a famous actress, June, gets involved in several embarrassing situations that are created by Suzy and two other reporters, Harry and Steve, who follow June since her arrival in Brazil....
I, I, I José Lewgoy
Character: Self
Documentary discussing the life and work of José Lewgoy, one of the most important Brazilian actors of all times....
Esse Rio que Eu Amo
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Time of Violence
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Wealthy banker Antônio witnesses the murder of a journalist, who got killed for exposing the activities of a gang of smugglers. After they find out about him, Antônio and his wife are both targeted and pursued by the criminals....
Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
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The Violent and the Damned
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When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives, who have fled by foot and boat and now have begun to turn on each other....
Extraterrestrial Cat in Boots
Character: Grandmother
A Cat from outer-space comes to earth and befriends a Miller's Son and together they set out to defeat an evil wizard....
Caminhos do Sul
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The Inventor of Dreams
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Mixed with fiction and documentary, the film relives the interviews conducted by the writer Clarice Lispector published in the magazines "Manchete" and "Fatos and Fotos" in the 1970s....
Lobby do Batom
Character: Self (archive footage)
The most successful case of collective fight for women's rights in Brazil....