Edney Giovenazzi
Birthday: Born in 1930-08-12 in Pederneiras, São Paulo, Brazil
Deathday: Alive
Ednei Giovenazzi is a former actor. Born on August 12, 1930, in Pederneiras, São Paulo, he moved to the capital of São Paulo, where he graduated in Dentistry and made his debut in theater in the 1950s. On television, he made his debut in 1967 in the Tupi's soap operas Yoshico, um Poema de Amor, O Jardineiro Espanhol and O Pequeno Lord. In 1968, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he began acting in Globo's soap operas such as O Santo Mestiço (1968), Pigmalião 70 (1970), Selva de Pedra (1972) and Os Ossos do Barão (1973). Later, in the same decade, he returned to São Paulo where he returned to acting in Tupi. He won prominent roles in A Barba Azul (1974), Ovelha Negra (1975), Xeque-Mate (1976), O Julgamento (1976) and Salário Mínimo (1978). For a time, he combined his work as an actor with that of a dentist in the public service. Until he decided to leave dentistry to dedicate himself solely to his acting career. In the following decades, he acted and made guest appearances in soap operas on Globo, Band, SBT and Manchete. His last work was playing Messias in Sparkling Girls (2012). In 2014, he decided to retire and since then, he has maintained a discreet life.
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Sabor da Paixão
Character: Quintino Saraiva
The telenovela tells the love story of Diana and Alexandre in Rio de Janeiro in 2002, where gastronomy, music, and dance play a prominent role. Defined as a realistic romantic comedy, the plot revolves around Diana's struggle to recover the lands inherited by her family in Portugal, which are illegally occupied by Zenilda Paixão, Alexandre's mother. In love with Alexandre, Diana breaks off her engagement with Nelson. After some misunderstandings and missed encounters, she sees her beloved again,...
O Homem Que Deve Morrer
Character: Ricardo Lopes
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Sétimo Sentido
Character: Horácio Sampaio
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Direito de Amar
Character: Augusto Medeiros
An industrialist is forced to marry his daughter Rosalia to a banker to save himself from bankruptcy. But Rosalia is in love with Adriano, unaware that he is the banker's son....
Livre Para Voar
Character: Álvaro Porto
Set in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, the story shows how Pardal and Bebel, young people newly arrived in the city, fall in love. However, each hides their true identity from the other....
Brida
Character: Patrick O'Neal
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Que Rei Sou Eu?
Character: François Gaillard
In the imaginary king of Avilan, the bastard prince Jean Pierre leads a popular group against councilors who will invade Rainha Valentine's palace and take away the power....
Queridos Amigos
Character: Nicola
Reserved, intelligent and generous, Leo has achieved professional success and now lives secluded in Serra da Cantareira, alongside young Karina. He discovers that he is ill, and decides to reunite the old friends of the 1970s, with whom he fought the military regime....
Tropicaliente
Character: Bonfim
The plot revolves around the youthful romance and subsequent reunion years later between Ramiro, the leader of a fishing village in Fortaleza, and the businesswoman Letícia....
Cheias de Charme
Character: Seu Messias
"Sparkling Girls" centers around three young and beautiful, hard-working housekeepers who reach stardom instantly when an online video clip of them singing, surprisingly becomes a hit. Their success provokes the wrath of a glamorously gaudy and outspoken famous singer who will do anything to ruin the girls' friendship and career. With humor, romance, over the top characters, and bright, glittery stage performances set to catchy tunes, "Sparkling Girls" delivers all of the expected delights and s...
Uma Rosa com Amor
Character: Giovanni Petroni
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Selva de Pedra
Character: Jorge Moreno
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Felicidade
Character: Chico Treva
Helena and Álvaro fall in love, but she marries someone else. Years later, they meet again and Helena becomes pregnant, but keeps it a secret because Álvaro is now the one who is engaged....
O Tempo e o Vento
Character: Major Erasmo Graça
It tells the story of the Camabará family for many generations, which were fundamental to the social and political formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The stories are remembered by Dona Bibiana, who remembers the life of her grandmother Ana, her husband, the Captain Rodrigo, his son Bolivar and his daughter-in-law Luzia....
Partido Alto
Character: Edu
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Abolição
Character: Padre Ramos
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A Barba Azul
Character: Vitório Galhardi (Conde de Parma)
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Pigmalião 70
Character: Dr. Carlito Catalão
The soap opera told the story of Fernando Dalba, or Nando, a fruit vendor who works with his mother, the Baroness, and his friends Gino and Guiomar. His life changes after he meets the wealthy widow Cristina Guimarães, owner of a beauty salon, who decides to teach him how to behave like a man of high society. Cristina's intention is to win a bet, but she falls in love with Nando, who is engaged to Candinha....
A Cabana do Pai Tomás
Character: Mr. Simon Legris
The story, inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel of the same name – which fueled the abolitionist movement in the United States – depicts the conflict between enslaved American cotton planters and wealthy landowners in the South. The fight for freedom is led by Uncle Tom and his wife Chloe....
Ovelha Negra
Character: Padre Jonas
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Perdidos de Amor
Character: Fabiano Caldas
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As Três Marias
Character: Raul Torreão
Maria Augusta, Maria José, and Maria da Glória reunite in Rio after studying together in Switzerland and prove their friendship despite many twists and turns, crimes, and romances....
Os Ossos do Barão
Character: Vicente
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A Próxima Atração
Character: Mário Yamashita
The story takes place in a mansion in the Jardim América neighborhood of São Paulo. The lonely Rodrigo, a wealthy man from Rio Grande do Sul, lives with seven ambitious women who plan to swindle him out of his fortune: the flight attendants Regina and Cláudia, the showgirl Ciça, Madalena, Dulce, Dinorah, and the manicurist Suzete....
Pé de Vento
Character: Edmundo
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Salário Mínimo
Character: Hércules Sanches
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Uma Esperança no Ar
Character: Daniel Fiori
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Xeque-Mate
Character: Rodolfo Bastos
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Brava Gente
Character: ourives
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights....
Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes
Character: Silveira
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Ciranda de Pedra
Character: Dr. Madeira
Stone Circle takes place in São Paulo in 1958, and tells the story of a love triangle between Natércio (Daniel Dantas), Laura (Ana Paula Arósio) and Daniel (Marcello Antony). Laura is married to Natércio and has two daughters with him: Bruna (Anna Sophia Folch) and Otávia (Ariela Massotti). Emotionally unstable, sensitive, fragile and delicate, she has frequent crises and is treated by Dr. Daniel, because who ends up falling in love. This leads to jealousy in the husband, who, despite loving his...
Paraíso
Character: Prefeito Paulino
Zeca and Maria Rita experience a forbidden love in the fictional city of Paraíso, where faith and tradition clash amidst land disputes and popular beliefs....
Caso Especial
Character: Jorge
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Desejo
Character: Camilo Ratto
Set in the early twentieth century and based on real facts, it tells the love story that led to the murder of one of the greatest Brazilian writers: Euclides da Cunha....
O Santo Mestiço
Character: Gerardo
Set in a fictional South American country, the telenovela was based on the true story of Saint Martin de Porres, born in Peru and canonized in 1962. In the plot, the Dominican friar faces strong religious persecution, but resists and remains in the country to help the faithful. Rosamaria Murtinho played Isabel, a lieutenant in a female militia who believed that religion was a danger to the regime....
A Grande Mentira
Character: Paulo Bacelar
Millionaire Roberto Albuquerque runs over Maria Cristina, and the two fall in love. But the young man's mother, Viridiana Albuquerque, disapproves of the relationship because the girl is poor. In the final chapters, already driven mad, Viridiana sets her own dress on fire....
O Julgamento
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Antônio Alves, Taxista
Character: Ariovaldo
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O Jardineiro Espanhol
Character: Sir Harington Brande
O Jardineiro Espanhol is a 1967 Brazilian telenovela that is based on A. J. Cronin's 1950 novel, The Spanish Gardener. The series was written by Tatiana Belinsky and directed by Fabio Sabag. It starred Ednei Giovenazzi as Nicholas, and Osmano Cardoso as the gardener. Other actors included Ana Rosa, João José Pompeo, Marcus Toledo, and Paulo Villaça. The British film adaptation was released in 1956, and TV Tupi originally broadcast another Brazilian adaptation of Cronin's novel in 1958....
Transas e Caretas
Character: Álvaro
The telenovela tells the story of Francisca Moura Imperial, a wealthy businesswoman, and her two sons: Jordão and Tiago, who show little interest in the family business. Jordão is the product of a whirlwind romance in Francisca's youth, while Tiago was born from her marriage to Roberto, a seductive man who moves in high society but is penniless. Francisca is preoccupied with her sons but cannot interfere in their lives as much as she would like. Eccentric and full of outlandish ideas, she decide...
João Brasileiro, o Bom Baiano
Character: Ele mesmo
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Brasileiras e Brasileiros
Character: Franco
Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom....
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O Espiritismo de Kardec aos Dias de Hoje
Character: Allan Kardec
A documentary on the importance of the Spiritism doctrine around the world, from its inception with Allan Kardec's works and experiences, first reported on "The Book of Spirits" and then other works, up to its current influence, wisdom and legacy with teachings about faith, human and spiritual evolution, the physical plan and the spiritual plan....
O Marginal
Character: Fineza
Fleeing from the orphanage where he was living, young Valdo immediately entered the life of the crime, establishing himself as a dangerous adult criminal. However, his petty thefts do not satisfy him and he longs for bigger things and when he becomes a lover of Beth, the young criminal realizes that he can enrich himself very and very fast....
Êxtase de Sádicos
Character: Tesoureiro
The police find the bodies of four bank robbers and the money from their last robbery burned. The fifth member of the gang, Toni, who was supposed to collect the money, tries to unravel the mystery. As Toni looks for the intellectual mentor of the assault, he remembers how you got into that situation....
No Coração dos Deuses
Character: Anhangüera
Following the clues of a map, a boy and some adventurers go into the forest in search of treasure from the pioneers, and end up going back two centuries in time, in search of the legendary Minas dos Martírios....
O Círculo de Fogo
Character:
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Mãos Vazias
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In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a woman rebels against local morality after her child dies, with tragic results....
Um Homem Célebre
Character: Deputado Vaz Lobo
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Reveillon
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As the clock ticks away announcing the end of the year, the four members of a family reveal their inabilities and frustrations, their defeats and the monotony of a life that drags on in a solitary way, even as a group....
Dybbuk: The Demon
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Hannan is a brilliant Talmudic scholar who is constantly searching for something that not even he knows exactly what it is, living in the anguish of constant existential crises. He delves into the mystical arts of Kabbalah, seeking answers to his questions, in addition to traveling to countless places....
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
Character: Narrador - Seis Personagens em Busca de Autor, de Luigi Pirandello
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