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Mário Lago(1911-2002)

  • Actor
  • Music Department
  • Writer
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Mário Lago
Actor, composer, activist, lawyer, poet and radio broadcaster, the Brazilian Mario Lago was a multi-talented man born in 1911. He was an ardent communist who was imprisoned by the Brazilian government seven times between 1932 and 1969. The Andrew Sisters popularized his song "Aurora" in the 1941 film Hold that Ghost He died in 2012.
BornNovember 29, 1911
DiedMay 30, 2002(90)
BornNovember 29, 1911
DiedMay 30, 2002(90)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins total

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Known for

Nina (1977)
Nina
7.6
TV Series
  • Galba
Carlos Alberto in A Ponte dos Suspiros (1969)
A Ponte dos Suspiros
TV Series
  • Foscari
O Casarão (1976)
O Casarão
6.9
TV Series
  • Atílio Souza
Carmen Miranda in Banana-da-Terra (1939)
Banana-da-Terra
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1939

Credits

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Actor

  • Giovanna Antonelli in The Clone (2001)
    The Clone
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Dr. Molina
    • 2001–2002
  • Fábio Assunção and Malu Mader in The Power of Desire (1999)
    The Power of Desire
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Teodoro
    • 1999–2000
  • Marisa Orth and Marcos Palmeira in Brava Gente (2000)
    Brava Gente
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Eleutério
    • 2000
  • Tony Ramos in Torre de Babel (1998)
    Torre de Babel
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Priest
    • 1998–1999
  • Woman (1998)
    Woman
    7.6
    TV Series
    • 1999
  • Você Decide (1992)
    Você Decide
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Aparício
    • Governador Nereu
    • Moacir ...
    • 1992–1999
  • Hilda Hurricane (1998)
    Hilda Hurricane
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Olavo
    • 1998
  • Eduardo Moscovis in Capital Sin (1998)
    Capital Sin
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Amatto
    • 1998–1999
  • Ricardo Macchi in Gypsy Heart (1995)
    Gypsy Heart
    5.7
    TV Series
    • 1995–1996
  • História de Amor (1995)
    História de Amor
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Professor Medina
    • 1995–1996
  • O Fim do Mundo (1996)
    O Fim do Mundo
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Frei Luiz
    • 1996
  • Quem É Você? (1996)
    Quem É Você?
    5.7
    TV Series
    • 1996
  • Cláudia Raia in Cutie Pie... Her Loves and Sins (1995)
    Cutie Pie... Her Loves and Sins
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Osmar
    • 1995
  • Humberto Martins in Four Lives, Four Loves (1994)
    Four Lives, Four Loves
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Henrique
    • 1994
  • Eri Johnson in De Corpo e Alma (1992)
    De Corpo e Alma
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Desembargador
    • 1992–1993

Music Department

  • Lauro Corona and Deborah Evelyn in Vida Nova (1988)
    Vida Nova
    6.1
    TV Series
    • composer: theme song
    • 1988–1989

Writer

  • Pedro Paulo Rangel in O Noviço (1975)
    O Noviço
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1975–1976
  • Presídio de Mulheres
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1967
  • Essa Gatinha é Minha (1966)
    Essa Gatinha é Minha
    6.2
    • Writer
    • 1966
  • O Cupim (1960)
    O Cupim
    7.0
    • play "O Cupim"
    • 1960
  • Papai Fanfarrão (1957)
    Papai Fanfarrão
    6.6
    • play
    • 1957
  • O Golpe (1956)
    O Golpe
    7.4
    • play
    • 1956
  • Está com Tudo (1952)
    Está com Tudo
    • play "A Cura do Amor"
    • 1952
  • Carmen Miranda in Banana-da-Terra (1939)
    Banana-da-Terra
    6.4
    • writer
    • 1939

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Mario Lago
  • Born
    • November 29, 1911
    • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Died
    • May 30, 2002
    • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(emphysema)
  • Spouse
    • Zeli Cordeiro1974 - 1998 (her death, 5 children)
  • Children
      Mário Lago
  • Parents
      Antônio Lago

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Father of Vanda, Antonio Henrique, Graça Maria, Luiz Carlos and Mário and grandfather of Andrea, Elena, Carlos, César, Pedro, Ricardo, Juliana and Mário Neto.

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