Cacilda Becker
| Cacilda Becker | |
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| Born |
Cacilda Becker Iaconis April 6, 1921 Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Died |
June 6, 1969 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1943-1969 |
| Spouse(s) | Walmor Chagas |
Cacilda Becker Iaconis, (April 6, 1921 - June 14, 1969) was a Brazilian actress.
Life and career
Daughter of Italian immigrant Edmondo Iaconis and Alzira Becker, Cacilda was just nine years old when her parents marriage broke up and his mother was forced to raise three daughters alone, one of these sisters was Cleyde Yáconis, who also became an actress. For this reason, they settled in the city of Santos, where she, still young, starting attending the bohemians and avant-garde circles in the city, since as being the daughter of poor parents separated she could not establish friendship with people of high society.
Cacilda started as an actress in theater amateur groups and turned professional in 1948. This year, Nydia Lycia turned down a role in the play "Mulher do Próximo" (Women's Next) by Abilio Pereira de Almeida, produced by the Brazilian Comedy Theater (TBC) to not have to kiss or say "lover" in the scene, because this could cost you employment at a major store. Cacilda, who replaced her, demanded to be hired as a professional, ending the old prejudice that serious artist should be dilettante
In 30 years of career, Cacilda performed in 68 plays staged in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo; made two films ("Luz dos Seus Olhos" - Light in Their Eyes - in 1947 and in "Floradas na Serra" - Sierra Blossoms - in 1954) and a soap opera ("Ciúmes" - Jealousy, 1966). On TV Tupi besides participating in teleteatros, Cacilda inaugurated the Teatro Municipal de São Carlos with the play Waiting for Godot in early 1969.
Cacilda overwhelming passions aroused and had three husbands, the latter Walmor Chagas, who adopted her only daughter, Maria Clara Chagas Becker, born in 1964.
Death
During the presentation of the play Waiting for Godot, which staged with her husband Walmor Chagas, in São Paulo, on May 6, 1969, Cacilda suffered a stroke and was taken to the hospital, still in the clothes of her character. She died after 38 days in coma and was buried in the Cemetery of Araçá, attended by a crowd of admirers.
In popular culture
Cacilda Becker has already been portrayed as a character in film and television, played by Camila Morgado in the miniseries "Um Só Coração" (One Heart) (2004) and Ada Chaseliov in the film "Brasilia 18%" (2006).