Rita Cléos

Rita Cléos
Born September 29, 1931
Juiz de Fora
Died May 21, 1988 (aged 56)
Rio de Janeiro
Other names Rita Schadrack
Occupation Actress
Known for First actress in a bathing scene on Brazilian television

Rita Cléos (née Rita Schadrack; sometimes credited as Rita Cleoci; Blumenau, September 29, 1931 – Curitiba, May 21, 1988) was a Brazilian film, stage, and voice actress. She appeared in films such as Grande Teatro Tupi (1951), É Proibido Beijar (1954),[1] Macumba na Alta (1958)[2] and A Noite das Depravadas (1981).[3] She was the first actress to make a bathing scene on Brazilian television.[4]

Life and career

Rita Cléos was the daughter of Ernesto (1900-1966) and Elsa Schadrack (1905-1977).[5] In 1935, she emigrated with her family to Germany, where she spent her childhood. In 1946, she returned to her hometown.

Rita began her artistic career making films, having worked between 1953 and 1958 in the productions Esquina da Ilusão,[1] A Família Lero-Lero,[1] É Proibido Beijar and Macumba da Alta.[6] In 1962, Rita began working for TV Tupi and, from 1962 to 1969, appeared in a series of soap operas such as A Intrusa, Prelúdio, A Vida de Chopin, Klauss, O Loiro, Moulin Rouge, A Vida de Toulouse Lautrec, A Gata, Quem Casa com Maria, Teresa, O Cara Suja, O Pecado de Cada Um, Sangue do Meu Sangue and Dez Vidas.[6]

During her career, Rita worked alongside many television actors and actresses including Vera Campos, Débora Duarte, Irenita Duarte, Lisa Negri, and Ana Rosa.[7] She became popularly known when she interpreted Iara, alongside Sergio Cardoso, in the soap opera O Cara Suja, in 1965.[8] She returned to film-making and made the movies Diário de Uma Prostituta and A Noite das Depravadas.

Rita also worked as voice actress taking the role of several characters from the cartoon Woody Woodpecker,[9] and the character Yumi of Spectreman,[10] but her voice is mostly recognized by the character Samantha Stephens on the television show Bewitched.[11] In 1982, she starred in the miniseries Maria Stuart, produced by TV Cultura.[6] She died of a heart attack in Curitiba in 1988.

Filmography

Soap operas

  • A Intrusa (1962)
  • Prelúdio (1962)
  • Klauss, o Loiro (1963)
  • Moulin Rouge, A Vida de Toulouse Lautrec (1963)
  • A Gata (1964)
  • Quem Casa com Maria? (1964)
  • Teresa (1965)
  • O Cara Suja (1965)
  • O Pecado de Cada Um (1965-1966)
  • Redenção (1966-1968)
  • Legião dos Esquecidos (1968-1969)
  • Sangue do Meu Sangue (1969-1970)
  • Dez Vidas (1969-1970)
  • Mais Forte que o Ódio (1970)
  • Maria Stuart (1982)

Voice actress

  • Samantha Stephens (Elizabeth Montgomery) in the series Bewitched
  • Libby, in the series Naked City
  • Jan, in the animation Space Ghost
  • Dubbed actresses in the series, Lost in Space and I Dream of Jeannie
  • Characters in the animation Woody Woodpecker
  • Yumi in the series Spectreman

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Veracruz" (in Portuguese). Cinema Brasileiro. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  2. ↑ Viany, Alex (1959). Introdução ao cinema brasileiro (in Portuguese). Ministério da Educac̜ão e Cultura, Instituto Nacional do Livro. p. 259.
  3. ↑ Guia de filmes (in Portuguese). Embrafilme. 1977. p. 53.
  4. ↑ "Lá vem a noiva" (in Portuguese). Folha de São Paulo. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  5. ↑ "My Heritage Family Trees". World Vital Records. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Biografia de Rita Cleos" (in Portuguese). Museu da TV. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  7. ↑ "Quem Casa com Maria?" (in Portuguese). Teledramaturgia. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  8. ↑ "Era uma vez na TV: Um italiano grosseirão fez de Sérgio Cardoso o galã da Tupi" (in Portuguese). Cartao de Visita. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  9. ↑ "O Fantastico mundo de woodpecker" (in Portuguese). Meadd. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  10. ↑ "Morre ator de Spectreman" (in Portuguese). Henshin. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  11. ↑ "A Feiticeira" (in Portuguese). Mofolandia. Retrieved 2014-06-22.

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