Actress Glória Menezes died this Tuesday (18) at the age of 91. The information was confirmed to CNN Brasil by the artist's advisor, who said that she passed away at home.
Actress Glória Menezes dies at age 91
Actress Glória Menezes died this Tuesday (18) at the age of 91. The information was confirmed to CNN Brasil by the artist's advisor, who said that she passed away at home. Considered the first lady of TV, Glória Menezes was a pioneer in...
Glória Menezes has dedicated herself to acting for most of her life. She was a student at the School of Dramatic Art at the University of São Paulo (USP) when she founded the theater group Jovens Independentes and chose to abandon her studies to immerse herself in the company.
- The veteran actress became a constant presence on Brazilian television and accumulated work in more than 40 soap operas, as well as miniseries and series.
- The debut in theaters also earned an award for the actress's CV.
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Considered the first lady of TV, Glória Menezes was a pioneer in starring in a daily soap opera on Brazilian television and has played iconic characters since she debuted as an actress in the late 1950s.
Glória Menezes has dedicated herself to acting for most of her life. She was a student at the School of Dramatic Art at the University of São Paulo (USP) when she founded the theater group Jovens Independentes and chose to abandon her studies to immerse herself in the company.
The veteran actress became a constant presence on Brazilian television and accumulated work in more than 40 soap operas, as well as miniseries and series.
The debut in theaters also earned an award for the actress's CV. She was part of the cast of “O Pagador de Promessas” (1962), which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In total, Glória Menezes acted in seven feature films.
Versatile career to play heroines and villains, the actress made history on TV playing young ladies like Ana Preta, in “Pai Herói” (1979), and Doña Sol, from “Sangue e Areia (1967)” and strong antagonists like the murderous socialite Laurinha Figueroa, in “Queen of Scrap” (1990).
In her CV of soap operas, Glória Menezes also includes “Cavalo de Aço” (1973), “Corpo a Corpo (1984), “Deus nos Acuda” (1992), “A Próxima Vítima” (1995), “Torre de Babel” (1998), “Porto dos Milagres” (2001), “Beijo do Vampiro” (2002), “Senhora of Destiny” (2004), “Páginas da Vida” (2006), “A Favorita” (2008) and more.
The last soap opera was “Totalmente Demais” (2015), in which she played Madame Stelinha, who she defined as a rich woman of “healthy futility” when speaking to GShow.
Her last work on TV was starring as herself in an episode of the series “Tá no Ar: a TV na TV” (2018).
Relationship with Tarcísio Meira It was between a soap opera and a play in the theater that Glória Menezes and Tarcísio Meira met and began a relationship lasting almost six decades that transformed the couple into television icons.
The two ended up acting together and played a couple in the teletheater “Uma Pires Camargo” (1961), on TV Tupi. At the time, Glória was married, but was in the process of separating and they began to have a secret relationship.
Already married, they were a romantic partner again in “2-5499 Ocupado” (1963), the first daily soap opera on Brazilian TV. She played an inmate who worked as a prison telephone operator, he fell in love when he heard her voice.
The couple's chemistry worked and pleased the viewers. Therefore, they returned to act together in several productions, including the soap operas “Irmãos Coragem” (1970), “Sangue e Areia” (1968), “Cavalo de Aço” (1973), “O Semideus” (1973), in addition to the series “Tarcísio & Glória”, which had a curious plot and far from being autobiographical, although it bore the names of the acting couple.
One of the longest-lasting marriages on Brazilian TV, the couple became parents to fellow actor Tarcísio Filho, 61.