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Oscarito, stage name of Oscar Lorenzo Jacinto de la Inmaculada Concepción Teresa Diaz (August 16, 1906 – August 4, 1970) was a Spanish-Brazilian actor, considered to be one of the most popular comedians of Brazil.




Life


Born in a family of circus comedians, came to Brazil when he was one year old, but only became a naturalized citizen in 1949.
Made his debut in the circus at age five in 1914, where he learned to play the violin, besides being a clown, trapeze artist, acrobat and actor.
Made his debut in the revues in 1932, in the play Calma, Gegê, satirizing dictator Getúlio Vargas.
Made his debut in the cinema in Noites Cariocas (1935), although he had been an extra in a previous film (A Voz do Carnaval, 1933). He reached utmost fame with the comic duo he formed with Grande Otelo, in comedies directed by Carlos Manga and Watson Macedo.
He was married to Margot Louro and had two children, José Carlos and Mirian Thereza. In the morning of July 15, 1970, he suffered a stroke and was hospitalized, already in a coma. He died on August 4. His body was laid in the main hall of the Assembleia Legislativa do Rio de Janeiro, with the presence of more than two thousand people. The burial had the presence of five hundred people in the Cemitério São João Batista.




Filmography


1975 – Assim era a Atlântida
1968 – Jovens Para Frente
1967 – A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
1965 – Crônica da Cidade Amada
1962 – Os Apavorados
1962 – Entre Mulheres e Espiões
1960 – Dois Ladrões
1960 – Duas Histórias
1959 – O Cupim
1959 – Pintando o Sete
1959 – O Homem do Sputnik
1958 – Esse Milhão é Meu
1957 – De Vento em Popa
1957 – Treze Cadeiras
1956 – Vamos com Calma
1956 – Colégio de Brotos
1956 – Papai Fanfarrão
1955 – O Golpe
1955 – Guerra ao Samba
1954 – Matar ou Correr
1954 – Nem Sansão nem Dalila
1953 – Dupla do Barulho
1952 – Três Vagabundos
1952 – Carnaval Atlântida
1952 – Barnabé, tu és meu
1951 – Aí Vem o Barão
1950 – Aviso aos Navegantes .... Frederico
1949 – Carnaval no Fogo
1949 – Caçula do Barulho
1948 – É com Este que Eu Vou
1948 – Falta Alguém no Manicômio
1948 – E o Mundo se Diverte
1947 – Asas do Brasil
1947 – Este Mundo é um Pandeiro
1946 – Fantasma por Acaso
1945 – Não Adianta Chorar
1944 – Gente Honesta
1944 – Tristezas não Pagam Dívidas
1942 – Os Malandrões
1941 – O Dia é Nosso
1941 – Vinte e Quatro Horas de Sonho
1940 – Céu Azul
1938 – Banana da Terra
1938 – Bombonzinho
1938 – Está Tudo Aí!
1936 – Alô, Alô Carnaval
1935 – Noites Cariocas
1933 – A Voz do Carnaval




References






External links


Oscarito at IMDb

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