Maria Alice Vergueiro
Encyclopedia
Maria Alice Monteiro de Campos Vergueiro (born January 19, 1935) is a Brazil
ian actress with an extensive career on stage, cinema, and television.
Born in São Paulo
, her theatrical debut was in 1962 in the show The Mandrake
("A Mandrágora") under the direction of Augusto Boal
. Later, she began working with the Teatro Oficina, where she appeared in the historical setting of O Rei da Vela (by Oswald de Andrade
), under the direction of José Celso Martinez Corrêa, which was later made into a film. She worked with the Living Theatre. She was the founder, along with Luiz Roberto Galízia and Cacá Rosset, of the Teatro do Ornitorrinco where she has appeared in various shows.
Recently she gained fame for the short film Tapa na Pantera, directed by Esmir Filho, Mariana Bastos and Rafael Gomes, in which she plays a woman who has smoked marijuana for 30 years and talks about her experiences with the drug, a character based on the actress' own experiences. The short became a success in less than a week when it was posted on YouTube
without the permission of the authors.
In the theater scene of São Paulo, she is known as "Dama do Underground" or "Velha Dama Indigna."
Brazil
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ian actress with an extensive career on stage, cinema, and television.
Born in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, her theatrical debut was in 1962 in the show The Mandrake
The Mandrake
The Mandrake is a satirical play by Italian Renaissance writer Niccolò Machiavelli. Its tale of the corruption of Italian society was written while Machiavelli was in exile, allegedly having plotted against the Medici...
("A Mandrágora") under the direction of Augusto Boal
Augusto Boal
Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre director, writer and politician. He was the founder of Theatre of the Oppressed, a theatrical form originally used in radical popular education movements...
. Later, she began working with the Teatro Oficina, where she appeared in the historical setting of O Rei da Vela (by Oswald de Andrade
Oswald de Andrade
José Oswald de Andrade Souza was a Brazilian poet and polemicist. He was born and spent most of his life in São Paulo....
), under the direction of José Celso Martinez Corrêa, which was later made into a film. She worked with the Living Theatre. She was the founder, along with Luiz Roberto Galízia and Cacá Rosset, of the Teatro do Ornitorrinco where she has appeared in various shows.
Recently she gained fame for the short film Tapa na Pantera, directed by Esmir Filho, Mariana Bastos and Rafael Gomes, in which she plays a woman who has smoked marijuana for 30 years and talks about her experiences with the drug, a character based on the actress' own experiences. The short became a success in less than a week when it was posted on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
without the permission of the authors.
In the theater scene of São Paulo, she is known as "Dama do Underground" or "Velha Dama Indigna."
For theater
- Vigília Literária (2005)
- O Clássico da Vanguarda: documentação e história (2005)
- Temporada de Gripe (2003)
- Mãe Coragem e Seus Filhos (2002)
- Sabah das Bruxas (1999)
- O Avarento (1998)
- No Alvo (1996)
- A Comédia dos Erros (1994)
- O Amor de Dom Perlimplim com Belisa em seu Jardim (acted and directed, 1992)
- O Doente Imaginário (1989)
- E Ponha o Tédio no...Ó (1989)
- A Velha Dama Indigna (1988)
- Katastrophé (1986)
- Eletra Com Creta (1986)
- O Gosto da Própria Carne (1985)
- O Belo Indiferente (1983)
- Mahagonny Songspiel (1983)
- O Lírio do Inferno (1982)
- O Percevejo (1981)
- A Ópera do Malandro (1978)
- Teatro do Ornitorrinco Canta Brecht e Weill (1977)
- Os Mais Fortes (1977)
- Delírio Tropical (1977)
- Galileu Galilei (1975)
- O Casamento do Pequeno Burguês (1973)
- Gracias, Señor (1972)
- O Rei da Vela (1967)
- A Grande Chantagem (1965)
- A Ópera dos Três Vinténs (1964)
- A Mandrágora (1962)
For cinema
- Tapa na Pantera - Pantera (2006)
- Ato II Cena 5 - Actress (2004)
- Cronicamente Inviável (2000)
- A Grande Noitada (1997)
- Perfume de Gardênia (1992)
- O Corpo – Wife of the chief of police (1991)
- Romance (1988)
- Urubus e Papagaios (1985)
- O Rei da Vela (1983)
- Maldita Coincidência (1979)
- Amor e Medo (1974)
External links
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