Glória Pires
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Glória Maria Cláudia Pires de Moraes, known simply as Glória Pires (born August 23, 1963), is a Brazil
ian actress. She is best known for her roles in Rede Globo
telenovela
s such as Dancin' Days, Cabocla, Vale Tudo, Mulheres de Areia and O Rei do Gado. She is also known for starring in films such as Academy Award-nominated O Quatrilho
, box-office hit Se Eu Fosse Você and its sequel, and the recent Lula, o filho do Brasil
, which is the most expensive Brazilian film of all time.
. She is the daughter of producer Elza Pires and actor Antônio Carlos Pires. She has a sister named Linda Pires, a therapist.
In 1971, Glória made a screen test for the role of Zizi in the Globo telenovela O Primeiro Amor, but is rejected. In 1972 she made her debut in the network's Caso Especial episode "Sombra de Suspeita". That same year she made her telenovela debut starring in a minor role in Janete Clair
's Selva de Pedra. It became the only telenovela in the history of Brazil to reach 100 percent of share. In 1973 Glória landed a tiny role in Clair's O Semideus. She also acted alongside her father and Chico Anysio on the comedy program Chico City, broadcast on Rede Globo. She would act in several other comedy programs. In 1976, Glória starred in Clair's Duas Vidas, where she learned a lot from senior actor Luiz Gustavo, which played her father in the telenovela. In 1977, disappointed with the roles offered to her, she decided to take a break from acting.
In 1978, Glória learned from her father that director Daniel Filho was searching for an actress to play Sônia Braga
's teenager daughter in his telenovela Dancin' Days. After much deliberation, she decided to take the screen test for the role. The telenovela was a big hit and Glória won the Best Newcomer Award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics. During the telenovela's original broadcast, she faced censorship from the Juvenile Court, which prohibited her from giving interviews based on her controversial opinions about the school system. In June 1979 Glória landed the lead role in Cabocla opposite her husband Fábio Júnior. She was unable to shoot the final scenes of the telenovela due to a harsh stress crisis that kept her hospitalized for two weeks.
's novel of the same name. She made a deal with Globo so that she could act in her first feature film after the end of this telenovela. In 1981, Glória starred in Fábio Barreto
's Índia, a filha do Sol as Putkoy, a Native Brazilian who falls in love with a white soldier played by Nuno Leal Maia. This was also Barreto's first feature film.
In 1982 Glória took a break from acting due to her first pregnancy. In 1983 she returned to telenovelas with Louco Amor as newly graduated journalist Cláudia. During this telenovela, Nelson Pereira dos Santos invited her to play Heloísa, Graciliano Ramos
' wife, in his film Memórias do Cárcere. This was her second collaboration with Fábio Barreto, which starred as Siqueira Campos. Glória attended the film's premiere alongside real life Heloísa. In 1984, she acted in the telenovela Partido Alto. The following year would mark Globo's 20th anniversary, and the mini-series O Tempo e o Vento, an adaptation of Érico Veríssimo
's novel, would be produced to celebrate it. After she learned of the intentions of Paulo José, the director of the mini-series, to cast her as the main lead Ana Terra, Glória convinced Globo's head director Daniel Filho that she could reconcile the shotings of the telenovela and the mini-series.
After O Tempo e o Vento, Glória starred in her second film, Francisco Ramalho Júnior's Bésame Mucho, alongside Antônio Fagundes
and José Wilker
. She moved to São Paulo for two months with daughter Cléo in order to shot the film. In 1987 she starred in the telenovela Direito de Amar and in the film Jorge, Um Brasileiro. In 1988, she postponed her honeymoon with second husband Orlando Moraes in order to play Maria de Fátima, Regina Duarte
's daughter and antagonist, in Vale Tudo.
' novel of the same name. It won Glória another award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics and was shown in various international markets under the international title Merciless Land. In 1995 she starred in O Quatrilho
, her third collaboration with Fábio Barreto. Glória received several best actress awards and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
.
In 1996, Glória starred in O Rei do Gado with Patrícia Pillar
, her co-star in O Quatrilho. In 1997 she starred as the main lead in Anjo Mau. It was one of the highest-rating telenovelas ever in the 6 p.m. timeslot. The following year, Glória moved to Los Angeles
with her family to seek privacy. After living a whole year in California, Glória starred in Suave Veneno.
In 2000, Glória gave birth to her third daughter. The following year she starred in the film adaptation of A Partilha, a play by Miguel Falabella
. Just like the play, the film was also a critical and commercial success. In 2002, Glória starred in Desejos de Mulher, one of the lowest-rating telenovelas in the history of Globo. The following year, she moved with her family to Goiás
, the native state of her husband, living among a ranch and an apartment. In 2004, she gave birth to Bento, her fourth child and first son.
In 2005, Glória's father died as an implication of Parkinson's disease
. That same year she filmed Daniel Filho's Se Eu Fosse Você alongside Tony Ramos. It became one of the highest-grossing Brazilian films since the Retomada, selling more than 4 million tickets. After the flop of Desejos de Mulher, she returned to telenovelas with the 2005 hit Belíssima, alongside Fernanda Montenegro
.
In 2006 she stars in Daniel Filho's Cousin Basilio, an adaptation of an Eça de Queirós novel. The following year she starred opposite Tony Ramos in Paraíso Tropical. In early 2008, once again seeking privacy, she moved to Paris
with her family. In 2009 she released Se Eu Fosse Você 2, which became the highest-grossing Brazilian film of the decade, and starred in Lula, o filho do Brasil
, a biopic about President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
, marking her fourth collaboration with Fábio Barreto and the first with her daughter Cléo. She also starred in É Proibido Fumar
Glória recently announced that she will release her biography before returning to Paris on March 8, 2010. The book 40 Anos de Glória, written by Eduardo Nassife and Fábio Fabrício Fabretti, will mark the 40 years of her career.
, Glória dated Chico Anysio's son Nizo Neto. From 1979 to 1983 she was married to singer and actor Fábio Júnior, father of her oldest daughter, Cléo Pires
(b. October 2, 1982), also an actress. She is married to singer Orlando Moraes since April 1988, with whom she had Antônia (b. August 7, 1992), Ana (b. July 10, 2000), and Bento (b. October 4, 2004).
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian actress. She is best known for her roles in Rede Globo
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s such as Dancin' Days, Cabocla, Vale Tudo, Mulheres de Areia and O Rei do Gado. She is also known for starring in films such as Academy Award-nominated O Quatrilho
O Quatrilho
O Quatrilho is a 1995 Brazilian drama film directed by Fábio Barreto. It was adapted from a José Clemente Pozenato novel by telenovela writer Antônio Calmon and screenwriter Leopoldo Serran. It stars famous telenovela actresses Patrícia Pillar and Glória Pires and Bruno Campos, which later became...
, box-office hit Se Eu Fosse Você and its sequel, and the recent Lula, o filho do Brasil
Lula, o filho do Brasil
Lula, The Son of Brazil is a 2009 biographical Brazilian drama film based on the early life of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Fábio Barreto, the film was released on January 1, 2010...
, which is the most expensive Brazilian film of all time.
Biography
Pires was born on August 23, 1963 in Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. She is the daughter of producer Elza Pires and actor Antônio Carlos Pires. She has a sister named Linda Pires, a therapist.
1970s
Glória made her debut as an actress at the age of 5, on the telenovela A Pequena Órfã, broadcast on the now defunct TV Excelsior. She initially participated only in the show's opening sequence, but director Dionísio Azevedo would later cast her to play a minor character. On her first day of shooting, however, she experienced a nasal hemorrhage and was removed from the telenovela. Later, when the lead actress Patrícia Ayres dropped out due to contractual reasons, Glória had a second chance by dubbing Ayres' voice.In 1971, Glória made a screen test for the role of Zizi in the Globo telenovela O Primeiro Amor, but is rejected. In 1972 she made her debut in the network's Caso Especial episode "Sombra de Suspeita". That same year she made her telenovela debut starring in a minor role in Janete Clair
Janete Clair
Janete Clair was a Brazilian television, radio play, and novel writer born in Conquista, Minas Gerais, Brazil. TV series in Brazil continued to be based on her work fifteen years after her 1983 death from cancer in Rio de Janeiro. She was the wife of writer Alfredo Dias Gomes.-External links:...
's Selva de Pedra. It became the only telenovela in the history of Brazil to reach 100 percent of share. In 1973 Glória landed a tiny role in Clair's O Semideus. She also acted alongside her father and Chico Anysio on the comedy program Chico City, broadcast on Rede Globo. She would act in several other comedy programs. In 1976, Glória starred in Clair's Duas Vidas, where she learned a lot from senior actor Luiz Gustavo, which played her father in the telenovela. In 1977, disappointed with the roles offered to her, she decided to take a break from acting.
In 1978, Glória learned from her father that director Daniel Filho was searching for an actress to play Sônia Braga
Sônia Braga
Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian actress. She has been nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award.-Early life:...
's teenager daughter in his telenovela Dancin' Days. After much deliberation, she decided to take the screen test for the role. The telenovela was a big hit and Glória won the Best Newcomer Award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics. During the telenovela's original broadcast, she faced censorship from the Juvenile Court, which prohibited her from giving interviews based on her controversial opinions about the school system. In June 1979 Glória landed the lead role in Cabocla opposite her husband Fábio Júnior. She was unable to shoot the final scenes of the telenovela due to a harsh stress crisis that kept her hospitalized for two weeks.
1980s
In 1980, after she left the hospital, Glória decided to change her visual, cutting and lightening her hair. Her next telenovelas were Água Viva and As Três Marias, an adaptation of Clarice LispectorClarice Lispector
Clarice Lispector was a Brazilian writer. Acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories, she was also a journalist...
's novel of the same name. She made a deal with Globo so that she could act in her first feature film after the end of this telenovela. In 1981, Glória starred in Fábio Barreto
Fábio Barreto
Fábio Barreto is a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for directing and co-writing Lula, o filho do Brasil, a biography based on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's early life, which had been the most expensive film in the history of Brazilian cinema...
's Índia, a filha do Sol as Putkoy, a Native Brazilian who falls in love with a white soldier played by Nuno Leal Maia. This was also Barreto's first feature film.
In 1982 Glória took a break from acting due to her first pregnancy. In 1983 she returned to telenovelas with Louco Amor as newly graduated journalist Cláudia. During this telenovela, Nelson Pereira dos Santos invited her to play Heloísa, Graciliano Ramos
Graciliano Ramos
Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira was a Brazilian Post-Modernist writer, politician and journalist. In most of his novels he depicts the precarious situation of the poor inhabitants of the Brazilian sertão.-Life:Graciliano Ramos de Oliveira was born in the city of Quebrangulo, in the Brazilian State...
' wife, in his film Memórias do Cárcere. This was her second collaboration with Fábio Barreto, which starred as Siqueira Campos. Glória attended the film's premiere alongside real life Heloísa. In 1984, she acted in the telenovela Partido Alto. The following year would mark Globo's 20th anniversary, and the mini-series O Tempo e o Vento, an adaptation of Érico Veríssimo
Erico Verissimo
Erico Verissimo was an important Brazilian writer, born in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. His father, Sebastião Veríssimo da Fonseca, heir of a rich family in Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, met financial ruin during his son's youth...
's novel, would be produced to celebrate it. After she learned of the intentions of Paulo José, the director of the mini-series, to cast her as the main lead Ana Terra, Glória convinced Globo's head director Daniel Filho that she could reconcile the shotings of the telenovela and the mini-series.
After O Tempo e o Vento, Glória starred in her second film, Francisco Ramalho Júnior's Bésame Mucho, alongside Antônio Fagundes
Antônio Fagundes
Antônio da Silva Fagundes Filho is a Brazilian actor.- External links :...
and José Wilker
José Wilker
José Wilker de Almeida is a Brazilian actor of film, stage and TV, born in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, Northeast of Brazil.-Filmography:* A falecida * A vida provisória * Estranho triângulo...
. She moved to São Paulo for two months with daughter Cléo in order to shot the film. In 1987 she starred in the telenovela Direito de Amar and in the film Jorge, Um Brasileiro. In 1988, she postponed her honeymoon with second husband Orlando Moraes in order to play Maria de Fátima, Regina Duarte
Regina Duarte
Regina Blois Duarte is a Brazilian film, television and stage actress. Her efforts against the current Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the 2002 elections caused considerable controversy. Duarte appeared in a TV advertisement saying that she was afraid of what could happen to...
's daughter and antagonist, in Vale Tudo.
1990s and 2000s
In 1990 Glória starred in Mico Preto, followed by O Dono do Mundo. In 1993, after the bith of her second daughter, Glória starred in a remake of Mulheres de Areia playing twin sisters. She received the Troféu Imprensa Award for Best Actress for her performance in the telenovela. In 1994 she starred in the mini-series Memorial de Maria Moura, adapted from the Raquel de QueirozRachel de Queiroz
Rachel de Queiroz was a Brazilian author and journalist....
' novel of the same name. It won Glória another award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics and was shown in various international markets under the international title Merciless Land. In 1995 she starred in O Quatrilho
O Quatrilho
O Quatrilho is a 1995 Brazilian drama film directed by Fábio Barreto. It was adapted from a José Clemente Pozenato novel by telenovela writer Antônio Calmon and screenwriter Leopoldo Serran. It stars famous telenovela actresses Patrícia Pillar and Glória Pires and Bruno Campos, which later became...
, her third collaboration with Fábio Barreto. Glória received several best actress awards and the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
.
In 1996, Glória starred in O Rei do Gado with Patrícia Pillar
Patrícia Pillar
Patrícia Pillar is a Brazilian television and film actress.-Biography:Patrícia Gadelha Pillar was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal to Nuno Pillar and Lucy Gadelha...
, her co-star in O Quatrilho. In 1997 she starred as the main lead in Anjo Mau. It was one of the highest-rating telenovelas ever in the 6 p.m. timeslot. The following year, Glória moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
with her family to seek privacy. After living a whole year in California, Glória starred in Suave Veneno.
In 2000, Glória gave birth to her third daughter. The following year she starred in the film adaptation of A Partilha, a play by Miguel Falabella
Miguel Falabella
Miguel Falabella is a Brazilian TV, cinema and theater actor, producer, writer and director.-External links:*...
. Just like the play, the film was also a critical and commercial success. In 2002, Glória starred in Desejos de Mulher, one of the lowest-rating telenovelas in the history of Globo. The following year, she moved with her family to Goiás
Goiás
Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...
, the native state of her husband, living among a ranch and an apartment. In 2004, she gave birth to Bento, her fourth child and first son.
In 2005, Glória's father died as an implication of Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...
. That same year she filmed Daniel Filho's Se Eu Fosse Você alongside Tony Ramos. It became one of the highest-grossing Brazilian films since the Retomada, selling more than 4 million tickets. After the flop of Desejos de Mulher, she returned to telenovelas with the 2005 hit Belíssima, alongside Fernanda Montenegro
Fernanda Montenegro
Fernanda Montenegro is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress, mostly recognized for her leading role in Central Station, which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Brazilian actor to be nominated.She is commonly revered as one of Brazil's finest...
.
In 2006 she stars in Daniel Filho's Cousin Basilio, an adaptation of an Eça de Queirós novel. The following year she starred opposite Tony Ramos in Paraíso Tropical. In early 2008, once again seeking privacy, she moved to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with her family. In 2009 she released Se Eu Fosse Você 2, which became the highest-grossing Brazilian film of the decade, and starred in Lula, o filho do Brasil
Lula, o filho do Brasil
Lula, The Son of Brazil is a 2009 biographical Brazilian drama film based on the early life of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Fábio Barreto, the film was released on January 1, 2010...
, a biopic about President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , known popularly as Lula, served as the 35th President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.A founding member of the Workers' Party , he ran for President three times unsuccessfully, first in the 1989 election. Lula achieved victory in the 2002 election, and was inaugurated as...
, marking her fourth collaboration with Fábio Barreto and the first with her daughter Cléo. She also starred in É Proibido Fumar
Glória recently announced that she will release her biography before returning to Paris on March 8, 2010. The book 40 Anos de Glória, written by Eduardo Nassife and Fábio Fabrício Fabretti, will mark the 40 years of her career.
Personal life
In the 1970s1970s
File:1970s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: US President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office after the Watergate scandal in 1974; Refugees aboard a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; The 1973 oil...
, Glória dated Chico Anysio's son Nizo Neto. From 1979 to 1983 she was married to singer and actor Fábio Júnior, father of her oldest daughter, Cléo Pires
Cléo Pires
Cléo Pires Ayrosa Galvão, known simply as Cléo Pires , is a Brazilian actress. Daughter of actress Glória Pires and singer-songwriter Fábio Júnior, Cléo Pires is also half-sister of the actor and singer-songwriter Filipe Galvão. She first gained notoriety for her roles in the 2003 film Benjamim and...
(b. October 2, 1982), also an actress. She is married to singer Orlando Moraes since April 1988, with whom she had Antônia (b. August 7, 1992), Ana (b. July 10, 2000), and Bento (b. October 4, 2004).
Awards
Over the 40 years of her professional career, Glória Pires has won numerous awards. In 1979 she won the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Award for Most Promising Television Actress for Dancin' Days. In 1989, 1992, and 1994, she won the APCA trophy for Best Television Actress for Vale Tudo, O Dono do Mundo, and Mulheres de Areia, respectively. In 1995 Glória won the Havana Film Festival Best Actress Award for her performance in O Quatrilho. In 1996 she received the APCA trophy for Best Film Actress for O Quatrilho, a feat she would repeate in 2010 with É Proibido Fumar. In 2009 Glória won the Brasília Film Festival Candango Award for Best Acrtess for her performance in É Proibido Fumar.Filmography
- 2009 - Lula, o filho do BrasilLula, o filho do BrasilLula, The Son of Brazil is a 2009 biographical Brazilian drama film based on the early life of former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Fábio Barreto, the film was released on January 1, 2010...
as Dona Lindu - 2008 - É Proibido Fumar as Baby
- 2008 - Se Eu Fosse Você 2 as Helena/Cláudio
- 2007 - Cousin Basilio as Juliana
- 2006 - Se Eu Fosse Você as Helena/Cláudio
- 2001 - A Partilha as Selma
- 1997 - Pequeno Dicionário Amoroso as fortune teller
- 1996 - O Guarani as Isabel
- 1995 - O QuatrilhoO QuatrilhoO Quatrilho is a 1995 Brazilian drama film directed by Fábio Barreto. It was adapted from a José Clemente Pozenato novel by telenovela writer Antônio Calmon and screenwriter Leopoldo Serran. It stars famous telenovela actresses Patrícia Pillar and Glória Pires and Bruno Campos, which later became...
as Pierina - 1988 - Jorge, um Brasileiro as Sandra
- 1987 - Besame Mucho as Olga
- 1984 - Memórias do CárcereMemórias do CárcereMemórias do Cárcere may refer to:*Memórias do Cárcere is a book by Camilo Castelo Branco in 1862;*Memórias do Cárcere is a book by Graciliano Ramos in 1953;*Memórias do Cárcere is a film by Nelson Pereira dos Santos in 1984....
as Dona Heloísa - 1982 - Índia, a Filha do Sol as Indian
TV work
- 2011: Foolish HeartInsensato CoraçãoInsensato Coração is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 2011.-Cast:* Eriberto Leão - Pedro Brandão* Gabriel Braga Nunes - Léo Brandão* Paola Oliveira - Marina Drumond* Glória Pires - Norma Pimentel Amaral...
as Norma Amaral - 2007: Paraíso Tropical as Lúcia Vilela
- 2005: Belíssima (Beauty) as Júlia Assumpção
- 2002: Desejos de Mulher as Julia Miranda Moreno
- 1999: Suave VenenoSuave VenenoSuave Veneno is a Brazilian soap opera produced by the Rede Globo in 1999. It was written by Aguinaldo Silva.- External link :*...
as Inês Fragonard / Lavínia Stuart - 1997: Anjo Mau (Bad Angel) as Nice
- 1996: O Rei do Gado as Rafaela Berdinazzi/Marieta
- 1994: Memorial de Maria Moura as Maria Moura
- 1993: Mulheres de Areia as Ruth/Raquel Araújo
- 1991: O Dono do Mundo as Estela Maciel
- 1990: Mico Preto as Sarita
- 1988: Vale Tudo as Maria de Fátima Acioly Roitman
- 1987: Direito de Amar as Rosália Medeiros
- 1984: Partido Alto as Celina
- 1983: Louco Amor as Cláudia
- 1980: Água Viva as Sandra
- 1979: Cabocla as Zuca
- 1978: Dancin' Days as Marisa
- 1976: Duas Vidas as Letícia
- 1973: O Semideus as Ione
- 1972: Selva de Pedra as Fatinha (Fátima)