Grande Otelo

Born: 1915-10-18, Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil

Died: 1993-11-26

Biography

Grande Otelo, pseudonym of Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata OMC (Uberlândia, October 18, 1915 – Roissy-en-France, November 26, 1993), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, producer and composer. He was an artist in Rio's casinos and in the so-called revue theater, he participated in several successful Brazilian films, including the famous chanchadas in the 1940s and 1950s, which he starred in in partnership with the comic Oscarito, and the film version of Macunaíma, made in 1969. He is often cited as one of the most important actors in Brazilian history.

Filmography

• Os Trapalhões (1977)
• Uma Rosa com Amor (1972)
• Bravo! (1975)
• Bandeira 2 (1971)
• Feijão Maravilha (1979)
• Obrigado, Doutor (1981)
• Os Ossos do Barão (1973)
• Três Vagabundos (1952)
• Getúlio Vargas (1974)
• Fala Mangueira! (1983)
• A Agonia (1976)
• Romance Proibido (1944)
• O Flagrante (1976)
• Macunaíma (1969)
• Céu Azul (1941)
• Noites Cariocas (1935)
• Barnabé, Tu És Meu (1952)
• Malandros em Quarta Dimensão (1954)
• Mulheres à Vista (1959)
• Assim Era a Atlântida (1975)
• Carioca Tigre (1976)
• Aventuras d'um Detetive Português (1975)
• O Caçula do Barulho (1949)
• Mujeres de fuego (1958)
• Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas (1943)
• Aviso aos Navegantes (1950)
• Asa Branca - Um Sonho Brasileiro (1980)
• Katharsys (2022)
• Não Aperta, Aparício (1970)
• É com Este Que Eu Vou (1948)