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Grande Otelo

Grande Otelo

Acting

Born October 18, 1915, Ubêrlandia, MInas Gerais, Brazil

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

Appearances as themselves (25)
  • 2024Othelo The Great — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022The Welles Raft — Himself (Archive Footage)
  • 2020Candango: Memoirs from a Festival — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Memórias do Grupo Opinião — Self (archive footage)
  • 2019Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Naked Eye — Self (archive footage)
  • 2009Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado — Self
  • 2005Othelo — Self
  • 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional — Self
  • 1997It's All Brazil — Self (archive footage)
  • 1994Cachoeiro em Três Tons — Self
  • 1993It's All True — Self
  • 1991A Embaixatriz do Samba — Self
  • 1988Abolition — Himself
  • 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Cariocas, The City Musicians — Self
  • 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion — Self
  • 1987Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman — Self
  • 1986It's Not All True — Himself
  • A Gata Comeu — Self
  • 1981Brasil — Self (archive footage)
  • Grandes Nomes — Self
  • 1975Chinese Viola — Self
  • 1972Semana de Arte Moderna — himself
  • 1971Sebastião Prata, ou Bem Dizendo, Grande Otelo — Self