Ita Szafran (25 September 1923 – 22 February 2009),Ida Gomes. TV Globo known professionally as Ida Gomes, was a Polish-born Brazilian actress.
Biography Gomes was born Ita Szafran to a Jewish family in Kraśnik, Poland. She spent her first 13 years in France, where her family moved in 1924. In Paris, she learned French and came into contact with 17th-century French classical dramaturgy like Racine, Corneille and Molière.Ida Gomes - Teatropedia Szafran emigrated to Brazil with her family in the late 1930s.
Radio In 1938, encouraged by her mother, she participated and won a talent contest by reading a poem on Celso Guimarães' program on Rádio Tupi, being offered to sign a contract to work in radio soap operas, taking up the stage name Ida Gomes. During 20 years, she worked as a radio actress, working for Rádio Tupi, and also in Rádio Globo, where he joined the cast of Amaral Gurgel, and for Rádio Nacional, which was at the height of its programming.Biografia de Ida Gomes In 1948, she received a scholarship and moved for a year to the United States and in 1951, she went on to an internship as an announcer for BBC Radio in London.
Television In 1953, she returned to Brazil and began her career in television, joining TV Tupi, where she performed at Grande Teatro Tupi, a teletheater directed by Sérgio Britto, and at Câmara Um, a series directed by Jacy Campos that staged horror stories. She also performed in the telenovelas Coração Delator (1954) and A Canção de Bernadete (1957).
Gomes moved in 1967 to TV Globo, and her first participation in the telenovelas of this network was in A Rainha Louca. She acted in several telenovelas and miniseries of the Rio TV station, playing unforgettable characters such as the elderly queen Sílvia Candiano in A Ponte dos Suspiros (1968), the unscrupulous Jandira Serrano in Verão Vermelho (1969), the amusing Mother Encarnación in Estúpido Cupido (1976), the spinster Tia Magda in O Astro (1977), the grandiose Zizi de La Rocha in Memórias de um Gigolô (1986), and others.
In 1973, she played her biggest television success: the priceless Dorotéia Cajazeira, one of the three Cajazeiras sisters (the other two sisters were played by actresses Dirce Migliaccio and Dorinha Duval), repressed spinsters, friends of the mayor of Sucupira, and who defended morality and good customs, with certain hypocrisy in O Bem-Amado, the first Brazilian telenovela in color, written by Dias Gomes and directed by Régis Cardoso; a notable feature of this telenovela was its music, composed by Vinícius de Moraes and Toquinho. The success of the telenovela was so great, that it was rebooted as a series seven years later, with Ida and the same protagonists: Paulo Gracindo, Lima Duarte, Emiliano Queiroz and Dirce Migliaccio.
Despite being Jewish, Ida was one of the actresses most known for her roles as a nun on TV. In an interview with Jô Soares on his Programa do Jô, in 2001, Ida jokingly declared when the presenter asked her a question about her multiple roles as a nun on television: "I'm Jewish, but I'm always called to play the charity sister, the Mother Superior. Globo tried to convert me but failed". Her most recent work on TV was in the first season of the miniseries JK, in which she was Sister Maria - a French nun living in Minas Gerais who helped physician Juscelino Kubitschek (played by Wagner Moura) to take care of the wounded in the military battle between the States of Minas and São Paulo.
Voice acting Parallel to her career on TV, Gomes did voiceovers and was part of the stellar cast of Cine Castro, directed by Carla Civelli, where she dubbed alongside Nathalia Timberg, Alberto Pérez, Cláudio Corrêa e Castro, Angela Bonatti, José Miziara, Daniel Filho and Cláudio Cavalcanti. She became the official voice of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in their main movies dubbed for the Brazilian television.
Theater Gomes made her theatrical debut in 1957 at Teatro do Estudante, directed by Paschoal Carlos Magno, with the plays O Primo da California by Joaquim Manuel de Macedo and Catarina da Russia, alongside Herval Rossano. In 1986, she worked on the play Lily, Lily, which earned her acclaim and, in 1989, she founded the Teatro Israelita de Comédia, in order to produce and present the dramaturgy by Jewish authors. In 2003, she acted in Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya, directed by Aderbal Freire Filho. In 2006, she was part of the cast of Rainha Esther, directed by Leon Góes. Between 2007 and 2009, she participated in 7, o Musical, her last work in theater, with Charles Möeller and Cláudio Botelho.
Cinema Gomes made her cinematographic debut in 1963 in the film Bonitinha, mas Ordinária. She acted in other great successes such as O Mundo Alegre de Helô (1967), A Penúltima Donzela (1969), O Casal (1975), Copacabana (2001), and others.
Death Gomes died on November 22, 2009, victim of cardiac arrest, a consequence of pneumonia, at the age of 85 and after a 65-year-long career, at the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro. She was buried in São João de Meriti. Ida Gomes had already been selected as the great honoree at the 21st edition of the Shell Prize for Theater in Rio de Janeiro, for her longstanding contribution to the Brazilian theater. According to her relatives, she was happily preparing her thanksgiving speech.Morre aos 85 anos a atriz Ida Gomes, uma das Irmãs Cajazeira. O Globo
Family She was the sister of the Brazilian actor Felipe Wagner and aunt of the Brazilian actress Debora Olivieri and the musician Daniel Szafran.
Career Television Year Title Role Notes1951 Grande Teatro Tupi Vários Personagens 1953 Coração Delator Noca 1957 A Canção de Bernadete Irmã Má 1967 A Rainha Louca Astrid 1968 A Gata de Vison Rose Parker A Ponte dos Suspiros Rainha Sílvia Candiano 1969 A Última Valsa Condessa Matilde Verão Vermelho Jandira Serrano 1970 Pigmalião 70 Júlia A Próxima Atração Zilda 1971 O Homem que Deve Morrer Júlia 1972 Selva de Pedra Mme. Heloise Katzuki Caso Especial (episode:A Dama das Camélias)1973 O Bem-Amado Doroteia Cajazeira 1974 Fogo Sobre Terra Frida Caso Especial Enquanto a Cegonha não VemFeliz Na Ilusão1975 Helena Úrsula Senhora Emília Camargo O Grito Branca 1976 Estúpido Cupido Madre Encarnación 1977 Dona Xepa Isabel Becker O Astro Tia Magda 1978 Pecado Rasgado Aída 1980 O Bem-Amado Doroteia Cajazeira 1980-19841985 De Quina pra Lua Urânia 1986 Memórias de um Gigolô Zizi de La Rocha Hipertensão Ma Mére 1987 Expresso Brasil Doroteia Cajazeira 1988 Vida Nova Madre Superiora1989 República Dona Marianinha da Fonseca 1990 Delegacia de Mulheres Eva Braun (episode:Formicida e Guaraná) Gente Fina Eudóxia Paranhos Bragança do Amaral 1992 Você Decide (episode:Achados e Perdidos) De Corpo e Alma Bela Lopes Jordão 1994 Você Decide (episode:Anjos sem Asas)1995 (episode:O Gosto da Vingança) Cara & Coroa Irmã Domitila 1998 Você Decide (episode:O Rapto da Sogra) Era uma Vez... Madre Superiora 1999 Chiquinha Gonzaga Madre Superiora Você Decide (episódio:Dupla Traição)2001 A Padroeira Zuleika 2003 Os NormaisDona Mimi (episode:O Magnífico Antepenúltimo)2004 Linha Direta Justiça Elisa Amaral (episode:O Naufrágio do Bateau Mouche)2005 A Diarista Dona Amélia (episode:Asilo é se Lhe Parece)Bang BangIrmã EncarnaciónMalhaçãoHelga2006 JK Irmã Maria Sob Nova Direção Tia Esmeralda (episode:Fiança Esperança)Pé na Jaca Madre Superiora 2007 Duas Caras Dona Frida
Cinematography Year Title Role1963 Bonitinha Mas OrdináriaHeitor's wifeCinemateca Brasileira Bonitinha, mas Ordinária [em linha]]1967 O Mundo Alegre de HelôCinemateca Brasileira O Mundo Alegre de Helô [em linha]] Nurse1969 A Penúltima Donzela Wanda's mother1975 O Casal Maria Lúcia's mother1977 O Seminarista 1979 Amante Latino Teacher1989 Primeiro de Abril, Brasil 2001 Copacabana Fanny2003 Rua Alguem 5555: My Father Jewish lady in the cemetery2006 O Amigo Invisível Ms. Werner2009 Destino Joana
Theater YearTitle1945As Rosas do Verão1946Aquela Ocasião1947Maria, Maria1947Rosário1949Paraíso Original1950Os Mendigos de Copacabana1950Violetta e Viriatto1952Viagens do Céu1953Eu Acredito no Amor1953Além de Nós1956Colombo1957O Primo da Califórnia1957Assim Falou Juca Pato1958Catarina da Rússia1961O Parceiro Esquecido1963A Rua1965As Feiticeiras de Salém1966O Teatro Através dos Tempos1966Um Crime contra Amélia1969O Juíz1971Fiddler on the Roof1978A Pequena Loja de Horrores1982A Guerra das Rosas1983O Senhor do Sol1986Lily, Lily1990No Natal a Gente Vem te Buscar!1991A Fada Mofada2002Bodas de Ouro2003The Miser2003-2004Uncle Vanya2006Rainha Esther2007-2009Sete, O Musical
Dubbing Recurring voice of Joan Crawford Recurring voice of Bette Davis Marie Therese Vauzou (Gladys Cooper) in The Song of Bernadette Madame Medusa (Geraldine Page) in The Rescuers Madame Mim (Martha Wentworth) in The Sword in the Stone Aunt Sponge (Miriam Margolyes) in James and the Giant Peach
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