Elias Gleizer

Elias Gleizer
Elias Gleizer in 2006.
Born Ilicz Glejzer
4 January 1934 (1934-01-04)
São Paulo, Brazil
Died 16 May 2015 (2015-05-17) (aged 81)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation Actor
Years active 1959-2013

Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor.

Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife.[1][2] He began his artistic career at age 12, playing the violin in a youth orchestra.[1] In 1956 he won the award for best actor in an amateur festival, and in 1959 he made his television debut on TV Tupi.[1][2] His first major work was Joseph of Egypt, a 1964 telenovela.[1] In 1984 he started an intense collaboration with the Rede Globo, acting in Free to Fly, and then appearing in dozens of telenovelas and miniseries.[1][2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Morre o ator Elias Gleizer, aos 81 anos" [Actor Elias Gleizer dies at age 81]. Universo Online (in Portuguese). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Morre, aos 81 anos, o ator Elias Gleizer". Terra (in Portuguese). 16 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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