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Birthday: Apr 21, 1920
Place of Birth: Salto, São Paulo, Brazil

Anselmo Duarte

Anselmo Duarte Bento (April 21, 1920 – November 7, 2009) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director. Initially known as a leading man in popular musical comedies (known in Brazil as "chanchadas"), he debuted as filmmaker in 1957's "Absolutamente Certo", in which he also stars. His next film, "O Pagador de Promessas" (1962), adapted from a stage play by Dias Gomes, won the Golden Palm at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. It is, to date, the only Brazilian feature film to be so distinguished and the first Cannes' Southern Hemisphere Golden Palm for best feature film. Duarte was awarded with the Order of The Cultural Merit, Brazil's highest cultural civilian honor, and with the Order of Ipiranga, which is the state of São Paulo's highest civilian honor. He was also awarded with titles of merit citizenship by numerous Brazilian municipalities including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Salto, his birthplace. In 2009, the municipality of Salto inaugurated a multimillion-dollar cultural and educational center named "Centro Cultural e Educacional Anselmo Duarte", housing a 500 audience amphitheater for film and theatrical events. The center also displays for public view the original "Golden Palm" awarded to Duarte at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. n 2008, at 88, Duarte founded a cultural organization (Instituto Anselmo Duarte) dedicated to restoring selected Brazilian films and creating special, free of charge, educational projects aimed at young filmmakers to improve their technical filmmaking skills. After his death, his son, Ricardo Duarte, 69, became the institute's president. Upon being diagnosed by suffering Alzheimer's dementia in 2002, Duarte spent his last 7 years of life under the care of his son, Ricardo, and his grandchild, Daphne, a preeminent Brazilian artist. Anselmo had 4 children. Reaching stage 6 on his Alzheimer illness condition, a bladder cancer was detected which led to a severe blood hemorrhage, precipitating a heart stroke. Although both the bladder cancer and heart conditions had been successfully treated, a sudden massive hemorrhagic brain stroke left the legendary Brazilian actor and filmmaker in a coma for 6 days, which led to his passing on November 7, 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anselmo Duarte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional Self 1997
O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois Self 2011
Un rayo de luz Pablo 1960
Brazil in Cannes 1971
The Case of the Naves Brothers Lieutenant 1967
O Marginal Lemos 1974
Aviso aos Navegantes Alberto 1950
Depois Eu Conto Zé da Bomba 1956
Absolutely Right Zé do Lino 1957
Maior Que o Ódio 1951
Veneno Hugo 1952
Tico-Tico no Fubá Zequinha de Abreu 1952
A Espiã que Entrou em Fria 1967
Carnaval no Fogo Ricardo 1949
The Landowner's Daughter Rodolfo Fontes 1953
Tensão no Rio 1984
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds Self 2006
The Man Who Bottled Clouds Self 2008
A Madona de Cedro Adriano Mourão 1968
Assim Era a Atlântida 1975
Appassionata 1952
Scarlet Macaw Tenente Luís 1957
A Casa das Tentações 1977
Carnival on Mars 1955
Paranóia 1976
Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente Atílio 1976
Pinguinho de Gente 1949
Ninguém Segura Essas Mulheres 1976
O Cantor e o Milionário Tito Livio 1958
Brasa Adormecida 1986
Golpe de Vista (archive footage) 2024
Querida Suzana 1947
The Shadow of Another 1950
Noiva da Noite - O Desejo de 7 Homens 1974
I, I, I José Lewgoy Self 2011
Embalos Alucinantes: A Troca de Casais Felipe 1979
Carioca Symphony Ricardo 1955
O Caçula do Barulho 1949
Independência ou Morte Gonçalves Ledo 1972
Juventude e Ternura Estênio 1968
O Diamante 1955
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century Self 2017
Chick Fowle, Faixa Preta de Cinema 1981
Terra Violenta Dr. Carlos 1949
Don't Tell Me Goodbye 1950
As Pupilas do Senhor Reitor Daniel das Dornas 1961
I Have Got AIDS 1986
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