Artur Semedo
Artur Francisco da Cunha Semedo (born November 2, 1924 in Arronches , † February 8, 2001 in Lisbon ) was a Portuguese actor and director.
Life
Until 1962
Semedo was born in Arronches and went to school in Portalegre . José Régio was his teacher there and saw in him a talent for acting. Régio wrote the three-act Sonho duma Véspera de Exame (English: dream of an exam evening) for him. Semedo was on stage for the first time, still as a student at high school. In 1936 he moved to the Colégio Militar in Lisbon , where he was expelled from school before graduating. He finished school in Évora and began studying biology at the University of Coimbra . In the culturally lively atmosphere of Coimbra's student body, he decided to become a professional actor.
In 1944 Semedo went to the Conservatório Nacional (National Conservatory , today Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema ) in Lisbon. At his graduation in 1949 he was awarded the Prémio Eduardo Brazão there. As early as 1948, the actor Barreto Poeira had him for dubbing work and his first film roles (in Sol e Toiros , directed by José Buchs , and Vendaval Maravilhoso , directed by José Leitão de Barros ) a. a. mediated to Madrid. From then on, Semedo's acting career turned primarily to the cinema. In 1951, for example, he took part in Manuel Guimarães ' Saltimbancos , an attempt to use a neorealistic film to save Portuguese film from the impending impasse. However, Semedo continued to play theater.
In 1953 he also became a film producer for the first time, as director of the Cinelândia film company, and in 1954 he directed himself for the first time. O Dinheiro dos Pobres (English: The money of the poor) was not released until 1956. From 1955 to 1962 Semedo experienced the peak of his career as a theater actor. The particularly successful piece Meu Amor é Traiçoeiro (German: My love is deceptive) by Vasco de Mendonça Alves took him on a tour through Portugal and Spain to Brazil in 1962.
Semedo was also present in the newly emerging medium of television , where he celebrated the first successes of the national Rádio e Televisão de Portugal , especially in humorous partner sketches with Maria Dulce and the Brazilian Eva Todor . He continued to play theater in parallel, especially in the Teatro Avenida and the Teatro Monumental .
Since 1962
From 1962 to 1965, Semedo lived and worked in Brazil. He worked there both in the theater, as well as in film and television. He shot five films there himself.
Back in Portugal, he founded and led his own theater company for a short time, after which he successfully turned to revue theater . Semedo enjoyed great audiences especially alongside Raul Solnado in his Teatro Villaret , until he left the theater stage there in the early 1970s with a final piece ( O Vison Voador , English: The Flying Mink, by Ray Cooney and John Chapmann ) . He only appeared later in the theater as the author of a few smaller plays.
Semedo was then active as a producer, director and actor in Portuguese cinema. Occasionally he also appeared as a producer and writer for television, where he was able to book some humorous audience successes alongside Herman Jose in the 1980s . He occasionally appeared there as a commentator, in football talks, in which he was invited as a supporter of Benfica Lisbon . He was also occasionally read as a columnist in newspapers. As an actor he only appeared in a few movies, including in the 1980s for Wim Wenders and for Raúl Ruiz , while at the latest after the failure of his last directorial work ( Um Crime de Luxo , Eng .: Eine Luxusverbrechen, 1991) he had no further ambitions showed more.
Semedo died of emphysema on February 8, 2001 in Lisbon .
He was buried at the Cemitério dos Prazeres in Lisbon. A year after his death, the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores honored him for his life's work.
Filmography
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Web links
- Artur Semedo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Artur Semedo at the Instituto Camões
- Entry in the Infopédia , the online encyclopedia of the Porto Editora (port.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos : Dicionário do cinema português 1895 - 1961 . 1st edition, Editorial Caminho , Lisbon 2011, p. 381ff. ( ISBN 978-972-21-2602-1 )
- ↑ www.hollywood.com , accessed July 13, 2013
- ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos: Dicionário do cinema português 1962 - 1988 . 1st edition, Editorial Caminho , Lisbon 1989, pp. 357ff ( ISBN 972-21-0446-2 )
- ↑ Jorge Leitão Ramos: Dicionário do cinema português 1989 - 2003 . 1st edition, Editorial Caminho , Lisbon 2005, p. 565 ( ISBN 972-21-1763-7 )
- ↑ www.diario-universal.com ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 13, 2013
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| SURNAME | Semedo, Artur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | da Cunha Semedo, Artur Francisco (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Portuguese actor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arronches , Portugal |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 2001 |
| Place of death | Lisbon |