Leonardo Villar
Leonardo Villar , actually Leonardo Motta , (born July 25, 1923 in Piracicaba , São Paulo ; † July 3, 2020 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian actor .
Life
Leonardo Villar began his stage acting career in 1950 and made his film debut in 1962 in Anselmo Duarte's Fifty Steps to Justice . Villar played the main role of the farmer Zé de Burro . The film was the only Brazilian film to date to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1962 . It was also nominated in 1963 as the first South American film for an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Language Film . After further films he went to television in 1965. From 1972 he was under contract with Rede Globo . In 2001 he returned to the theater stage after almost 20 years of absence and in 2007, after a seven-year break, he played the leading role in a movie for the first time in Never Again Sehnsucht .
He died on July 3, 2020 at the age of 96.
Web links
- Leonardo Villar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary ( portuguese )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Villar, Leonardo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Motta, Leonardo (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Piracicaba , Sao Paulo |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd July 2020 |
| Place of death | São Paulo |