Mario Viegas

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António Mário Lopes Pereira Viegas (born November 10, 1948 in Santarem , Portugal , † April 1, 1996 in Lisbon , Portugal) was a Portuguese actor, comedian and reciter . He is considered one of the most important actors in Portuguese film of the 20th century. He was one of the first Portuguese celebrities to die of AIDS . In addition to Raul Solnado , he was also considered one of the country's great film comedians. He became known to an international audience through his portrayal of an editor in the film Explained Pereira .

Life

Mário Viegas was born in Santarém, one of the larger cities in Portugal. There he attended the Pius XII. -Internat. He began acting at the age of 15. At the age of 17 he moved to Lisbon, where he has since worked as an actor in various theaters. Between May and September 1975 he lived in Copenhagen to await the further political situation in Portugal.

He made his first film in 1976; This was followed by collaborations with directors such as Manoel de Oliveira and actors such as Luís Miguel Cintra , Maria de Medeiros , Joaquim de Almeida and Leonor Silveira . Internationally, he was best known for his appearance in the Italian film Explained Pereira , one of the last works by Marcello Mastroianni . He was also active in various series for television, his best known being Zona + , in which he played the leading role.

Viegas was one of the most important reciter in Portuguese cultural history, and he, along with Ary dos Santos and João Villaret, is one of the most important of the twentieth century. Numerous Portuguese and foreign poets such as António Gedeão , Eugénio de Andrade , Manuel da Fonseca , António Feijó , Cesário Verde , Nicolás Guillén , Pablo Neruda , Jorge de Sena , José Afonso , Fernando Pessoa or Mário Cesariny have been recited by him.

He demonstrated his quality as a comedian when, based on Almada Negreiro's Manifesto Anti-Dantas (in which the artist insulted the Portuguese poet Júlio Dantas for his views on modern art) publicly presented a Manifesto Anti-Cavaco in 1995, in which he publicly presented the then ruling man Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco berated Silva for his neoliberal policies and reminded him of his duty to the common people. In the 1995 presidential election he ran for the UDP as president for fun and, as he knew, had no chance. But his slogan and the courage to compete earned him a lot of sympathy. His election slogan was: “Europe not. Portugal nunca! ”(“ Europe no. Portugal never! ”).

The gay actor outed himself in 1995 and was in his published autobiography in the same year announced that he at AIDS suffer in the final stage and did not live long. This commitment was unique in Portugal. He died on April 1, 1996 in Lisbon as a result of his illness. His death caused great sadness in the country. Portugal's then President Jorge Sampaio , as well as Nobel Prize winner José Saramago , commented on the actor's death.

reception

After the actor's death, a theater in Lisbon, which mainly appears with headstrong and independent productions, was named after him (Teatro Estudio Mário Viegas) and since 2011 a poetry prize has also been awarded with his name (Premio de Poesia Actor Mário Viegas ).

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SURNAME Viegas, Mário
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lopes Pereira Viegas, António Mário (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese actor, comedian and reciter
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Santarém (Portugal)
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1996
Place of death Lisbon