Manlio Hedair Badaró (April 23, 1933 – November 1, 2008) was a Brazilian-Portuguese actor and comedian.

Born in Brazil, Badaró moved to Portugal in 1957. He came over as part of the comedy group "Brasileira Fogo no Pandeiro." Once he restarted his career in Portugal he started to appear in several plays including "Empresta-me o teu apartamento" with actress Alina Vaz.[1]

During an interview in May 2008 Badaró said "I have so many health problems that they have lost count: suffered a heart attack, a stroke, had a lymphoma and now I have discovered another cancer". Badaró died of stomach cancer on November 1, 2008.[2][3]

Filmography edit

Year Title Role Notes
1952 Simão o Caolho
1955 Colégio de Brotos Polípio
1957 A Baronesa Transviada Neco
1959 Meus Amores no Rio
1962 O Milionário
2002 Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitude Enrico (final film role)

References edit

  1. ^ Badaró não resistiu a um cancro (Portuguese) Jornal de Notícias
  2. ^ "Actor e comediante Badaró morreu vítima de cancro". Aeiou Quiosque (in Portuguese). 1 November 2008. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. ^ Badaró não resistiu a um cancro (in Portuguese)