Ida Gomes, stage name of Ita Szafran (September 25, 1923 – February 22, 2009)[1] was a Polish–born Brazilian actress.

Ida Gomes
Born
Ita Szafran

(1923-09-25)September 25, 1923
Kraśnik, Poland
DiedFebruary 22, 2009(2009-02-22) (aged 85)
OccupationActress
Years active1944–2009

Biography

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Gomes was born Ita Szafran to a Jewish family in Kraśnik, Poland. She spent her first 13 years in France, where her family moved in 1924. In Paris, she learned French and came into contact with 17th-century French classical dramaturgy like Racine, Corneille and Molière.[2] Szafran emigrated to Brazil with her family in the late 1930s.

Radio

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In 1938, encouraged by her mother, she participated and won a talent contest by reading a poem on Celso Guimarães' program on Rádio Tupi, being offered to sign a contract to work in radio soap operas, taking up the stage name Ida Gomes. During 20 years, she worked as a radio actress, working for Rádio Tupi, and also in Rádio Globo, where he joined the cast of Amaral Gurgel, and for Rádio Nacional, which was at the height of its programming.[3] In 1948, she received a scholarship and moved for a year to the United States and in 1951, she went on to an internship as an announcer for BBC Radio in London.[3]

Television

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In 1953, she returned to Brazil, in 1953 and began her career in television, joining TV Tupi, where she performed at Grande Teatro Tupi, a teletheater directed by Sérgio Britto, and at Câmara Um, a series directed by Jacy Campos that staged horror stories. She also performed in the telenovelas Coração Delator (1954) and A Canção de Bernadete (1957).

Gomes moved in 1967 to TV Globo, and her first participation in the telenovelas of this network was in A Rainha Louca. She acted in several telenovelas and miniseries of the Rio TV station, playing unforgettable characters such as the elderly queen Sílvia Candiano in A Ponte dos Suspiros (1968), the unscrupulous Jandira Serrano in Verão Vermelho (1969), the amusing Mother Encarnación in Estúpido Cupido (1976), the spinster Tia Magda in O Astro (1977), the grandiose Zizi de La Rocha in Memórias de um Gigolô (1986), and others.

In 1973, she played her biggest television success: the priceless Dorotéia Cajazeira, one of the three Cajazeiras sisters (the other two sisters were played by actresses Dirce Migliaccio and Dorinha Duval), repressed spinsters, friends of the mayor of Sucupira, and who defended morality and good customs, with certain hypocrisy[1] in O Bem-Amado, the first Brazilian telenovela in color, written by Dias Gomes and directed by Régis Cardoso; a notable feature of this telenovela was its music, composed by Vinícius de Moraes and Toquinho. The success of the telenovela was so great, that it was rebooted as a series seven years later, with Ida and the same protagonists: Paulo Gracindo, Lima Duarte, Emiliano Queiroz and Dirce Migliaccio.[3]

Despite being Jewish, Ida was one of the actresses most known for her roles as a nun on TV. In an interview with Jô Soares on his Programa do Jô, in 2001, Ida jokingly declared when the presenter asked her a question about her multiple roles as a nun on television: "I'm Jewish, but I'm always called to play the charity sister, the Mother Superior. Globo tried to convert me but failed". Her most recent work on TV was in the first season of the miniseries JK, in which she was Sister Maria - a French nun living in Minas Gerais who helped physician Juscelino Kubitschek (played by Wagner Moura) to take care of the wounded in the military battle between the States of Minas and São Paulo.

Voice acting

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Parallel to her career on TV, Gomes did voiceovers and was part of the stellar cast of Cine Castro, directed by Carla Civelli, where she dubbed alongside Nathalia Timberg, Alberto Pérez, Cláudio Corrêa e Castro, Angela Bonatti, José Miziara, Daniel Filho and Cláudio Cavalcanti. She became the official voice of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in their main movies dubbed for the Brazilian television.[3]

Theater

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Gomes made her theatrical debut in 1957 at Teatro do Estudante, directed by Paschoal Carlos Magno, with the plays O Primo da California by Joaquim Manuel de Macedo and Catarina da Russia, alongside Herval Rossano.[3] In 1986, she worked on the play Lily, Lily, which earned her acclaim and, in 1989, she founded the Teatro Israelita de Comédia, in order to produce and present the dramaturgy by Jewish authors. In 2003, she acted in Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya, directed by Aderbal Freire Filho. In 2006, she was part of the cast of Rainha Esther, directed by Leon Góes. Between 2007 and 2009, she participated in 7, o Musical, her last work in theater, with Charles Möeller and Cláudio Botelho.[2]

Cinema

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Gomes made her cinematographic debut in 1963 in the film Bonitinha, mas Ordinária. She acted in other great successes such as O Mundo Alegre de Helô (1967), A Penúltima Donzela (1969), O Casal (1975), Copacabana (2001), and others.

Death

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Gomes died on November 22, 2009,[1] victim of cardiac arrest, a consequence of pneumonia, at the age of 85 and after a 65-year-long career, at the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro. She was buried in São João de Meriti. Ida Gomes had already been selected as the great honoree at the 21st edition of the Shell Prize for Theater in Rio de Janeiro, for her longstanding contribution to the Brazilian theater. According to her relatives, she was happily preparing her thanksgiving speech.[4]

Family

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She was the sister of the Brazilian actor Felipe Wagner and aunt of the Brazilian actress Debora Olivieri and the musician Daniel Szafran.[2]

Career

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1951 Grande Teatro Tupi Vários Personagens
1953 Coração Delator Noca
1957 A Canção de Bernadete Irmã Má
1967 A Rainha Louca Astrid
1968 A Gata de Vison Rose Parker
A Ponte dos Suspiros Rainha Sílvia Candiano
1969 A Última Valsa Condessa Matilde
Verão Vermelho Jandira Serrano
1970 Pigmalião 70 Júlia
A Próxima Atração Zilda
1971 O Homem que Deve Morrer Júlia
1972 Selva de Pedra Mme. Heloise Katzuki
Caso Especial (episode:A Dama das Camélias)
1973 O Bem-Amado Doroteia Cajazeira
1974 Fogo Sobre Terra Frida
Caso Especial Enquanto a Cegonha não Vem
Feliz Na Ilusão
1975 Helena Úrsula
Senhora Emília Camargo
O Grito Branca
1976 Estúpido Cupido Madre Encarnación
1977 Dona Xepa Isabel Becker
O Astro Tia Magda
1978 Pecado Rasgado Aída
1980 O Bem-Amado Doroteia Cajazeira 1980-1984
1985 De Quina pra Lua Urânia
1986 Memórias de um Gigolô Zizi de La Rocha
Hipertensão Ma Mére
1987 Expresso Brasil Doroteia Cajazeira
1988 Vida Nova Madre Superiora
1989 República Dona Marianinha da Fonseca
1990 Delegacia de Mulheres Eva Braun (episode:Formicida e Guaraná)
Gente Fina Eudóxia Paranhos Bragança do Amaral
1992 Você Decide (episode:Achados e Perdidos)
De Corpo e Alma Bela Lopes Jordão
1994 Você Decide (episode:Anjos sem Asas)
1995 (episode:O Gosto da Vingança)
Cara e Coroa Irmã Domitila
1998 Você Decide (episode:O Rapto da Sogra)
Era uma Vez... Madre Superiora
1999 Chiquinha Gonzaga Madre Superiora
Você Decide (episódio:Dupla Traição)
2001 A Padroeira Zuleika
2003 Os Normais Dona Mimi (episode:O Magnífico Antepenúltimo)
2004 Linha Direta Justiça Elisa Amaral (episode:O Naufrágio do Bateau Mouche)
2005 A Diarista Dona Amélia (episode:Asilo é se Lhe Parece)
Bang Bang Irmã Encarnación
Malhação Helga
2006 JK Irmã Maria
Sob Nova Direção Tia Esmeralda (episode:Fiança Esperança)
Pé na Jaca Madre Superiora
2007 Duas Caras Dona Frida

Cinematography

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Year Title Role
1963 Bonitinha Mas Ordinária Heitor's wife[5]
1967 O Mundo Alegre de Helô[6] Nurse
1969 A Penúltima Donzela Wanda's mother
1975 O Casal Maria Lúcia's mother
1977 O Seminarista
1979 Amante Latino Teacher[7]
1989 Primeiro de Abril, Brasil
2001 Copacabana Fanny
2003 Rua Alguem 5555: My Father Jewish lady in the cemetery
2006 O Amigo Invisível Ms. Werner
2009 Destino Joana

Theater

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Year Title
1945 As Rosas do Verão
1946 Aquela Ocasião
1947 Maria,Maria
1947 Rosário
1949 Paraíso Original
1950 Os Mendigos de Copacabana
1950 Violetta e Viriatto
1952 Viagens do Céu
1953 Eu Acredito no Amor
1953 Além de Nós
1956 Colombo
1957 O Primo da Califórnia
1957 Assim Falou Juca Pato
1958 Catarina da Rússia
1961 O Parceiro Esquecido
1963 A Rua
1965 As Feiticeiras de Salém
1966 O Teatro Através dos Tempos
1966 Um Crime contra Amélia
1969 O Juíz
1971 Fiddler on the Roof
1978 A Pequena Loja de Horrores
1982 A Guerra das Rosas
1983 O Senhor do Sol
1986 Lily, Lily
1990 No Natal a Gente Vem te Buscar!
1991 A Fada Mofada
2002 Bodas de Ouro
2003 The Miser
2003-2004 Uncle Vanya
2006 Rainha Esther
2007-2009 Sete, O Musical

Dubbing

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Ida Gomes. TV Globo
  2. ^ a b c Ida Gomes - Teatropedia
  3. ^ a b c d e Biografia de Ida Gomes
  4. ^ Morre aos 85 anos a atriz Ida Gomes, uma das Irmãs Cajazeira. O Globo
  5. ^ Cinemateca Brasileira Bonitinha, mas Ordinária [1] [em linha]]
  6. ^ Cinemateca Brasileira O Mundo Alegre de Helô [2] [em linha]]
  7. ^ "Amante Latino". Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2021.