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Grande Otelo
Grande Otelo, pseudonym of Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata OMC (Uberlândia, October 18, 1915 – Roissy-en-France, November 26, 1993), was a Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, producer and composer. He was an artist in Rio's casinos and in the so-called revue theater, he participated in several successful Brazilian films, including the famous chanchadas in the 1940s and 1950s, which he starred in in partnership with the comic Oscarito, and the film version of Macunaíma, made in 1969. He is often cited as one of the most important actors in Brazilian history.
As actor
Othelo The Great
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Katharsys
The Welles Raft
Searching for Makunaima
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
O Samba é Primo do Jazz
Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Pressed, Ripped Apart
Naked Eye
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
A Paz é Dourada
Othelo
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
It's All Brazil
Cachoeiro em Três Tons
It's All True
A Embaixatriz do Samba
Troca de Cabeça
Welles' Language
Boca de Ouro
Jardim de Alah
Natal da Portela
Abolition
Jubiabá
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
Running Out of Luck
Black Fragments of Samba - Gilberto Gil, Serene Passion