Ada Chaseliov
Biography
Ada Chaseliov (born March 30, 1952, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil â died October 27, 2015) was a Brazilian actress known for her work in theater, film, and television. She trained at the renowned theater school O Tablado and made her film debut in Um Virgem na Praça (1973). The following year, she landed a small role in the telenovela Supermanoela, written by Walther NegrĂŁo for TV Globo. Over the decades, Ada became a familiar presence on Brazilian television, especially through her long-standing collaborations with writer SĂlvio de Abreu. She stood out in roles such as the jealous and tormented Manuela in Guerra dos Sexos (1983), and in BelĂssima (2005). One of her most acclaimed performances came as the villain Leonor in the historical miniseries A Muralha (2000). Ada also had a celebrated career on stage, particularly in musical theater. Her most notable stage credits include As Malvadas, O Abre Alas, Cole Porter â Ele Nunca Disse que me Amava, Ăpera do Malandro, The Sound of Music (A Noviça Rebelde), Cristal Bacharach, Gypsy â The Musical, and her final musical, Os Saltimbancos TrapalhĂ”es. She frequently worked with director Denise Saraceni on productions such as Felicidade (1991), Anjo Mau (1997), Torre de Babel (1998), A Muralha (2000), Sabor da PaixĂŁo (2002), Da Cor do Pecado (2004), BelĂssima (2005), Tudo Novo de Novo (2009), Passione (2010), and Cheias de Charme (2012). Her work with SĂlvio de Abreu also includes Anjo Mau (1997), Torre de Babel (1998), Da Cor do Pecado (2004), BelĂssima (2005), and Passione (2010). Her final television appearance was in Amor Ă Vida (2013), where she played the judge in the custody trial of the character Paulinha. Ada passed away from cancer at the age of 63. She was previously married to filmmaker Ney SantâAnna, with whom she had a daughter. She was deeply admired by theater directors Charles Möeller and ClĂĄudio Botelho, who directed her in several acclaimed productions.
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Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes âą as Guiomar
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavoâs treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her motherâs death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked TaĂs, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest LĂșcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes âą as Esther Schneider
JĂșlia and Pedro suffer from the cruelty of their grandmother, Bia FalcĂŁo. JĂșlia runs the luxurious BelĂssima factory and falls in love with Nikos, a friend of her sister-in-law VitĂłria.
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes âą as Luiza
Fashion designer AndrĂ©a Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her sister JĂșlia had always been difficult, since childhood, and the antagonism grew when JĂșlia came between AndrĂ©a and her first true love, Diogo. But the worst is still to come: her first assistant in her atelier, Selma, is having an affair with her husband Bruno.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes âą as Matilde
An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes âą as Ana
Helena and Ălvaro fall in love, but she marries someone else. Years later, they meet again and Helena becomes pregnant, but keeps it a secret because Ălvaro is now the one who is engaged.
Drama Series - 2013, 16 episodes âą as Maria do Carmo
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes âą as Manuela Marino
Cousins ââCharlĂŽ and OtĂĄvio once had a romance, but today they detest each other. However, fate plays a trick on them: they will receive a large inheritance, on the condition that they live together.
Drama Series - 1997, 16 episodes âą as Dora
Ambitious Nice seeks social advancement through Rodrigo Medeiros, but ends up truly falling in love with him. This is the second version of the telenovela, originally aired in 1976.
Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes âą as Ăngela
A widowed conductor rediscovers love when he meets a young woman from the countryside, but doubts about his music make him question his competence and distance himself from the woman he loves.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes âą as Olga Lopes
The main plot revolves around a hidden treasure. The story begins when a gang steals ten million dollars worth of diamonds in Uruguay. To escape the police, one of the thieves, Rodolfo Torres de Almeida, flees to Argentina. His partner, Ivo Simeone, travels to SĂŁo Paulo with the jewels. Ivo decides to hide the precious stones and, to ensure he doesn't forget the hiding place, has a map tattooed above the buttocks of a girl, the daughter of his neighbor. The thief takes care to photograph the girl so he can identify her in the future. Ivo is arrested and, eight years later, when he gets out of jail, he is run over and killed. Before dying, however, he manages to tell his son Rodrigo the secret about the treasure map. The young man follows the clues given by his father and discovers that the young woman with the tattooed map is Elisa, a novice nun cloistered in a convent, about to take perpetual vows.
Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes âą as TetĂȘ
Manoela is employed in the home of Donato, an employee at a cosmetics factory, and Carolina. After her boss's death, Carolina finds herself unprepared to deal with the serious financial difficulties and fires Manoela, who agrees to work for free, becoming a kind of guardian angel, advisor, and administrator of the house. To pay the mortgage on the property, she suggests that Carolina rent out two of the vacant rooms. The new tenants are four students who have recently arrived in Rio to take the university entrance exam. During their studies, the young men meet Marcelo, nicknamed Belo, who falls in love with Manoela. The relationship gives her the opportunity, for the first time, to forget about other people's problems and live her own life.
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes âą as Yvonne Ferreira Jardim
The telenovela tells the love story of Diana and Alexandre in Rio de Janeiro in 2002, where gastronomy, music, and dance play a prominent role. Defined as a realistic romantic comedy, the plot revolves around Diana's struggle to recover the lands inherited by her family in Portugal, which are illegally occupied by Zenilda PaixĂŁo, Alexandre's mother. In love with Alexandre, Diana breaks off her engagement with Nelson. After some misunderstandings and missed encounters, she sees her beloved again, but a tragedy prevents a new meeting: the death of her father, the Portuguese Miguel Maria Coelho. Before dying, the owner of the Flor do Douro bar/restaurant asks his eldest daughter to take care of her mother, CecĂlia, and her sisters Laiza, Teca, and Madona.
Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes âą as Maria Paula
The plot takes place in a fictional city called Vale do Café, where two powerful families, the Toledo and Fontes, are locked in an intense dispute for power and land ownership. Conflicts are marked by betrayals, forbidden loves and dark secrets. The soap opera addresses themes such as ambition, revenge, romance and conflicts between families, showing the fire that consumes the land and human relationships.
Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes âą as Leonor
A hundred years after Europeans set foot in the New World, Brazil still remains largely unexplored. The Conquest recounts the saga of the earliest adventurers who wandered through these unknown lands. Jesuit priests, adventurers seeking gold, slaves and indigenous tribes were entangled in unceasing battles, at a time when laws were made by the sharp edge of a sword.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes âą as Prima de Malu
After her divorce, Malu faces challenges in supporting her daughter and reinventing herself, grappling with loneliness, work, and the search for a new place in the world.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m âą as Celina
Milionårio and José Rico are robbed of their money and their fans' enthusiasm. But a female truck driver is out to help them.
Movie - 2003, 2h 15m âą as DĂłris Pelanca
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m âą Main Cast Role
In the 1930s, novelist and politician Graciliano Ramos is accused of being a communist sympathizer. He is then arrested and sent to the Ilha Grande prison, where he experiences the disturbing treatment reserved for common prisoners.
Movie - 1990, 2h 15m âą Main Cast Role
A religious comedy in 5 segments, illustrating maniqueism on Earth, as shown by movies. God and his son Jesus disagree on how to manage human life on Earth.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m âą Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m âą as Cacilda Becker
A star medical examiner is called to BrasĂlia, the administrative capital of Brazil, to confirm the identity of a beautiful, young congressional aide's dead body. But his scientific rigor soon leads him to details of a multi-layered political scandal.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m âą as Dona Lourdes
After being left by her husband and fired from her work, a workaholic, thirtysomething businesswoman is forced to go through a big change in her life and becomes a partner on a decadent sex shop.