Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim (née de Farias Portocarrero; 23 August 1922 – 3 March 2018), known professionally as Tônia Carrero, was a Brazilian actress.
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Early life and career
Carrero was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
She made her theater debut at the Brazilian Theater of Comedy (TBC) in São Paulo, with the play Um Deus Dormiu Lá em Casa, opposite actor Paulo Autran. Later she formed with her husband Adolfo Celi, and Autran, the Tonia-Celi-Autran Company (CTCA), which in the 1950s and 1960s revolutionized the Brazilian theater scene by performing a wide repertoire from classical pieces by Shakespeare and Carlo Goldoni to avant-garde works such as Sartre.
Selected filmography
1952 Tico-Tico no Fubá
1961 Alias Gardelito (aka Alias Big Shot) - as wife.
1962 Carnival of Crime
1962 Copacabana Palace
1970 Pigmalião 70
1970 A Próxima Atração
1971 O Cafona
1972 O Primeiro Amor
1972 Uma Rosa com Amor
1980 Água Viva (TV series) - as Stella Simpson.
1983 Louco Amor
1987 Sassaricando
1989 Kananga do Japão
1995 Sangue do Meu Sangue
2004 Um Só Coração
2004 Senhora do Destino
2007 The Ballroom