Antônio Pitanga

Antônio Pitanga
Born	Antônio Luiz Sampaio June 13, 1939 (1939-06-13) (age 84) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–present
Spouses	Vera Manhães ​ ​ (m. 1976; div. 1986)​ Benedita da Silva ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	Camila Pitanga (b. 1977) Rocco Pitanga (b. 1980)

Antônio Luiz Sampaio^[1] (born June 13, 1939), better known by his stage name Antônio Pitanga, is a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for playing several roles on films of the Cinema Novo movement in the 1960s.^[2]

Personal life

He was married to actress Vera Manhães, with whom he had two sons: actress Camila Pitanga and actor Rocco Pitanga. After their divorce, he married politician Benedita da Silva.^[3][4]

Selected filmography

Films

• Barravento (1962)
• O Pagador de Promessas (1962)
• The Guns (1964)
• My Home Is Copacabana (1965)
• Joanna Francesa (1973)
• The Age of the Earth (1980)
• Quilombo (1984)
• La Mansión de Araucaima (1986)
• Eternamente Pagú (1988)
• Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000)
• O Homem Que Desafiou o Diabo (2007)
• Lula, The Son of Brasil
  (2009)
• I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (2011)
• Memory House (2020)
• Aunt Virginia (2023)

Television

• Pantanal
  (1990)
• A Próxima Vítima (1995)
• O Clone (2001)
• Celebridade (2003)
• The Mutants: Pathways of the Heart
  (2008)
• Cama de Gato (2009)
• Rebelde
  (2011)

References

External links

• Antônio Pitanga at
  IMDb

Honorary titles
Preceded by Rosinha Garotinho	First Gentleman of Rio de Janeiro 2002–2003	Succeeded by Anthony Garotinho

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