The actress who isolated herself for a few years in the interior of Minas Gerais, returns to the media in search of work
The casting of the ‘Vale Tudo’ remake raised a question: Who will play Lucimar? The secondary character gained prominence in the 1988 soap opera thanks to the talent of her portrayer, Maria Gladys.
A day laborer, she clashed with the evil Maria de Fátima (Gloria Pires). She did not accept disrespectful treatment, complained about the lazy boss and defended the rights of domestic workers. All with a generous dose of humor.
It was the most popular role for Gladys, an artist born in the suburbs of Rio. A solo mother at the age of 15, shortly after she met young singers looking for success: Tim Maia, Erasmo Carlos and Roberto Carlos.
She became the first serious girlfriend of the future “king” of romantic music. “I fell in love with him. It was so beautiful,” he told the newspaper ‘Extra’. At the same time, she became interested in theater and found work as a dancer in the program “Clube do Rock”, on TV Tupi.
The growing interest in artistic life caused the young Maria Gladys to interrupt her relationship with Roberto Carlos. “My mother also said to me afterwards: ‘See? You snubbed him and now he’s famous,’” he recalled.
On stage, the budding actress has acted alongside big names such as Fernanda Montenegro, Ítalo Rossi and Sérgio Britto.
In the poster for the comedy ‘O Chão dos Pertinentes’, Gladys left her breasts exposed. She is considered the first professional actress to achieve this degree of nudity. He soon found favor with important directors, such as Domingos de Oliveira and Ruy Guerra.
His career on TV began in 1979. He participated in successful works: ‘Grande Sertão: Veredas’, ‘Top Model’, ‘Delegacia de Mulheres’, ‘Fera Ferida’, ‘As Noivas de Copacabana’, ‘Hilda Furacão ‘, among others.
In 2014 he left Rio in search of a quieter life on a farm in Santa Rita da Jacutinga, in southern Minas Gerais. Nearly a decade later, she returned to the Wonderful City with a reputation as “Mia Goth’s grandmother.” The London niece stands out in international cinema as a star of horror films.
Today, approaching her 85th birthday (her birthday is November 23), the television veteran is making headlines for advocating for the legalization of marijuana use. “I’m a stoner, I’m a hippie, I think prohibition is hypocritical. It doesn’t hurt anyone. I smoke every day. I smoke on the street, in protest. I belong to a generation that protested against the dictatorship. I’m used to it,” he said in an interview with ‘O Globo’.
In an article for Record, Maria Gladys expressed her desire to meet Roberto Carlos again. He also invited the singer. “Hey, let’s go out! I want to go to Urca, have lunch and drink whisky. Roberto, don’t forget me, no.”
Source: Terra
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