RIP Emiliano Queiroz

 

Actor Emiliano Queiroz dies at the age of 88 

Interpreter of memorable characters on TV, including Dirceu Borboleta, from 'O bem-amado', the actor was part of the cast of Globo's first soap opera

O GLOBO

10/4/2024

On the morning of Friday (4), at the age of 88, actor Emiliano Queiroz died. A well-known face to the general public, the artist was part of the cast of "Lost Illusions" (1965), the first soap opera on TV Globo, and played successful characters, including Dirceu Borboleta, from "O bem-amado" (1973), and Juca Cipó, from "Irmãos Coragem (1970). The artist had been hospitalized for ten days at the São Vicente Clinic, in Gávea, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, to treat heart problems. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.

Recently, Emiliano had undergone surgery to place three stents in his heart. Last Thursday (3), the actor was discharged and sent home. At 4:30 am this Friday (4), he woke up feeling ill. He was then taken to the same hospital, where he had a cardiac arrest and did not resist.

Emiliano had been married for 51 years to Maria Leticia, a 77-year-old lawyer and also an actress. The actor raised 14 children with his wife and leaves eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The place and time of the wake and cremation of the body have not yet been defined, as GLOBO learned.

Successful works

On TV Globo, Emiliano Queiroz has done several works in different productions, such as "Pai Herói" (1979), "Cambalacho" (1986), "Senhora o destino" (2004) and, more recently, "Espelho da vida" (2018) and "Éramos seis" (2020), in addition to "Alma gêmea" (2005), which is currently reprised by the channel in "Vale a pena ver de novo". His last work on television took place in "Além da ilusão" (2022), in a participation of five chapters of the soap opera.

With a fruitful career in theater, he was in the first production of "O pagador de promessas", by Dias Gomes, at the Brazilian Comedy Theater (TBC), in 1960, and played Geni in the very first version of the musical "Ópera do malandro", by Chico Buarque and Ruy Guerra, in 1978.

The son of a goldsmith and a primary school teacher, Emiliano left his home state of Ceará in his early 20s. During this period, he hitched a ride in a truck to São Paulo, to participate in professional theater productions, an activity to which he had dedicated himself since childhood, when he still lived in the small town of Aracati, where he was born. Among family and school friends, he was considered a prodigy.

At the age of 10, after moving with his parents to Fortaleza, the young man participated in free courses in performing arts and soon decided that he would pursue a career in art. He joined the Teatro Experimental de Arte, an important company in Ceará, at the age of 14. Shortly after, he started working at Ceará Rádio Clube. "I took a competitive exam, was approved and became a professional at the age of 16," he recalled, in an interview with the website "Memória Globo".

After a short period in São Paulo, the then boy returned to his home state and was hired by TV Ceará. At the local station, he did everything: he worked as an actor, comedian, counter-rule, producer, set designer, presenter...

QUEIROZ, Emiliano

Born: 9/28/1936, Aracati, Ceará, Brazil

Died: 10/4/2024, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Emiliano Queiroz’s western – actor:

O Lamparina – 1964 (Candeeiro)