Rolando Boldrin | |
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.jpg) Boldrin in 2009 | |
| Born | 22 October 1936 (1936-10-22) |
| Died | 9 November 2022(2022-11-09) (aged 86) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupations | Actor, singer-songwriter, writer and TV presenter |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Vera Boldrin (daughter) |
| Relatives | Beatriz Haddad Maia (niece) |
Rolando Boldrin (22 October 1936 – 9 November 2022) was a Brazilian television presenter, actor, singer, writer and composer.
Born inSão Joaquim da Barra, a grandson of Italian immigrants, Boldrin was the seventh of twelve children.[1][2] He spent his childhood inGuaíra and while still a child he formed the musical duo Boy & Formiga with his brother Leili.[1] At 16 years old, he moved toSão Paulo where he worked at different jobs before winning an audition as an actor for the TV Tupi broadcaster in 1958.[1] While his acting career progressed, with Boldrin getting bigger roles in TV-dramas andtelenovelas, at the same time he was active as a singer and a composer, often collaborating with his wife, the singer Lurdinha Pereira, and sometimes collaborating on the musical scores of the telenovelas he was working on as an actor.[1] In the 1980s, he got a massive success as a talk show host, first withSom Brasil onTV Globo, and later with other shows with similar formats such asEmpório Brasileiro onRede Bandeirantes andEmpório Brasil onSBT.[1][2] From 2005 until his death he hosted theTV Cultura talk showSr. Brasil.[1][2]
During his career Boldrin appeared in over 30 telenovelas[2] and recorded over 250 songs.[1] He also worked in cinema, on stage and on radio.[2] He died of respiratory and renal failure, at the age of 86.[2]
His niece the tennis playerBia Haddad, paid tribute to him on social media after his death in 2022.[3][4]
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