Rubens de Falco
Falco in 2004
Born	Rubens de Falco da Costa (1931-10-19)October 19, 1931 São Paulo,Brazil
Died	February 22, 2008(2008-02-22) (aged 76) São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–2008

Rubens de Falco da Costa (October 19, 1931 – February 22, 2008) was a Brazilian actor best known for his work intelenovelas, specifically his portrayal as a slave owner in the 1976 telenovelaEscrava Isaura (The Slave Isaura) and the 1986 telenovelaSinhá Moça (Little Missy).^[1][2]

De Falco was born inSão Paulo,Brazil on October 19, 1931. He began his acting career in the localtheater. In 1955, he joined the group "Os Jograis", of São Paulo, and performed beside such actors asRuy Afonso,Italo Rossi andFelipe Wagner. He made his cinema debut in 1952 in thefilmApassionata, for theCompanhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz.

In television, he had prominent parts in telenovelas such asO Rei dos Ciganos (1967),A Rainha Louca (1967),O Passo dos Ventos (1968),Gabriela (1975),O Grito (1975),Escrava Isaura (1976),Dona Xepa (1977),A Sucessora (1978) andSinhá Moça (1986).

Perhaps his best-known work came in 1976, when he portrayed the cruel villain Leôncio Almeida, a powerful farm owner and ruthless slave owner in the telenovelaEscrava Isaura.^[1] De Falco's character, Leôncio Almeida, falls in love with one of his slaves, played by Brazilian actressLucélia Santos.^[1]

Escrava Isaura was extremely well received globally and became a hit inAfrica,Eastern Europe andLatin America.^[1]Escrava Isaura was the first soap opera ever broadcast inPoland and theSoviet Union and became the firsttelevision series to air inChina with foreign actors in the lead role.^[1] Rubens de Falco, who played Leôncio Almeida as one of his trademark villains, was called "the great villain of Brazilian television drama" by Lucélia Santos.^[1]

He again portrayed a powerful farm owner and ruthless slave owner, the cruel villain Baron de Araruna, in the 1986 telenovelaSinhá Moça alongside Lucélia Santos who starred this time as his rebellious daughter.

De Falco's last television role was as Almeida in 2004 in theRede Record remake ofA Escrava Isaura,^[1] and his last film role was as Deputado Ernesto Alves in 2008 inFim da Linha.

Rubens de Falco died on February 22, 2008, ofheart failure at the CIAI Center for the Aged in São Paulo, Brazil.^[1] He was not married and left no descendants.

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• Brazilian male telenovela actors
• Brazilian male stage actors
• Brazilian male film actors
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• Male actors from São Paulo

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