Agildo Ribeiro
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24 April 1932
Agildo Ribeiro | |
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| Born | Agildo da Gama Barata Ribeiro Filho 24 April 1932 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 28 April 2018 (aged 86) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actor |
Agildo Ribeiro (24 April 1932 – 28 April 2018) was a Brazilian actor.[1]
Agildo Ribeiro was born on 24 April 1932, in Rio de Janeiro. His father, Army officer Agildo Barata Ribeiro, participated in the Tenentist movement and the Revolution of 1930.[2] His great-uncle, Cândido Barata Ribeiro, was the first mayor of the Federal District – at the time, the city of Rio de Janeiro.His mother, Maria Pascoal Cassapis, was the daughter of Apóstolo Pachoal Cassapis, a Greek, and Rosa da Conceição Couto, a Rio de Janeiro native of Portuguese descent. After the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932, his family went into exile in Portugal, where Agildo Ribeiro lived his early years.[3]
He became notable as a comedian in the 1970s, both in Brazil and Portugal, co-starring in several comedy programs on Rede Globo alongside Jô Soares, Paulo Silvino, and Chacrinha. During that period, his most famous program was Planeta dos Homens.[4]
