Ariclê Perez

Ariclê Perez (7 September 1943 – 26 March 2006) was a Brazilian actress.

Biography Perez was born on 7 September 1943 in Campinas. She was married to theatre director . With her career being predominantly in theatre, she took part in more than 40 theatrical performances, a good part of them directed by Rangel. She made her debut in a 1967 performance Electra.

Contracted by Rede Globo starting in 1988, she participated uninterrupted in various novelas and miniseries. Some of her most well-known roles include Elisinha Jordão in the second version of Anjo Mau (1997), Rosa Maria in Meu Bem, Meu Mal (1990) and Ametista in Felicidade (1991). Before her contracting with Globo, she participated in Cortina de Vidro, on SBT and Como Salvar Meu Casamento, the last novela of the now-defunct Rede Tupi, which did not go on to have a finale.

Her last role was in the miniseries JK, where she played the mother of former president Juscelino Kubitschek, Júlia Kubitschek, in the second phase of the drama. During the same time period, she was one of the favorite actresses of Maria Adelaide Amaral, the author of the miniseries, with her having worked in practically every series she has written since Anjo Mau.

Career

Television

Film

Theatre Source: 1967 - Electra 1968 - Tarzan do Terceiro Mundo 1968 - Fernando ou O Cinto Acusador 1969 - Hair 1971 - Peer Gynt (with Stênio Garcia, Jonas Bloch, Ricardo Blat, Ewerton de Castro, and Roberto Frota.) 1972 - Man of La Mancha 1972 - Fernando Pessoa 1973 - Hoje É Dia de Rock 1973 - Ensaio Selvagem 1974 - Réveillon 1974 - Pippin 1975 - Os Executivos 1975 - Bye Bye Pororoca 1975 - Abajur Lilás 1976 - À Margem da Vida 1978 - Investigação na Classe Dominante 1980 - Campeões do Mundo 1983 - Rei Lear 1984/1985 - Freud - No Distante País da Alma 1999 - Vestidos

Award

Perez won an award for Best Supporting Actress at the Festival do Ceará for the film Quanto Vale ou É por Quilo?.

Death On 26 March 2006, two days after JK ended, Perez died from "falling out of the window" of her apartment where she lived alone. On the night of her death, an employee in the apartment building alerted police at 19:00 that day, where they found her corpse at the internal entrance to the parking garage. Prior to her death, she had suffered from severe depression. The events that led up to her death are still unknown, with some hypothesizing that she had died by suicide.