About Elias Gleizer
Lived 1934 – 2015 (aged 81). Elias Gleizer was a Brazilian actor, film actor and television actor.
Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor.
Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife. He began his artistic career at age 12, playing the violin in a youth orchestra. In 1956 he won the award for best actor in an amateur festival, and in 1959 he made his television debut on TV Tupi. His first major work was Joseph of Egypt, a 1964 telenovela. In 1984 he started an intense collaboration with the Rede Globo, acting in Free to Fly, and then appearing in dozens of telenovelas and miniseries.
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Who was Elias Gleizer?
Brazilian actor
When was Elias Gleizer born?
Elias Gleizer was born on 4 January 1934 in São Paulo.
When did Elias Gleizer die?
Elias Gleizer died on 16 May 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.
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Elias Gleizer was an actor, film actor and television actor.
What nationality was Elias Gleizer?
Elias Gleizer was Brazilian.
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