Ida Gomes

Ita Szafran (25 September 1923 – 22 February 2009), known professionally as Ida Gomes, was a Polish-born Brazilian actress.

Biography Gomes was born Ita Szafran to a Jewish family in Kraśnik, Poland. She spent her first 13 years in France, where her family moved in 1924. In Paris, she learned French and came into contact with 17th-century French classical dramaturgy like Racine, Corneille and Molière. Szafran emigrated to Brazil with her family in the late 1930s.

Radio In 1938, encouraged by her mother, she participated and won a talent contest by reading a poem on Celso Guimarães' program on Rádio Tupi, being offered to sign a contract to work in radio soap operas, taking up the stage name Ida Gomes. During 20 years, she worked as a radio actress, working for Rádio Tupi, and also in Rádio Globo, where he joined the cast of Amaral Gurgel, and for Rádio Nacional, which was at the height of its programming. In 1948, she received a scholarship and moved for a year to the United States and in 1951, she went on to an internship as an announcer for BBC Radio in London.

Family She was the sister of the Brazilian actor Felipe Wagner and aunt of the Brazilian actress Debora Olivieri and the musician Daniel Szafran.

Theater

Dubbing Recurring voice of Joan Crawford Recurring voice of Bette Davis Marie Therese Vauzou (Gladys Cooper) in The Song of Bernadette Madame Medusa (Geraldine Page) in The Rescuers Madame Mim (Martha Wentworth) in The Sword in the Stone Aunt Sponge (Miriam Margolyes) in James and the Giant Peach