Alda Palm Garrido (São Paulo, August 18, 1896 â€" Rio de Janeiro,
December 8, 1970) was a Brazilian vaudeville actress. A comedian, she
played the title role in Pedro Bloch's production Dona Xepa and then
repeated the performance in the film, adapted in 1959.At the age of 19
Alda Garrido formed with her husband, actor Américo Garrido, the duo
Dupla de Garridos, doing duets in São Paulo until 1920. They moved to
the Rio de Janeiro and organized a theater company for Teatro
América, debuting with Luar de Paquetá by Freire Jr. in 1924,
remaining successfully in theaters for six months.In 1923, the duo
received an invitation to work with the entrepreneur Pascoal Segreto
and his company, performing Ilha dos Amores, Quem Paga É o Coronel,
both by Freire Jr., and Francesinha do Bataclan, by Gastão Tojeiro,
among others. The season projected Alda Garrido in such a way that she
was hired by vaudeville businessman Manoel Pinto, father of Walter
Pinto, to work for Companhia Nacional de Revistas, at Teatro
Recreio.Alda's success in the genre makes her maintain a dual
professional practice; on one side the usual comedies from her own
production company, in which she works with her husband, on the other,
the contracts with entrepreneurs in the vaudeville sector. But slowly,
her company surrenders to the success of the musical theater, as in
Brasil Pandeiro (1941), with text of her favorite author, Freire Jr.
in partnership with Luiz Peixoto.
December 8, 1970) was a Brazilian vaudeville actress. A comedian, she
played the title role in Pedro Bloch's production Dona Xepa and then
repeated the performance in the film, adapted in 1959.At the age of 19
Alda Garrido formed with her husband, actor Américo Garrido, the duo
Dupla de Garridos, doing duets in São Paulo until 1920. They moved to
the Rio de Janeiro and organized a theater company for Teatro
América, debuting with Luar de Paquetá by Freire Jr. in 1924,
remaining successfully in theaters for six months.In 1923, the duo
received an invitation to work with the entrepreneur Pascoal Segreto
and his company, performing Ilha dos Amores, Quem Paga É o Coronel,
both by Freire Jr., and Francesinha do Bataclan, by Gastão Tojeiro,
among others. The season projected Alda Garrido in such a way that she
was hired by vaudeville businessman Manoel Pinto, father of Walter
Pinto, to work for Companhia Nacional de Revistas, at Teatro
Recreio.Alda's success in the genre makes her maintain a dual
professional practice; on one side the usual comedies from her own
production company, in which she works with her husband, on the other,
the contracts with entrepreneurs in the vaudeville sector. But slowly,
her company surrenders to the success of the musical theater, as in
Brasil Pandeiro (1941), with text of her favorite author, Freire Jr.
in partnership with Luiz Peixoto.
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