Perilúcio José de Almeida (March 6, 1939 â€" June 17, 2009), better
known by his stage name Perry Salles, was a Brazilian film director
and actor.Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro, on March 6, 1939, and was
the adoptive son of actress Yara Salles. He began his acting career in
1961, portraying the character Fernando in the comedy film O Dono da
Bola. His breakthrough was in the 1973 pornochanchada classic A Super
Fêmea, where he met his future wife, Vera Fischer. Salles later
acquired higher prominence after starring in the 1987 telenovela
Mandala as Laio. Around the same time he directed the films Intimidade
(1975) and Dôra Doralina (1982), the latter one being based on Rachel
de Queiroz's eponymous book.In 1989, after his divorce from Vera
Fischer, stricken by a severe existential crisis, Salles moved to
Bahia, initially to Salvador and later to Trancoso. While living in
Trancoso he learned that Rodrigo, his son with ex-wife Miriam Mehler,
had died in a motorcycle accident. Since then he began to suffer from
depression bouts, and the only films in which he acted during this
period were O Efeito Ilha in 1994 and the critical and commercial
failure Cinderela Baiana in 1998, in which he portrayed the erratic
talent manager Pierre; despite the film's overwhelmingly negative
reception, his acting as Pierre garnered him a small cult following.In
the early 2000s, after overcoming his depression, Salles went back to
Rio de Janeiro, after being invited by friend Ivone Hoffmann to
partake in a theater play. He then saw a resurgence, and later
portrayed Mustafá in the 2001 telenovela O Clone and Pacheco in one
episode of the 2005â€"07 HBO series Mandrake, his last major TV role.
known by his stage name Perry Salles, was a Brazilian film director
and actor.Salles was born in Rio de Janeiro, on March 6, 1939, and was
the adoptive son of actress Yara Salles. He began his acting career in
1961, portraying the character Fernando in the comedy film O Dono da
Bola. His breakthrough was in the 1973 pornochanchada classic A Super
Fêmea, where he met his future wife, Vera Fischer. Salles later
acquired higher prominence after starring in the 1987 telenovela
Mandala as Laio. Around the same time he directed the films Intimidade
(1975) and Dôra Doralina (1982), the latter one being based on Rachel
de Queiroz's eponymous book.In 1989, after his divorce from Vera
Fischer, stricken by a severe existential crisis, Salles moved to
Bahia, initially to Salvador and later to Trancoso. While living in
Trancoso he learned that Rodrigo, his son with ex-wife Miriam Mehler,
had died in a motorcycle accident. Since then he began to suffer from
depression bouts, and the only films in which he acted during this
period were O Efeito Ilha in 1994 and the critical and commercial
failure Cinderela Baiana in 1998, in which he portrayed the erratic
talent manager Pierre; despite the film's overwhelmingly negative
reception, his acting as Pierre garnered him a small cult following.In
the early 2000s, after overcoming his depression, Salles went back to
Rio de Janeiro, after being invited by friend Ivone Hoffmann to
partake in a theater play. He then saw a resurgence, and later
portrayed Mustafá in the 2001 telenovela O Clone and Pacheco in one
episode of the 2005â€"07 HBO series Mandrake, his last major TV role.
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