Vida Amélia Guedes Alves (April 15, 1928 â€" January 3, 2017) was a
Brazilian actress and pioneer of early Brazilian television whose
career spanned more than seventy years. In 1951, Alves made history
when she and actor Walter Forster performed the first on-screen kiss
ever broadcast on Brazilian television on the early telenovela series,
Sua Vida Me Pertence. In 1963, Alves made television history once
again by sharing the first gay kiss shown on Brazilian television with
actress Geórgia Gomide on the teleteatro show, TV de
Vanguarda.Additionally, Alves co-founded the Associação dos
Pioneiros da Televisão, or Association of Television Pioneers
(Pró-TV), in 1995 and operated the Museu da Televisão Brasileira
from her home in São Paulo.Vida Alves was born on April 15, 1928, in
Itanhandu, a mining city in Minas Gerais. She moved to the city of
São Paulo to pursue acting. She began her career in radio before
transitioning to film and early television roles. Her film roles
included Paixão Tempestuosa in 1954 and A Pequena Ã"rfã in
1973.Alves was cast in Sua Vida Me Pertence, Brazil's first telenovela
and a pioneer of the television genre, which debuted on TV Tupi in
1951. She co-starred in the series with Walter Forster, an actor who
was also TV Tupi's director. In 1951, Alves and Forster shared the
first on-screen kiss ever broadcast on Brazilian television. Alves and
Forster rehearsed their scene in her living room under the watch of
her husband, Gianni Gasparinetti, who gave his permission. Alves and
Gasparinetti were newlyweds at the time and Forster was a close friend
of the couple. According to Alves, who spoke of the scene in a
December 2016 interview, "We [She and Forster] lived very close, a
block away...It was a technical kiss. Walter Foster showed up at my
house and said, 'Let's rehearse.' My husband thought it was kind of
weird, but he agreed." Alves historic kiss was performed live on
television and not taped, so unfortunately no copy of Brazil's first
on-screen kiss exists.
Brazilian actress and pioneer of early Brazilian television whose
career spanned more than seventy years. In 1951, Alves made history
when she and actor Walter Forster performed the first on-screen kiss
ever broadcast on Brazilian television on the early telenovela series,
Sua Vida Me Pertence. In 1963, Alves made television history once
again by sharing the first gay kiss shown on Brazilian television with
actress Geórgia Gomide on the teleteatro show, TV de
Vanguarda.Additionally, Alves co-founded the Associação dos
Pioneiros da Televisão, or Association of Television Pioneers
(Pró-TV), in 1995 and operated the Museu da Televisão Brasileira
from her home in São Paulo.Vida Alves was born on April 15, 1928, in
Itanhandu, a mining city in Minas Gerais. She moved to the city of
São Paulo to pursue acting. She began her career in radio before
transitioning to film and early television roles. Her film roles
included Paixão Tempestuosa in 1954 and A Pequena Ã"rfã in
1973.Alves was cast in Sua Vida Me Pertence, Brazil's first telenovela
and a pioneer of the television genre, which debuted on TV Tupi in
1951. She co-starred in the series with Walter Forster, an actor who
was also TV Tupi's director. In 1951, Alves and Forster shared the
first on-screen kiss ever broadcast on Brazilian television. Alves and
Forster rehearsed their scene in her living room under the watch of
her husband, Gianni Gasparinetti, who gave his permission. Alves and
Gasparinetti were newlyweds at the time and Forster was a close friend
of the couple. According to Alves, who spoke of the scene in a
December 2016 interview, "We [She and Forster] lived very close, a
block away...It was a technical kiss. Walter Foster showed up at my
house and said, 'Let's rehearse.' My husband thought it was kind of
weird, but he agreed." Alves historic kiss was performed live on
television and not taped, so unfortunately no copy of Brazil's first
on-screen kiss exists.
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