Luis Gustavo (actor)

Luis Gustavo Sánchez Blanco (February 2, 1934 − September 19, 2021) was a Spanish-Brazilian actor.^[1]

Born in Gothenburg, Sweden, he was the son of a Spanish diplomat, Luis Amador Sánchez Fernández, working in Sweden, and Elena Blanco Castañera, a Spanish woman. He came to live in Brazil at four years old, when his father arrived in the country to become the Spanish ambassador.^[2]

He started working as an assistant director at TV Tupi, accompanying his sister, the actress Helenita Sanches, appointed by Cassiano Gabus Mendes, the station's artistic director and his brother-in-law.^[3] Soon after, he had already participated in several films, telenovelas, and telethons until he starred as the eponymous anti-hero in the 1968 telenovela Beto Rockfeller. Since then he has consolidated his artistic career acting in several soap operas and films, mainly in comedy roles.

Death

Luís Gustavo died on September 19, 2021, in Itatiba, at the age of 87. He had been undergoing an intestine cancer treatment in 2018, having withdrawn from acting since then.^[4]

Filmography

Television

Cinema

References

^"Perfil Completo – Luis Gustavo – Página: 2513964 – Memória" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
^"Luis Gustavo". www.purepeople.com.br (in Breton). Retrieved 2021-09-25.
^"Biografia de LUIZ GUSTAVO". biografias.netsaber.com.br. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
^"Ator Luis Gustavo morre aos 87 anos em Itatiba". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-25.
^João Gabriel Batista. "Joia Rara repete parte do elenco de Cordel Encantado". Retrieved 23 June 2013.
^Gshow (27 November 2015). "Veja o elenco da nova novela das 6, 'Êta Mundo Bom!'". TV – Gshow. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^Redação (4 February 2018). "Luis Gustavo será ex-maestro na nova temporada de 'Malhação'". Gshow.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

[1] "Perfil Completo – Luis Gustavo – Página: 2513964 – Memória" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[2] "Luis Gustavo". www.purepeople.com.br (in Breton). Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[3] "Biografia de LUIZ GUSTAVO". biografias.netsaber.com.br. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[4] "Ator Luis Gustavo morre aos 87 anos em Itatiba". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[5] João Gabriel Batista. "Joia Rara repete parte do elenco de Cordel Encantado". Retrieved 23 June 2013.

[Gshow1-6] Gshow (27 November 2015). "Veja o elenco da nova novela das 6, 'Êta Mundo Bom!'". TV – Gshow. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

[7] Redação (4 February 2018). "Luis Gustavo será ex-maestro na nova temporada de 'Malhação'". Gshow.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

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