Rolando Boldrin

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Rolando Boldrin
Boldrin in 2009
Born22 October 1936 (1936-10-22)
São Joaquim da Barra, São Paulo, Brazil
Died9 November 2022 (2022-11-10) (aged 86)
São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation(s)Actor, singer-songwriter, writer and TV presenter
Spouse
Patrícia Maia Boldrin
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(m. 2009)​
ChildrenVera Boldrin (daughter)
RelativesBeatriz Haddad Maia (niece)

Rolando Boldrin (22 October 1936 – 9 November 2022) was a Brazilian television presenter, actor, singer, writer and composer.

Life and career

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Born in São Joaquim da Barra, a grandson of Italian immigrants, Boldrin was the seventh of twelve children.[1][2] He spent his childhood in Guaíra and while still a child he formed the musical duo Boy & Formiga with his brother Leili.[1] At 16 years old, he moved to São Paulo where he worked at different jobs before winning an audition as an actor for the TV Tupi broadcaster in 1958.[1] While his acting career progressed, with Boldrin getting bigger roles in TV-dramas and telenovelas, at the same time he was active as a singer and a composer, often collaborating with his wife, the singer Lurdinha Pereira, and sometimes collaborating on the musical scores of the telenovelas he was working on as an actor.[1] In the 1980s, he got a massive success as a talk show host, first with Som Brasil on TV Globo, and later with other shows with similar formats such as Empório Brasileiro on Rede Bandeirantes and Empório Brasil on SBT.[1][2] From 2005 until his death he hosted the TV Cultura talk show Sr. Brasil.[1][2]

During his career Boldrin appeared in over 30 telenovelas[2] and recorded over 250 songs.[1] He also worked in cinema, on stage and on radio.[2] He died of respiratory and renal failure, at the age of 86.[2]

His niece the tennis player Bia Haddad, paid tribute to him on social media after his death in 2022.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kauffmann, Carlos (9 November 2022). "Rolando Boldrin (1936 - 2022) - Morre Rolando Boldrin, que valorizou a música caipira no Sr. Brasil, aos 86 anos". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Calderari, Larissa (9 November 2022). "Rolando Boldrin, ator, cantor, compositor e apresentador, morre em SP aos 86 anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Bia Haddad, sensação do tênis, é parente de famoso que você nem imagina". Jornal O Tempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Sobrinha de Rolando Boldrin e fã de MPB, Bia Haddad é amante de artes e literatura – além de ser fera no tênis". Glamurama (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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