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Luis Gustavo

Feb 02, 1934 - Sep 19, 2021 (87 years old) in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Luis Gustavo Sánchez Blanco was a Spanish-Brazilian actor.

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.

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. Soon after, he had already participated in several films, telenovelas, and telethons until he starred as the eponymous anti-hero in the 1968 telenovela Albert, the Rockefeller. Since then he has consolidated his artistic career acting in several soap operas and films, mainly in comedy roles.

Known For

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O Beijo do Vampiro
Galileu Van Burger
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Young Hearts
Heitor Laroche
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Ti Ti Ti
Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)
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Sai de Baixo
Vavá
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Cat's Cradle
Waldemar Moreira
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Alma Gêmea
Romeu
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Começar de Novo
Glauco Oliveira Teles (Elvis Doidão)
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Três Irmãs
Vidigal Castro
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Duas Vidas
Osvaldo
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Elas por Elas
Mário Cury (Mário Fofoca)

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