Jaime Costa
Date of birth: 1897-12-27
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jayme Costa, Jaime Rodrigues Costa
Biography
Jaime Rodrigues Costa, better known as Jaime Costa (Rio de Janeiro, December 27, 1897 - Rio de Janeiro, January 30, 1967), was a Brazilian actor, one of the most important in the history of national theater. He released almost 200 original works by Brazilian authors and introduced Luigi Pirandello, Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller to the national stage. His most notable work was in Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, staged in 1951, where he played Willy Loman, the protagonist. He also acted in film and television.
Movie Credits
Toda a Vida em 15 Minutos
1954-11-03
Passengers aboard a seemingly doomed plane reminisce about their lives, questioning the façade of t
Cidade Mulher
1936-06-20
A theater manager about to go bankrupt decides to accept help from his daughter and her boyfriend to
Quem matou Anabela?
1956-01-01
Macumba na Alta
1959-06-08
A small-time con man is run down by a drunken young millionaire . The former blackmails the other in
A Pensão de D. Estela
1956-01-01
The story takes place in a boarding house, on the verge of bankruptcy, where the most different char
A Viúva Valentina
1960-07-04
Alô Alô Carnaval
1936-01-20
Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
Garota Enxuta
1959-01-01
O Viúvo Alegre
1960-01-11
Osso, Amor e Papagaios
1957-02-23
A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold.
Bom Mesmo É Carnaval
1962-02-25
Colonel Polidoro is the political chief of the small town of Passaroca. Near the city hall elections
Os Dois Ladrões
1960-02-12
The sophisticated thief Mão Leve and his simple-minded accomplice Jonjoca take from the rich to give
Matemática Zero, Amor Dez
1958-12-30
Tudo Legal
1960-12-11
Love for Three
1958-01-01
When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her
Mulheres, Cheguei!
1959-02-03
Favela dos Meus Amores
1935-03-02
Two young men from Paris bring "wonderful civilizing ideas" into the brain. But, as they returned wi
Family Football
1939-06-09
Professor Leônidas Jau is an enemy of football, and in conferences and articles he throws all his ha
O Samba da Vida
1937-10-25
An ordinary thief and two accomplices invade a mansion whose owners traveled to Buenos Aires. They s
Quanto Mais Samba Melhor
1961-12-08
A nationalist musician, Hélio, plans to stage a samba show at a luxury hotel nightclub. The owner, A
O Pão Que o Diabo Amassou
1957-01-01
A ruthless loan shark doesn't realize the evil that he has done to his own family: his son is waist-
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
1954-12-15
Crônica da Cidade Amada
1965-09-24
Eleven small stories, loving chronicles about Rio de Janeiro and its people, written by some of the
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
1943-12-22
Blue Sky
1941-01-31
The Companhia de Esquetches Musicados do Teatro 'Brasil' is in crisis. After the debut of a new play
A Gigolette
1924-06-04
Only a fragment of the film survives. Taking advantage of Carnival season, Álvaro devises a Machiave
O Grito da Mocidade
1937-12-25
The lives of five young medical interns in in the emergency ward of a hospital in Rio de Janeiro.