The actress, who was in the cast of Globo’s Greatest Hits, battled lung cancer
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The actress Ilka Soares died this Saturday at the age of 89 at the age of 18 in Rio de Janeiro. She suffered with me lung cancer and was in the hospital for about 10 days. She was born in Rio on June 21, 1932 and would be 90 years old in three days. The artist was the daughter of a pharmacist and a housewife of German origin. The first step into the artistic world was in 1947 when, while still a teenager, he entered a miss contest sponsored by the newspaper O Globo, representing the federal district (when the capital of Brazil was Rio itself). At that time she could not even participate because she was underage, and later the actress herself announced that she was “given” a few more years so that she could walk. During this competition he met the director Vitório Cardinalli. He invited her to audition for the role of Iracema in the film, which was to be made in 1948 and released the following year.
At the age of 16, she starred alongside Mario Brasini (19211997) and claims to have starred in the first act in Brazilian cinema with dark makeup skin and a wig with bangs and dark hair. As a result, he made films such as “Katucha” (1950), “Modelo 19” (1950), “Esquina da Illusion” (1953) and “Carnival on Mars” (1955). In the early 1950s he was involved in productions by the broadcasters Record and Tupi. By 1965 she was married Walter Clarkappointed by Roberto Marinho to an important position in the TV globe, which was still beginning. At that time, Ilka, who was pregnant and three months behind on her salary at TV Rio, decided to go to the new station with her husband. In addition to Clark, with whom she had a daughter, she was also married Anselmo Duartewith whom he had two children, and Nelson Fiúza Filho.
A notable episode in the life of Ilka Soares happened in 1958, when the American Rock Hudson (19251985) came to Brazil. The actress received an offer from an executive of the producer of the heartthrob to accompany him during the carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Back then, there were rumors about Hudson’s sexuality and the possibility that his marriage to Phyllis Gates was just a front. Ilka later reported that she did not distrust the actor “because he was absolutely reserved”. He did not look down on the numerous photos that were published in the press at the time the couple even appeared on the cover of Manchete magazine he did not look down: “For me this story was important because he was at the height of his fame, he was a alluring man, he was a gentleman and very friendly when we were in public.”
He started at Globo in 1966, replacing Norma Bengell in the presentation of Noite de Gala. In addition to entertainment programs, he also supervised some journalistic programs such as the “Jornal de Verdade” (19661969). She even signed the women’s side of Diário da Noite at the invitation of Alberto Dines, but had the help of Clarice Lispector as a ghostwriter. He recalled the period of military dictatorship (19641985), which coincided with the peak of his career, in a commentary on the book Ilka Soares: A Bela da Tela by Wagner de Assis, part of the Applauso Collection: “My relationship to the military government went without any problems. […] It didn’t affect anything for me. I knew about imprisoned and tortured people. But the information was always incomplete, nothing was published. I knew the difficulties that the most committed artists went through. But there wasn’t much to do.”
In the 1970s and 1980s he also gained notoriety in soap operas such as Bandeira 2 (1971), O Cafona (1971), O Bofe (1972), Anjo Mau (1976), Locomotivas ( 1977). ), Did I Tell You? (1978) and Champagne (1983). He also worked at SBT where he filmed Jogo do Amor (1985) and at Manchete where he starred in Novo Amor (1986). He then returned to Globo and appeared in several wellknown productions, including Mandala (1987), Que Rei Sou Eu? (1989), Queen of Scrap (1990) and Barriga de Aluguel (1990). . As recently as the 1990s, he starred in the remake of Pecado Capital (1998). Already at the age of 70 his roles are dwindling. In cinema, he has also taken part in productions such as Copacabana (2001), Gatão de Meia Idade (2006) and Vendo ou Alugo (2013).
*With information from Esstadão Conteúdo.