Silvestre Alegrim
Biography
Setubal, Portugal
One of the Portuguese theatre's most distinctive comedians, Silvestre Alegrim, born in 1881, performed in plays, operettas and revues, from the age of ten (when he became a child actor with the Chavas Companhia Infantil) to his death in 1946 (after a last triumph in "Charley's Aunt"). His contribution to the cinema of his country is more modest: mainly secondary roles in eleven films (a domestic in A Canção de Lisboa (1933); a butler in A Rosa do Adro (1938); the night watchman in A Menina da Rádio (1944)... ). Read more... made in Portugal, in which he played the cheerful Timpanas. The song he sings and whistles, "A Fado do Timpanas", is a joy to listen to and to watch, all the more as the sequence is filmed with exceptional skill for its time by José Leitão de Barros.
Actor

Character:
Criado do retiro
A Canção de Lisboa 1933
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Character:
Guardo-noturno
A Menina da Rádio 1944
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