Elias Gleizer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Elias Gleizer

Brazilian actor

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1934

Place of Birth: São Paulo, Brazil

Date of Death: 16-May-2015

Profession: actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor. Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife.
He began his artistic career at age 12, playing the violin in a youth orchestra.
In 1956 he won the award for best actor in an amateur festival, and in 1959 he made his television debut on TV Tupi.
His first major work was Joseph of Egypt, a 1964 telenovela.
In 1984 he started an intense collaboration with the Rede Globo, acting in Free to Fly, and then appearing in dozens of telenovelas and miniseries.