Kate Lyra
Acting
Biography
Katherine Lee Riddell Caughey, better known as Kate Lyra, is an American actress and former model. She made a career in Brazil, where she adopted the surname of her then-husband, musician Carlos Lyra.
Born: July 3, 1949
Place of Birth: Ray, Arizona, USA
Known For
Chico Anysio Show
Jogo da Vida
The Bunglers
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
Brava Gente
Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.
Chico Total
Passione
An ambitious young woman with a traumatizing past targets an Italian man, the distant son of a wealthy Brazilian family.
Head Over Heels 2
Alice owns a network of sex shops and workaholic who, in trying to reconcile the harsh routine of work and family life, suffers nervous breakdown, she is forced by her husband to go to spa. Precisely at this time, appears unique opportunity to expand its business in New York. Using fun gimmicks, risks his health, leaves spa party there with family to ride, but actually in order to facilitate their professional interests. In trying to reconcile the agendas, engage in hilarious situations and mistakes that culminate in the possible separation of the couple.
Invitation to Pleasure
Two friends discuss their love adventures, and the emptiness ensuing each new conquest.
My Father
A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments on concentration camp refugees during WWII.
Party Crashers
"Party Crashers" chronicles the amusing encounter between Marco Polo (Marcelo Adnet), a Copacabana trickster, and Beto (Eduardo Sterblitch), a shy and insecure man, on the New Year's Eve in Rio. Together they crash parties and create a lot of confusion in search of the beautiful Laura.
Filmography
as Madre Mary
as Mãe Estrangeira
as Myrna
as American Correspondent
as Kate Brando, jornalista americana
as English Course Receptionist
as Branco's Wife
as Various Characters
as Dóris Gumm
as Miss Collins
as Helen
as Ms. Harriet
as Márcia
as Liz
as Helen
as Angela
as Vera