Lima Duarte

Lima Duarte
Duarte in 2006
Born
Ariclenes Venâncio Martins

(1930-03-29) 29 March 1930 (age 94)
Years active1949–present
Spouses
Marisa Sanches
(m. 1951; sep. 1961)
Martha Godoy de Freitas
(m. 1965; sep. 1968)
Mara Martins
(m. 1970; div. 1989)
Children4 (including Débora)
RelativesPaloma Duarte (granddaughter)

Ariclenes Venâncio Martins (born 29 March 1930), known professionally as Lima Duarte, is a Brazilian actor. He played a number of characters in Brazilian telenovelas, such as Zeca Diabo in O Bem-Amado and Sinhozinho Malta in Roque Santeiro. He first appeared on Brazilian television in 1950. Duarte also worked as a voice actor in the 1960s, being the voice of Top Cat ("Manda-Chuva" in Portuguese), Wally Gator and Dum-Dum (Touche Turtle's friend). He has worked with Brazilian and Portuguese directors, such as Fábio Barreto, Paulo Rocha and Manoel de Oliveira.