Leonardo Villar

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Leonardo Villar
Villar, c. 1962
Born	Leonildo Motta (1923-07-25)25 July 1923 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Died	3 July 2020(2020-07-03) (aged 97) São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950–2011

Leonardo Villar (25 July 1923 – 3 July 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He became internationally known for his performance as Zé do Burro in Anselmo Duarte's O Pagador de Promessas, the only Brazilian film so far awarded a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.^[1][2]