Irene Beatriz de Mattos Brietzke (December 7, 1944 – September 14, 2021) was a Brazilian actress and theatre director.
Life and career
Brietzke debuted as an actress in 1966 in the children's play "Quatro pessoas passam enquanto as lentilhas cozinham" by Stuart Walker, directed by Ivo Bender.
The following year, she began to study theater at the Center of Dramatic Art of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. In the course, she participated in montages with texts by Lorca ("Dona Rosita, a solteira", 1967), Brecht and Weill ("A ópera dos três vinténs", 1969) and Ésquilo ("Agamemnon", 1971). As a job of diplomacy, she directed "A cantora careca", by Eugène Ionesco.
In 1971, she graduated in letters and theater direction from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Two years later, she completed her graduate studies in theater at the University of Denver in the United States. Back in Porto Alegre, in 1976 she became professor of theater direction and interpretation in the Department of Dramatic Art of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.
Filmography
2015: Seashore (movie).... Marisa
2014: Doce de mãe (series) .... Carlinda
2011: "Três vezes por semana (short film) .... Sílvia
2011: "Homens de Bem" (telefilm) .... Miranda
2011: "Até a vista" (short film) .... Bruja
2010: Antes Que o Mundo Acabe (feature film) .... Glória
2008-09: "Fantasias de uma dona de casa" (TV series, 8 episodes) .... Ivone
2007: Saneamento Básico (feature film).... pedagogue
2003: The Man Who Copied (feature film) ....supermarket customer
2003: "Miriam" (short film) .... Miriam
2002: "Houve uma vez dois verões" .... Inácio's mother (voice) 1997: "Ângelo anda sumido" (short film) .... third floor woman 1997: "A comédia da vida privada" (Episode: Anchietanos) .... English Teacher 1990: "Heimweh/Nostalgia" (feature film) ....
As theatre director
2002: "Almas gêmeas", of Martha Medeiros
2000: "Rio Grande do Sul em música e dança" 2000: "Trem-bala", of Martha Medeiros 1998: "Noite Brecht", from Brecht and Weill songs 1996: "Biba, Dudu, Molenga e Chorona" (childlike) 1995: "O menino maluquinho, of Ziraldo (childlike) 1994: "Um homem é um homem", of Brecht 1986: "Parentes entre parênteses", of Flávio de Souza 1987: "Peer Gynt", of Henrik Ibsen 1988: "Mahagonny, of Brecht and Weill 1985: "A aurora da minha vida", of Naum Alves de Souza 1984: "O casamento do pequeno burguês" 1983: "No natal a gente vem te buscar", of Naum Alves de Souza 1982: "O Rei da Vela, of Oswald de Andrade 1981: "Happy end", of Brecht, Weill and Elisabeth Hauptmann 1980: "Salão grená", from Brecht and Weill songs 1979: "Praça de Retalhos", of Carlos Meceni (infantil) 1979: "Frankie, frankie, Frankenstein", based on Mary Shelley 1978: "O casamento do pequeno burguês", of Brecht 1971: "A cantora careca", of Ionesco