Dedé Santana


Manfried Sant'Anna, known artistically as Dedé Santana, is a Brazilian comedian, best known for his role in the television series Os Trapalhões, where he was one of the four protagonists.

Short bio

Dedé was raised among circus performers in a Roma family. He and his brother Dino Santana acted in television as a comedic couple named Maloca e Bonitão in 1965.
Later, Dedé joined the comedian Renato Aragão and created another comedian duo that later with the addition of Mussum and Zacarias, would become the famous Brazilian quartet Os Trapalhões, which with its TV series and movies, gained national fame in the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. His brother Dino Santana acted in Trapalhões's movies and series as a supporting actor. After Zacarias and Mussum deaths, the famous group came to an end.
Dedé then had little participations on television, like in the Chico Anysio's Escolinha do Professor Raimundo and acted was a teacher in the TV series Escolinha do Barulho, in the late 1990s.
He returned to TV, along with his brother, in 2005, in the TV series Dedé e o Comando Maluco, in association with manager Beto Carrero. After Carrero's death, in 2008, Dedé returned to Rede Globo and again joined his old friend Renato Aragão in the TV series A Turma do Didi.

Television

  • A E I O URCA
  • Os Legionários
  • Adoráveis Trapalhões
  • Quartel do Barulho
  • Os Insociáveis
  • Os Trapalhões
  • Os Trapalhões
  • Criança Esperança
  • Os Trapalhões – Melhores Momentos de Todos os Tempos
  • Escolinha do Professor Raimundo
  • Os Trapalhões em Portugal
  • Escolinha do Barulho
  • Dedé e o Comando Maluco
  • A Turma do Didi.
  • Aventuras do Didi

Discography

  • 1996 – Trapalhões e Seus Amigos
  • 1995 – Os Trapalhões em Portugal
  • 1991 – Amigos do Peito – 25 Anos de Trapalhões
  • 1988 – Os Trapalhões
  • 1987 – Os Trapalhões
  • 1985 – A Filha dos Trapalhões
  • 1984 – Os Trapalhões
  • 1984 – Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oroz
  • 1984 – O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé
  • 1983 – O Cangaceiro Trapalhão
  • 1982 – Os Trapalhões na Serra Pelada
  • 1982 – Os Vagabundos Trapalhões
  • 1981 – Os Saltimbancos Trapalhões
  • 1981 – O Forró dos Trapalhões
  • 1979 – Os Trapalhões na TV
  • 1975 – Os Trapalhões – Volume 2
  • 1974 – Os Trapalhões – Volume 1

Filmography

Solo

  • 1986 – As Sete Vampiras
  • 1973 – Sob o Domínio do Sexo
  • 1972 – Os Desempregados
  • 1970 – Se Meu Dólar Falasse
  • 1969 – Deu a Louca no Cangaço
  • 1969 – 2000 Anos de Confusão
  • 1967 – A Espiã Que Entrou em Fria
  • 1964 – Lana, Queen of the Amazons
  • 1962 – Rio à Noite

With Renato Aragão

  • 1999 – O Trapalhão e a Luz Azul
  • 1998 – Simão, o Fantasma Trapalhão
  • 1997 – O Noviço Rebelde
  • 1971 – Bonga, O Vagabundo
  • 1965 – Na onda do Iê-Iê-Iê

With Mussum and Zacarias

  • 1983 – Atrapalhando a Suate

with Os Trapalhões