- Father of actress Júlia Almeida with Elisabety Almeida and writer Maria Carolina with Cidinha Campos.
- Good friend of actor Jô Soares.
- Before become a writer, had a career as an actor.
- Has 4 grandchildren, including two - Mariana and Luíza - older than his youngest son and youngest daughter.
- Is the father of Manoel Carlos Jr, Ricardo (who died in 1988 of AIDS with 33 years old) with Maria de Lurdes and Pedro with Elisabety Almeida.
- There is always a character named "Helena" on his soap operas.
- His soap "Por Amor" won Award Contigo! for best soap (1998).
- His first wife, Maria de Lurdes (a plastic artist), died at the age of 37 (1972). She and Manoel were separated.
- Often casts to his soaps actresses Marly Bueno and Vivianne Pasmanter.
- His son Manoel Carlos Jr. is a journalist.
- Son of José Maria Gonçalves de Almeida and Olga de Azevedo, a teacher.
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