Name
Marília Pêra
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-01-22
Deathday
2015-12-05 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
Marília Soares Pêra (Rio de Janeiro, January 22, 1943 — Rio de Janeiro, December 5, 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Throughout her career, she won around 80 awards, acting in 49 plays, 29 soap operas and more than 20 films. Pêra won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1982 for her role in Hector Babenco's acclaimed Pixote, and received Best Actress awards at the Gramado Film Festival (Triple Award Winner) and at the Cartegena Film Festival for Carlos Diegues' Better Days Ahead. Other films include Bar Esperança, Angels of the Night and Diegues' Tieta do Agreste.
Known For
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An emotional journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people,...
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A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian v...
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The life of Brazilian soccer player, Garrincha, considered to be one of the greatest playe...
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A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a ...
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Many exotic characters meet in São Paulo night, looking for love and adventure: Malu, a m...
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In the 1940s, São Paulo nightlife is the setting for Tezinho's love affairs. In love with...
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Chico Buarque is a constant presence in Brazil's art scene and makes up its citizen's popu...
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Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an internatio...
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On the mean streets of New York City, a dog-eat-dog mentality reigns among the destitute c...
- 1998 Central Station as Irene
- 1980 Pixote as Sueli
- 2008 Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala as Madame Castilho
- 1996 Tieta of Agreste as Perpétua Esteves Batista
- 2009 Dzi Croquettes as Self
- 2007 Playing as Actress
- 2008 Urban Snap-Shots as Magda / Magali
- 1998 Traveller as Ana Lara
- 1989 Better Days Ahead as Maryalva 'Mary" Matos
- 2009 Now Boarding as Justina / Gilda
- 2011 Consideração do Poema
- 2000 Amélia as Amélia
- 1975 King of the Night as Pupi
- 2002 Seja O Que Deus Quiser! as Dona Fernanda
- 1971 O Donzelo
- 2006 Vestido de Noiva as Madame Clessy
- 2006 Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda as Herself - Carmen Miranda
- 1983 Bar Esperanza as Anna Moreno
- 1984 Mixed Blood as Rita la Punta
- 2003 Garrincha: Lonely Star as Vanderléia
- 1992 Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela as Herself
- 2015 Chico: Brazilian Artist as Reader (voice)
- 1987 Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman as Self
- 2016 I'm Rich! as Madame Claude
- 1987 Angels of the Night as Marta Brum
- 1968 The Man Who Bought the World as Rosinha
- 1995 The Interview as Renata
- 2007 Pixote In Memoriam as Self
- 1970 É Simonal
- 1978 O Grande Desbum
- 1984 Areias Sagradas (Parábola em Ipanema)
- 1975 Ana, a Libertina
- 2018 Incidente em Antares - O Filme as Erotildes da Conceição
- 2017 All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
- 2013 Alô, Dolly! as Dolly Levi
- 2026 Viva Marília as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 Living the Dream as Vanessa
- 2009 Elas Cantam Roberto Carlos as Self
- 2002 Aurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de Carmen
- 2011 That Kiss ( 155 episodes ) as Maruschka Lemos de Sá
- 1982 Quem Ama Não Mata ( 20 episodes ) as Alice
- 2006 JK ( 47 episodes ) as Sara Kubitschek
- 1971 Bandeira 2 ( 179 episodes ) as Noeli
- 1997 Mandacaru ( 259 episodes ) as Isadora Camargo
- 1987 Brega & Chique ( 173 episodes ) as Rafaela Alvaray (Alfa 1)
- 1980 Grandes Nomes ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 Snakes & Lizards ( 179 episodes ) as Maria Luísa Pasquim Montini (Milu)
- 1990 Lua Cheia de Amor ( 191 episodes ) as Genuína "Genu" Miranda
- 1999 Zorra Total ( 39 episodes ) as Elizabeth
- 1974 Supermanoela ( 138 episodes ) as Manoela
- 2004 Shades of Sin ( 185 episodes ) as Violante
- 2013 Pé na Cova ( 71 episodes ) as Darlene Dos Santos
- 2004 Começar de Novo ( 196 episodes ) as Marlene Emilinha Teles Oliveira (Janis Doidona)
- 2007 Two Faces ( 210 episodes ) as Gioconda de Queiroz Barreto
- 2010 A Vida Alheia ( 20 episodes ) as Catarina Faissol
- 1988 Cousin Bazilio ( 16 episodes ) as Juliana
- 1998 My Sweetheart ( 179 episodes ) as Custódia Alves Serrão
- 2003 Celebrity ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1965 Rosinha do Sobrado ( 50 episodes ) as Rosinha
- 1990 Rainha da Sucata ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1965 A Moreninha ( 35 episodes ) as Carolina
- 1971 O Cafona ( 153 episodes ) as Shirley Sexy
- 1972 Uma Rosa com Amor ( 222 episodes ) as Serafina
- 1976 Planeta dos Homens ( 43 episodes ) as Vários Personagens
- 2000 Brava Gente ( 1 episode ) as Pola
- 2000 Brava Gente ( 1 episode ) as Amélia
- 2000 Brava Gente ( 1 episode ) as Ana Néri
- 1969 Super Plá ( 144 episodes ) as Joana Martini
- 1996 O Campeão ( 90 episodes ) as Elizabeth
- 1968 Albert, the Rockefeller ( 281 episodes ) as Manuela
- 1965 Padre Tião ( 60 episodes ) as Cidinha
- 2001 Os Maias ( 3 episodes ) as Maria Monforte
- 1992 Casseta & Planeta, Urgente! ( 1 episode )
- 1989 Top Model ( 1 episode ) as Suzana Pasolini
- 1977 The Trapalhões ( 3 episodes )
- 1981 Chico Total ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Chico Anysio Show ( 1 episode ) as atriz com afasia
- 1982 Chico Anysio Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1973 The Return Of The Rockefeller ( 198 episodes ) as Manuela (flashback)
- 1965 Um Rosto de Mulher ( 87 episodes ) as Elizabeth
- 2000 Garotas do Programa ( 21 episodes ) as humorista
- 2007 Toma Lá, Dá Cá ( 1 episode ) as Ivone/Madame Madelon
