Marília Pêra
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Central Station
as Irene
1998
Pixote
as Sueli
1980
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
as Madame Castilho
2008
Tieta of Agreste
as Perpétua Esteves Batista
1996
Dzi Croquettes
as Self
2009
Jogo de Cena
as Actress
2007
Urban Snap-Shots
as Magda / Magali
2008
Traveller
as Ana Lara
1998
Better Days Ahead
as Maryalva 'Mary" Matos
1989
Now Boarding
as Justina / Gilda
2009
Consideração do Poema
2011
Amélia
as Amélia
2000
King of the Night
as Pupi
1975
Seja O Que Deus Quiser!
as Dona Fernanda
2002
O Donzelo
1971
Vestido de Noiva
as Madame Clessy
2006
Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda
as Herself - Carmen Miranda
2006
Bar Esperanza
as Anna Moreno
1983
Mixed Blood
as Rita la Punta
1984
Garrincha: Lonely Star
as Vanderléia
2003
TV Appearances
Aquele Beijo
as Maruschka Lemos de Sá
2011
Quem Ama Não Mata
as Alice
1982
JK
as Sara Kubitschek
2006
Bandeira 2
as Noeli
1971
Mandacaru
as Isadora Camargo
1997
Brega & Chique
as Rafaela Alvaray (Alfa 1)
1987
Grandes Nomes
as Self
1980
Cobras & Lagartos
as Maria Luísa Pasquim Montini ("Milu")
2006
Lua Cheia de Amor
as Genuína "Genu" Miranda
1990
Zorra Total
as Elizabeth
1999
Supermanoela
as Manoela
1974
Shades of Sin
as Violante
2004