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Norma Bengell
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Norma Bengell

Known for The Given Word · Mafioso · Men and Women

Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (Rio de Janeiro, February 21, 1935 – Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 2013) was a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, producer, singer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest muses of Brazilian cinema and theater in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Norma began her career in the early 1950s, being launched into the artistic world through revue theater by producer Carlos Machado. She acted in…

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Born
Sep 21, 1935
Died
Oct 9, 2013
Birthplace
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known For
Acting

Biography

Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (Rio de Janeiro, February 21, 1935 – Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 2013) was a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, producer, singer and songwriter.

Considered one of the greatest muses of Brazilian cinema and theater in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Norma began her career in the early 1950s, being launched into the artistic world through revue theater by producer Carlos Machado. She acted in 64 films during her career, several of them in Europe.

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Known For

MOVIEThe Given Word
The Given WordMarly · 1962
★ 8.1
MOVIEMafioso
MafiosoMarta · 1962
★ 7.6
MOVIEMen and Women
Men and WomenMara · 1964
★ 6.9
MOVIEEros, the God of Love
Eros, the God of LoveAda · 1981
★ 4.8

Filmography

Movies

O Homem do SputnikBê Bê, espiã da França
1959
ConceiçãoDalva
1960
Mulheres & Milhões
1961
Carnival of CrimeModel
1962
MafiosoMarta
1962
The Given WordMarly
1962
The Unscrupulous OnesLeda
1962
I cuori infrantiMilena (segment "E vissero felici")
1963
The Ballad of Husbands
1963
Men and WomenMara
1964
The Constancy of ReasonIvana
1964
Planet of the VampiresSanya
1965
The Captain from ToledoMyriam
1965
The RecklessLuciana
1965
Violence and LoveAnna
1965
As CariocasPaula Ribeiro de Castro
1966
A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
1967
MC
Mar CorrenteA Singer
1967
The HellbendersClaire
1967
Before, the SummerMaria Clara
1968
Desesperato
1968
Edu, Coração de OuroMatilde
1968
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!Fedra/Wanda
1968
Juventude e Ternura
1968
O Último Homem
1969
The Angel Was BornMulher
1969
Of Gods and the UndeadSoledad
1970
OSS 117 Takes a VacationAnne
1970
The Palace of AngelsDorothy
1970
As Confissões de Frei AbóboraPaula
1971
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura BrasilMensageira
1971
Paixão na Praia
1971
The Murdered HouseNina
1971
The Demiurge
1972
The Suns of Easter IslandNorma
1972
Défense de savoirJuditte
1973
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresseVellini
1975
Paranóia
1976
Sea of RosesFelicidade
1977
The AbyssMadame Zero
1977
The AbyssProducer
1977
Mulheres de CinemaSelf
1978
Freedom of Inês Etienne RomeuSelf
1979
Freedom of Inês Etienne RomeuDirector
1979
Freedom of Inês Etienne RomeuDirector of Photography
1979
Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira(voice)
1979
Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz BrasileiraWriter
1979
Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz BrasileiraDirector
1979
Na Boca do MundoClarisse
1979
The Age of the EarthAmazon Queen
1980
Eros, the God of LoveAda
1981
Nuclear ShelterLix
1981
Rio BabiloniaSolange
1982
TabuMadame Xavier
1983
O Filho AdotivoMaria Rosa
1984
Tensão no RioDona Dolores
1984
Eternamente PaguElsie Houston
1987
Eternamente PaguDirector
1987
Eternamente PaguWriter
1987
Fonte da Saudade
1987
No Tempo de Glauber
1987
Running Out of LuckLola
1987
The Colour of His DestinyLaura
1987
The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal ManSelf
1987
Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas ArtesThanks
1989
Vagas para Moças de Fino TratoGertrudes
1993
O GuaraniDirector
1996
O GuaraniExecutive Producer
1996
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema NacionalSelf
1997
Banquete
2002
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's LabyrinthSelf
2003
IG
Infinitivamente Guiomar NovaesDirector
2003
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa NovaSelf (archive footage)
2005
AO
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2007
As Mulheres no Cinema BrasileiroApresentadora
2008
As Mulheres no Cinema BrasileiroIdea
2008
Dzi CroquettesSelf
2009
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema BrasileiroSelf (archive footage)
2011
JC
J. Carlos - O Cronista do RioEla mesma
2015
JC
J. Carlos - O Cronista do RioDirector
2015
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023

Television

A Sombra de RebeccaDiana · 106 eps
1967
Os ImigrantesNena Coutinho · 22 eps
1981
The TeenagersPaula Castello · 135 eps
1981
Parabéns pra VocêMara · 13 eps
1983
Partido AltoIrene Bessa · 174 eps
1984
O Sexo dos AnjosVera · 142 eps
1989
CelebritySelf · 1 eps
2003
Toma Lá, Dá CáDeise Coturno · 71 eps
2007
O Canto Livre de Nara LeãoSelf (voice) · 1 eps
2022

Photos

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