Actor
Marília Pêra
Born January 22, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilDied December 5, 201527 films
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.
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Filmography
27 films as actor- 2018Incidente em Antares - O FilmeErotildes da Conceição
- 2016I'm Rich!Madame Claude
- 2013Alô, Dolly!Dolly Levi
- 2009Now BoardingJustina / Gilda
- 2008Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num OpalaMadame Castilho
- 2008Urban Snap-ShotsMagda / Magali
- 2006Vestido de NoivaMadame Clessy
- 2006Living the DreamVanessa
- 2003Garrincha: Lonely StarVanderléia
- 2002Seja O Que Deus Quiser!Dona Fernanda
- 2000AméliaAmélia
- 1998TravellerAna Lara
- 1998Central StationIrene
- 1996Tieta of AgrestePerpétua Esteves Batista
- 1995The InterviewRenata
- 1989Better Days AheadMaryalva 'Mary" Matos
- 1987Angels of the NightMarta Brum
- 1985Mixed BloodRita la Punta
- 1984Areias Sagradas (Parábola em Ipanema)
- 1983Bar EsperanzaAnna Moreno
- 1980PixoteSueli
- 1978O Grande Desbum
- 1975King of the NightPupi
- 1975Ana, a Libertina
- 1971O Donzelo
- 1970É Simonal
- 1968The Man Who Bought the WorldRosinha