Marília Pêra
Actor
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.
Filmography
Pixote
as Sueli 1980
I'm Rich!
as Madame Claude 2016
Playing
2007
Tieta of Agreste
as Perpétua Esteves Batista 1996
Chico: Brazilian Artist
as Reader (voice) 2015
Dzi Croquettes
as Self 2009
Better Days Ahead
as Maryalva 'Mary" Matos 1989
Mixed Blood
as Rita la Punta 1984
King of the Night
as Pupi 1975
Bar Esperanza
as Anna Moreno 1983
Angels of the Night
as Marta Brum 1987
Garrincha: Lonely Star
as Vanderléia 2003
Amélia
as Amélia 2000
Urban Snap-Shots
as Magda / Magali 2008
Traveller
as Ana Lara 1998
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017