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Norma Bengell

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.

Et billede af Norma Bengell

Actor

1959

[ ] The Man of The Sputnik (Bê Bê, espiã da França)

1960

[ ] Conceição (Dalva)

1961

[ ] Mulheres & Milhões (????)

1962

[ ] Mafioso (Marta)
[ ] The Unscrupulous Ones (Leda)
[ ] The Given Word (Marli)
[ ] Carnival of Crime (Model)

1963

[ ] The Ballad of Husbands (????)
[ ] I cuori infranti (Milena (segment "E vissero felici"))

1964

[ ] Men and Women (Mara)
[ ] The Constancy of Reason (Ivana)

1965

[ ] Planet of the Vampires (Sanya)
[ ] The Captain from Toledo (Myriam)
[ ] Violence and Love (Anna)
[ ] The Reckless (Luciana)

1966

[ ] As Cariocas (Paula Ribeiro de Castro)

1967

[ ] The Hellbenders (Claire)
[ ] A Espiã que Entrou em Fria (????)
[ ] Mar Corrente (A Singer)

1968

[ ] I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! (Fedra/Wanda)
[ ] Before, the Summer (Maria Clara)
[ ] Desesperato (????)
[ ] Juventude e Ternura (????)
[ ] Edu, Coração de Ouro (Matilde)

1969

[ ] The Angel Was Born (Mulher)
[ ] O Último Homem (????)

1970

1971

[ ] The Murdered House (Nina)
[ ] O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil (Mensageira)
[ ] Paixão na Praia (????)
[ ] As Confissões de Frei Abóbora (Paula)

1972

[ ] The Suns of Easter Island (Norma)
[ ] The Demiurge (????)

1973

[ ] Défense de savoir (Juditte)

1975

[ ] Assim Era a Atlântida (????)
[ ] Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse (????)

1976

[ ] Paranóia (????)

1977

[ ] The Abyss (Madame Zero)
[ ] Sea of Roses (Felicidade)

1978

[ ] Mulheres de Cinema (Self)

1979

[ ] Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira ((voice))
[ ] Na Boca do Mundo (Clarisse)
[ ] Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu (Self)

1980

[ ] The Age of the Earth (Amazon Queen)

1981

[ ] Eros, the God of Love (Ada)
[ ] Nuclear Shelter (Lix)

1982

[ ] Rio Babilonia (Solange)

1983

[ ] Tabu (Madame Xavier)

1984

[ ] Tensão no Rio (Dona Dolores)
[ ] O Filho Adotivo (Maria Rosa)

1987

[ ] The Colour of His Destiny (Laura)
[ ] Fonte da Saudade (????)
[ ] No Tempo de Glauber (????)
[ ] Running Out of Luck (????)
[ ] Eternamente Pagu (Elsie Houston)
[ ] The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man (????)

1993

[ ] Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato (Gertrudes)

1997

[ ] Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (Self)

2002

[ ] Banquete (????)

2003

[ ] Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth (Self)

2005

[ ] Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova (Self (archive footage))

2007

[ ] Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha (????)

2008

[ ] As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro (Apresentadora)

2009

[ ] Dzi Croquettes (Self)

2011

[ ] Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro (Self (archive footage))

2015

[ ] J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio (Ela mesma)

2023

[ ] The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus (????)

Directing

1979

[ ] Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira (Director)
[ ] Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu (Director)

1987

[ ] Eternamente Pagu (Director)

1996

[ ] O Guarani (Director)

2003

[ ] Infinitivamente Guiomar Novaes (Director)

2015

[ ] J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio (Director)

Production

1977

[ ] The Abyss (Producer)

1996

[ ] O Guarani (Executive Producer)

Writing

1979

[ ] Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira (Writer)

1987

[ ] Eternamente Pagu (Writer)

2008

[ ] As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro (Idea)

Crew

1989

[ ] Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes (Thanks)

Camera

1979

[ ] Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu (Director of Photography)