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Marília Pêra

Film Actress / Stage Actress | * 01/22/1943 († 72, 12/05/2015) | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Marília Soares Pêra (22 January 1943 – 5 December 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer, and stage director. Hailed as "one of the decade's [1980s] ten best actresses" by Pauline Kael, 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 Cartagena 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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Marília Pêra was a Brazilian actress hailed as "one of the decade's [1980s] ten best actresses" by Pauline Kael. 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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Soaps / Telenovelas

Known for these Movies & Shows

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixo ...

Pixote

Certification unknown

1980 | 3.9/5 | 2h 8min
Crime, Drama
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Comedic portrait of middle-aged women in Rio de Janeiro, including overworked housewife Magali and her over-the-top twin sister Magda, psychoanalyst Paula and her troublesome daughter Melanie, and sta ...

Urban Snap-Shots

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2008 | 2.4/5 | 1h 22min
Drama, Comedy
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An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew. ...

Central Station

Certification unknown

1998 | 4.1/5 | 1h 53min
Drama
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Brega & Chique

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1987 | 3.4/5 | 40min per episode
Soap / Telenovela, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Marília Pêra

Ordem do Mérito Cultural
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Movies with Marília Pêra as Actress(31)

as Madame Claude2016 Tô Ryca!
2015 Introdução à Música do Sangue
as Reader (voice)2015 Chico - Brazilian Artist
as herself2009 Dzi Croquettes
as Justina2009 Now Boarding
as Magda / Magali2008 Urban Snap-Shots
as Madame Castilho2008 Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
2007 Playing
as herself2007 Pixote In Memoriam
as Vanessa2006 Living the Dream
as Madame Clessy2006 Vestido de Noiva
as Vanderléia2003 Garrincha: Lonely Star
2002 Seja O Que Deus Quiser!
as Amélia2000 Amélia
as Ana Lara1998 O Viajante
as Irene1998 Central Station
as Perpétua1996 Tieta of Brasil
as Renata1995 Jenipapo
as Erotildes da Conceição1994 Antares Incident
as Maryalva 'Mary" Matos1989 Better Days Ahead
as Marta Brum1987 Angels of the Night
1984 Areias Sagradas (Parábola em Ipanema)
as Rita la Punta1984 Mixed Blood
as Ana1983 Bar Esperanza
as Sueli1980 Pixote
1978 O Grande Desbum
1975 Ana, a Libertina
as Pupi1975 King of the Night
1971 O Donzelo
1970 É Simonal
as Rosinha1968 The Man Who Bought the World

TV Shows/Series with Marília Pêra as Actress(17)

as Self (Archive footage)2023 Xuxa, O Documentário
as Darlene Dos Santos2013 Pé na Cova
as Maruschka Lemos de Sá2011 Aquele Beijo
as Catarina Faissol2010 A Vida Alheia
as Gioconda de Queiroz Barreto2007 Duas Caras
as Sara Kubitschek2006 JK
as Milu Montini2006 Cobras & Lagartos
as Marlene Emilinha Teles Oliveira (Janis Doidona)2004 Começar de Novo
as Violante2004 Shades of Sin
as herself2003 Celebridade
as Elizabeth1999 Zorra Total
as Custódia Alves Serrão1998 Meu Bem Querer
as Genuína "Genu" Miranda1990 Lua Cheia de Amor
as Juliana1988 O Primo Basílio
as Rafaela Alvaray (Alfa 1)1987 Brega & Chique
as Alice1982 Quem Ama Não Mata
as Rosinha1965 Rosinha do Sobrado

Movies with Marília Pêra as Crew(1)

Production/Co-Producer2009 Now Boarding

Citizenship: Brazil
Born: Friday, 01/22 1943 (January) in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Died: Saturday, 12/05 2015 (December) in Rio de Janeiro (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Portuguese (PT), Brazilian Portuguese
Spouses (current/former): Nelson Motta
Mother: Dinorah Marzullo
Marília Pêra frequently works together with these people:
Miguel Falabella (10x, Actor)
Héctor Babenco (8x, Crew)
Carlos Diegues (5x, Crew)
Paulo César Peréio (5x, Actor)
Hugo Carvana (5x, Actor)
Agildo Ribeiro (5x, Actor)
Ricardo Linhares (5x, Crew)
Marcos Paulo (5x, Actor)
Gilberto Braga (5x, Crew)
Luiz Carlos Lacerda (4x, Crew)
Eduardo Coutinho (4x, Crew)
Antonio Pedro (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1048029, Added: 12/03/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024