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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1935-09-21 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Norma Bengell

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.

Known For

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Partido Alto

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Celebridade

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O Sexo dos Anjos

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Tabu

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Toma Lá, Dá Cá

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Os Imigrantes

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Parabéns pra Você

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The Hellbenders

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A Sombra de Rebecca

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Running Out of Luck

Acting

2023

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

2015

J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio as Ela mesma

2011

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

2009

Dzi Croquettes as Self

2008

As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro as Apresentadora

2007

Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha

Toma Lá, Dá Cá as Deise Coturno

2005

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

2003

Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self

2002

1997

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self

1993

Vagas Para Moças de Fino Trato as Gertrudes

1989

O Sexo dos Anjos as Vera

1987

The Colour of His Destiny as Laura

No Tempo de Glauber

Running Out of Luck

Eternamente Pagu as Elsie Houston

The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man

1985

Fonte da Saudade

1984

Tensão no Rio as Dona Dolores

O Filho Adotivo as Maria Rosa

Partido Alto as Irene

1983

Parabéns pra Você as Mara

1982

Rio Babilonia as Solange

1981

Eros, the God of Love as Ada

Nuclear Shelter as Lix

Os Imigrantes as Nena Coutinho

1980

The Age of the Earth as Amazon Queen

1979

Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira as (voice)

Na Boca do Mundo as Clarisse

Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu as Self

1978

Mulheres de Cinema as Self

1977

The Abyss as Madame Zero

Sea of Roses as Felicidade

1976

1975

Assim Era a Atlântida

1973

Défense de savoir as Juditte

1972

The Suns of Easter Island as Norma

1971

The Murdered House as Nina

O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil as Mensageira

Paixão na Praia

As Confissões de Frei Abóbora

1970

OSS 117 Takes a Vacation as Anne

The Palace of Angels as Dorothy

Of Gods and the Undead as Soledad

1969

The Angel Was Born

O Último Homem

1968

I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! as Fedra/Wanda

Before, the Summer as Maria Clara

Juventude e Ternura

Edu, Coração de Ouro as Matilde

1967

The Hellbenders as Claire

A Espiã que Entrou em Fria

Mar Corrente as A Singer

A Sombra de Rebecca as Diana

1966

1965

Planet of the Vampires as Sanya

The Captain from Toledo as Myriam

Violence and Love as Anna

The Reckless as Luciana

1964

Men and Women as Mara

The Constancy of Reason as Ivana

1963

The Ballad of Husbands

I cuori infranti as Milena (segment "E vissero felici")

1962

Mafioso as Marta

The Unscrupulous Ones as Leda

The Given Word as Marli

Carnival of Crime as Model

1961

Mulheres & Milhões

1960

1959

The Man of The Sputnik as Bê Bê, espiã da França

Directing

2015

J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio as Director

2003

Infinitivamente Guiomar Novaes as Director

1996

O Guarani as Director

1987

Eternamente Pagu as Director

1979

Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira as Director

Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu as Director

Production

1996

O Guarani as Executive Producer

1977

The Abyss as Producer

Writing

2008

As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro as Idea

1987

Eternamente Pagu as Writer

1979

Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira as Writer

Crew

1989

Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes as Thanks

Camera

1979

Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu as Director of Photography