Marília Pêra

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-01-22 (72 years old)

Deathday

2015-12-05

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marília Pêra

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.

Acting

1998

1980

Pixote

as Sueli

2008

1996

Tieta of Agreste

as Perpétua

2009

2008

Urban Snap-Shots

as Magda / Magali

1998

Traveller

as Ana Lara

1989

Better Days Ahead

as Maryalva 'Mary" Matos

2009

Now Boarding

as Justina / Gilda

2000

Amélia

as Amélia

2002

Seja O Que Deus Quiser!

as Dona Fernanda

2006

Vestido de Noiva

as Madame Clessy

2006

Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda

as Herself - Carmen Miranda

1983

Bar Esperanza

as Anna Moreno

1984

Mixed Blood

as Rita la Punta

2003

2015

Chico: Brazilian Artist

as Reader (voice)

2016

Tô Ryca!

as Madame Claude

1987

Angels of the Night

as Marta Brum

1995

The Interview

as Renata

2018

Incidente em Antares - O Filme

as Erotildes da Conceição

2013

Alô, Dolly!

as Dolly Levi

2025

Viva Marília

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Production

1992

2005

Transamerica

as Thanks

2009

Now Boarding

as Co-Producer

1987

Angels of the Night

as Associate Producer

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