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
Also known As
Marília Soares Pêra
Марилия Пера
マリリア・ペーラ
마릴리아 배
मरिलिया पेरा
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.
1998
as Irene
1980
as Sueli
2008
as Madame Castilho
1996
as Perpétua
2009
as Self
2007
2008
as Magda / Magali
1998
as Ana Lara
1989
as Maryalva 'Mary" Matos
2009
as Justina / Gilda
2000
as Amélia
1975
as Pupi
2002
as Dona Fernanda
1971
2006
as Madame Clessy
2006
as Herself - Carmen Miranda
1983
as Anna Moreno
1984
as Rita la Punta
2003
as Vanderléia
1992
as Herself
2015
as Reader (voice)
2016
as Madame Claude
1987
as Marta Brum
1968
as Rosinha
1995
as Renata
2007
as Self
1970
1978
1975
2018
as Erotildes da Conceição
2017
2013
as Dolly Levi
2025
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Vanessa
1992
as Screenplay
1992
as Stage Director
2005
as Thanks
2009
as Co-Producer
1987
as Associate Producer
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