Marília Pêra
Acting • Born 1943-01-22 – Died 2015-12-05
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.
Filmography
77 credits
Central Station
Movie • 1998
Irene
Pixote
Movie • 1980
Sueli
Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
Movie • 2008
Madame Castilho
Tieta of Agreste
Movie • 1996
Perpétua Esteves Batista
Dzi Croquettes
Movie • 2009
Self
Playing
Movie • 2007
Actress
Urban Snap-Shots
Movie • 2008
Magda / Magali
Traveller
Movie • 1998
Ana Lara
Better Days Ahead
Movie • 1989
Maryalva 'Mary" Matos
Now Boarding
Movie • 2009
Justina / Gilda
Consideração do Poema
Movie • 2011
Amélia
Movie • 2000
Amélia
King of the Night
Movie • 1975
Pupi
Seja O Que Deus Quiser!
Movie • 2002
Dona Fernanda
O Donzelo
Movie • 1971
Vestido de Noiva
Movie • 2006
Madame Clessy
Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda
Movie • 2006
Herself - Carmen Miranda
Bar Esperanza
Movie • 1983
Anna Moreno
Mixed Blood
Movie • 1984
Rita la Punta
Garrincha: Lonely Star
Movie • 2003
Vanderléia
Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela
Movie • 1992
Herself
Chico: Brazilian Artist
Movie • 2015
Reader (voice)
Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
Movie • 1987
Self
I'm Rich!
Movie • 2016
Madame Claude
Angels of the Night
Movie • 1987
Marta Brum
The Man Who Bought the World
Movie • 1968
Rosinha
The Interview
Movie • 1995
Renata
Pixote In Memoriam
Movie • 2007
Self
É Simonal
Movie • 1970
O Grande Desbum
Movie • 1978
Areias Sagradas (Parábola em Ipanema)
Movie • 1984
Ana, a Libertina
Movie • 1975
Incidente em Antares - O Filme
Movie • 2018
Erotildes da Conceição
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Movie • 2017
Alô, Dolly!
Movie • 2013
Dolly Levi
Viva Marília
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Living the Dream
Movie • 2006
Vanessa
Elas Cantam Roberto Carlos
Movie • 2009
Self
Aquele Beijo
TV • 2011
Maruschka Lemos de Sá
Quem Ama Não Mata
TV • 1982
Alice
JK
TV • 2006
Sara Kubitschek
Bandeira 2
TV • 1971
Noeli
Mandacaru
TV • 1997
Isadora Camargo
Brega & Chique
TV • 1987
Rafaela Alvaray (Alfa 1)
Grandes Nomes
TV • 1980
Self
Snakes & Lizards
TV • 2006
Maria Luísa Pasquim Montini ("Milu")
Lua Cheia de Amor
TV • 1990
Genuína "Genu" Miranda
Zorra Total
TV • 1999
Elizabeth
Supermanoela
TV • 1974
Manoela
Shades of Sin
TV • 2004
Violante
Pé na Cova
TV • 2013
Darlene Dos Santos
Começar de Novo
TV • 2004
Marlene Emilinha Teles Oliveira (Janis Doidona)
Duas Caras
TV • 2007
Gioconda de Queiroz Barreto
A Vida Alheia
TV • 2010
Catarina Faissol
O Primo Basílio
TV • 1988
Juliana
Meu Bem Querer
TV • 1998
Custódia Alves Serrão
Celebridade
TV • 2003
Self
Rosinha do Sobrado
TV • 1965
Rosinha
Rainha da Sucata
TV • 1990
Self
A Moreninha
TV • 1965
Carolina
O Cafona
TV • 1971
Shirley Sexy
Uma Rosa com Amor
TV • 1972
Serafina
Planeta dos Homens
TV • 1976
Vários Personagens
Brava Gente
TV • 2000
Pola
Brava Gente
TV • 2000
Amélia
Brava Gente
TV • 2000
Ana Néri
Super Plá
TV • 1969
Joana Martini
O Campeão
TV • 1996
Elizabeth
Albert, the Rockefeller
TV • 1968
Manuela
Padre Tião
TV • 1965
Cidinha
Os Maias
TV • 2001
Maria Monforte
Casseta & Planeta, Urgente!
TV • 1992
Top Model
TV • 1989
Suzana Pasolini
The Trapalhões
TV • 1977
Chico Total
TV • 1981
Chico Anysio Show
TV • 1982
atriz com afasia
Chico Anysio Show
TV • 1982
Self