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.
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Movies (43)
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio
as Ela mesma
2015
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Dzi Croquettes
as Self
2009
As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro
as Apresentadora
2008
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2007
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
2003
Infinitivamente Guiomar Novaes
Director (Directing)
2003
Banquete
2002
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1997
O Guarani
Director (Directing)
1996
Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato
as Gertrudes
1993
Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes
Thanks (Crew)
1989
The Colour of His Destiny
as Laura
1987
Fonte da Saudade
1987
Eternamente Pagu
as Elsie Houston
1987
No Tempo de Glauber
1987
Running Out of Luck
1987
The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
1987
Tensão no Rio
as Dona Dolores
1984
O Filho Adotivo
as Maria Rosa
1984
Tabu
as Madame Xavier
1983
Rio Babilonia
as Solange
1982
Nuclear Shelter
as Lix
1981
Eros, the God of Love
as Ada
1981
The Age of the Earth
as Amazon Queen
1980
Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
as (voice)
1979
Na Boca do Mundo
as Clarisse
1979
Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu
as Self
1979
Mulheres de Cinema
as Self
1978
Sea of Roses
as Felicidade
1977
The Abyss
as Madame Zero
1977
Paranóia
1976
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse
1975
Défense de savoir
as Juditte
1973
The Suns of Easter Island
as Norma
1972
The Demiurge
1972
As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
as Paula
1971
Paixão na Praia
1971
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
as Mensageira
1971
The Murdered House
as Nina
1971
