Person

Norma Bengell

Acting · 1935–2013 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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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  Celebrity

  Self

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  Os Imigrantes

  Nena Coutinho

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  Os Adolescentes

  Paula Castello

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  Partido Alto

  Irene Bessa

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  O Sexo dos Anjos

  Vera

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  Toma Lá, Dá Cá

  Deise Coturno

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  A Sombra de Rebecca

  Diana

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  Men and Women

  Mara

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  Dzi Croquettes

  Self

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  Planet of the Vampires

  Sanya

• 2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
• 2022O Canto Livre de Nara LeãoSelf (voice)
• 2015J. Carlos - O Cronista do RioEla mesma
• 2011Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema BrasileiroSelf (archive footage)
• 2009Dzi CroquettesSelf
• 2008As Mulheres no Cinema BrasileiroApresentadora
• 2007Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
• 2007Toma Lá, Dá CáDeise Coturno
• 2005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa NovaSelf (archive footage)
• 2003CelebritySelf
• 2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's LabyrinthSelf
• 2003Infinitivamente Guiomar NovaesDirector
• 2002Banquete
• 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema NacionalSelf
• 1996O GuaraniDirector
• 1993Vagas para Moças de Fino TratoGertrudes
• 1989O Sexo dos AnjosVera
• 1989Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas ArtesThanks
• 1987The Colour of His DestinyLaura
• 1987Fonte da Saudade
• 1987Eternamente PaguElsie Houston
• 1987No Tempo de Glauber
• 1987Running Out of Luck
• 1987The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
• 1984Tensão no RioDona Dolores
• 1984Partido AltoIrene Bessa
• 1984O Filho AdotivoMaria Rosa
• 1983TabuMadame Xavier
• 1983Parabéns pra VocêMara
• 1982Rio BabiloniaSolange
• 1981Os AdolescentesPaula Castello
• 1981Nuclear ShelterLix
• 1981Eros, the God of LoveAda
• 1981Os ImigrantesNena Coutinho
• 1980The Age of the EarthAmazon Queen
• 1979Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira(voice)
• 1979Na Boca do MundoClarisse
• 1979Freedom of Inês Etienne RomeuSelf
• 1978Mulheres de CinemaSelf
• 1977Sea of RosesFelicidade
• 1977The AbyssMadame Zero
• 1976Paranóia
• 1975Assim Era a Atlântida
• 1975Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse
• 1973Défense de savoirJuditte
• 1972The Suns of Easter IslandNorma
• 1972The Demiurge
• 1971As Confissões de Frei AbóboraPaula
• 1971Paixão na Praia
• 1971O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura BrasilMensageira
• 1971The Murdered HouseNina
• 1970Of Gods and the UndeadSoledad
• 1970The Palace of AngelsDorothy
• 1970OSS 117 Takes a VacationAnne
• 1969The Angel Was BornMulher
• 1969O Último Homem
• 1968Before, the SummerMaria Clara
• 1968I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!Fedra/Wanda
• 1968Desesperato
• 1968Juventude e Ternura
• 1968Edu, Coração de OuroMatilde
• 1967A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
• 1967Mar CorrenteA Singer
• 1967A Sombra de RebeccaDiana
• 1967The HellbendersClaire
• 1966As CariocasPaula Ribeiro de Castro
• 1965Planet of the VampiresSanya
• 1965The Captain from ToledoMyriam
• 1965Violence and LoveAnna
• 1965The RecklessLuciana
• 1964The Constancy of ReasonIvana
• 1964Men and WomenMara
• 1963I cuori infrantiMilena (segment "E vissero felici")
• 1963The Ballad of Husbands
• 1962MafiosoMarta
• 1962Carnival of CrimeModel
• 1962The Given WordMarly
• 1962The Unscrupulous OnesLeda
• 1961Mulheres & Milhões
• 1960ConceiçãoDalva
• 1959O Homem do SputnikBê Bê, espiã da França