Norma Bengell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1935-09-21

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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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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Acting History

2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2015
J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio as Ela mesma
2011
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro as Self (archive footage)
2009
Dzi Croquettes as Self
2008
As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro as Apresentadora
2007
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2007
Toma Lá, Dá Cá as Deise Coturno
2005
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova as Self (archive footage)
2003
Celebridade as Self
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self
2002
Banquete
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1993
Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato as Gertrudes
1989
O Sexo dos Anjos as Vera
1987
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
1984
Tensão no Rio as Dona Dolores
1984
Partido Alto as Irene Bessa
1984
O Filho Adotivo as Maria Rosa
1983
Tabu as Madame Xavier
1983
Parabéns pra Você as Mara
1982
Rio Babilonia as Solange
1981
Nuclear Shelter as Lix
1981
Eros, the God of Love as Ada
1981
Os Imigrantes as Nena Coutinho
1980
The Age of the Earth as Amazon Queen
1979
Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira as (voice)
1979
Na Boca do Mundo as Clarisse
1979
Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu as Self
1978
Mulheres de Cinema as Self
1977
Sea of Roses as Felicidade
1977
The Abyss as Madame Zero
1976
Paranóia
1975
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse
1973
Défense de savoir as Juditte
1972
The Suns of Easter Island as Norma
1972
The Demiurge
1971
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
1970
Of Gods and the Undead as Soledad
1970
The Palace of Angels as Dorothy
1970
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation as Anne
1969
The Angel Was Born as Mulher
1969
O Último Homem
1968
Before, the Summer as Maria Clara
1968
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! as Fedra/Wanda
1968
Desesperato
1968
Juventude e Ternura
1968
Edu, Coração de Ouro as Matilde
1967
A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
1967
Mar Corrente as A Singer
1967
A Sombra de Rebecca as Diana
1967
The Hellbenders as Claire
1966
As Cariocas as Paula Ribeiro de Castro
1965
Planet of the Vampires as Sanya
1965
Violence and Love as Anna
1965
The Captain from Toledo as Myriam
1965
The Reckless as Luciana
1964
The Constancy of Reason as Ivana
1964
Men and Women as Mara
1963
I cuori infranti as Milena (segment "E vissero felici")
1963
The Ballad of Husbands
1962
Mafioso as Marta
1962
Carnival of Crime as Model
1962
The Given Word as Marli
1962
The Unscrupulous Ones as Leda
1961
Mulheres & Milhões
1960
Conceição as Dalva
1959
The Man of The Sputnik as Bê Bê, espiã da França