Norma Bengell
Acting
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.
Known for
2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2011Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
Self (archive footage)
2009Dzi Croquettes
Self
2008As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro
Apresentadora
2005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
Self (archive footage)
2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self
2002Banquete
1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
1993Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato
Gertrudes
1987The Colour of His Destiny
Laura
1987Fonte da Saudade
1987No Tempo de Glauber
1987Running Out of Luck
1987Eternamente Pagu
Elsie Houston
1987The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
1984Tensão no Rio
Dona Dolores
1984O Filho Adotivo
Maria Rosa
1983Tabu
Madame Xavier
1982Rio Babilonia
Solange
1981Eros, the God of Love
Ada
1981Nuclear Shelter
Lix
1980The Age of the Earth
Amazon Queen
1979Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
(voice)
1979Na Boca do Mundo
Clarisse
