Norma Bengell

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea and the second or paternal family name is Bengell.

Norma Bengell
Bengell in 1966
Born(1935-02-21)21 February 1935
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died9 October 2013(2013-10-09) (aged 78)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupations
  • Actress
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • singer-songwriter
Years active1959–2010

Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (21 February 1935 – 9 October 2013)[1] was a Brazilian film, stage and television actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director. She appeared in several episodes of T.H.E. Cat, the first being in 1966 episode “To Kill a Priest”.

Early life

Bengell was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

Career

Bengell appeared in numerous international productions, including an extended period during the mid-1960s co-starring in Italian productions, in which she was usually cast as the protagonist's romantic interest. She is possibly best known for starring with Alberto Sordi in Alberto Lattuada's Mafioso (1962) and in Sergio Corbucci's The Hellbenders (1967).[3] She had a major role as a prostitute in Anselmo Duarte's Keeper of Promises (1962), a Brazilian drama that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1963 and won the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival in 1962.[4] Earlier that same year, she caused major controversy after appearing nude in a scene of the Ruy Guerra film Os Cafajestes.[5]

In 1987, she directed her first film, Eternamente Pagu, a biography of Patrícia Galvão.[6] In 1996, she directed an adaptation of José de Alencar's novel The Guarani, also titled The Guarani.[7]

Filmography

Ano Título Personagem Notas
1966 Festival em Shell Maior Apresentadora 1966-1967[8]
Noite de Gala [9]
1967 A Sombra de Rebecca Diana[10] [11]
1981 Os Imigrantes Nena
Os Adolescentes Paula
1982 Memórias do Medo Mona
1983 Parabéns pra Você Mara
1984 Partido Alto Irene Bessa
Betty Faria Especial — [12]
1989 O Sexo dos Anjos Vera Nogueira
1993 Você Decide — Episódio: "O Porteiro"
Episódio: " Paixão Mortal"
2006 Alta Estação Yolanda
2008-09 Toma Lá, Dá Cá Deise Coturno 48 episódios

Death

Bengell died from lung cancer aged 78 in Rio de Janeiro on 9 October 2013.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Morre atriz e diretora Norma Bengell aos 78". Universo Online. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Norma Bengell". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Norma Bengell | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  4. ^ "O Pagador de Promessas (1962) - Anselmo Duarte | Awards | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  5. ^ Britto, Rafaella. "Norma Bengell: the transgressive muse of Brazilian cinema". theworldofapu.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Eternamente Pagu (1989) - Norma Bengell | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  7. ^ "Norma Bengell". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Festival em Shell Maior". Memória Globo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Noite de Gala". Memória Globo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  10. ^ "A Sombra de Rebecca". teledramaturgia.com.br. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  11. ^ "A Sombra de Rebecca". Memória Globo. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Betty Faria Especial". Memória Globo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.com.
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