Norma Bengell
September 21, 1935 (89 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus as
- 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 as
- 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
- 2003 · Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self
- 2002 · Banquete as
- 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 · Eternamente Pagu as Elsie Houston
- 1987 · No Tempo de Glauber as
- 1987 · Running Out of Luck as
- 1987 · The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man as
- 1985 · Fonte da Saudade as
- 1984 · Tensão no Rio as
- 1984 · Partido Alto as Irene
- 1984 · O Filho Adotivo as Maria Rosa
- 1983 · Tabu as
- 1983 · Parabéns pra Você as Mara
- 1982 · Rio Babilonia as Solange
- 1981 · Nuclear Shelter as Lix
- 1981 · Eros, the God of Love as
- 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 as
- 1975 · Assim Era a Atlântida as
- 1973 · Défense de savoir as
- 1972 · The Suns of Easter Island as Norma
- 1972 · The Demiurge as
- 1971 · As Confissões de Frei Abóbora as
- 1971 · Paixão na Praia as
- 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
- 1968 · Before, the Summer as Maria Clara
- 1968 · I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! as Fedra/Wanda
- 1968 · Desesperato as
- 1968 · Juventude e Ternura as
- 1968 · Edu, Coração de Ouro as Matilde
- 1967 · A Espiã que Entrou em Fria as
- 1967 · Mar Corrente as A Singer
- 1967 · A Sombra de Rebecca as Diana
- 1967 · The Hellbenders as Claire
- 1966 · As Cariocas as
- 1965 · Planet of the Vampires as Sanya
- 1965 · The Captain from Toledo as Myriam
- 1965 · La violenza e l'amore as Anna
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 1960 · Conceição as
- 1959 · The Man of The Sputnik as Bê Bê, espiã da França