Marília Pêra
37Movies
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Biography
Marília Soares Pêra (Rio de Janeiro, January 22, 1943 — Rio de Janeiro, December 5, 2015) was a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Throughout her career, she won around 80 awards, acting in 49 plays, 29 soap operas and more than 20 films. Pêra won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1982 for her role in Hector Babenco's acclaimed Pixote, and received Best Actress awards at the Gramado Film Festival (Triple Award Winner) and at the Cartegena Film Festival for Carlos Diegues' Better Days Ahead. Other films include Bar Esperança, Angels of the Night and Diegues' Tieta do Agreste.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Viva Marília | Self (archive footage) | FLOP | |
| 2018 | Incidente em Antares - O Filme | Erotildes da Conceição | FLOP | |
| 2017 | All Paulos in the World - Paulo José | - | HIT | |
| 2016 | I'm Rich! | Madame Claude | FLOP | |
| 2015 | Chico: Brazilian Artist | Reader (voice) | HIT | |
| 2013 | Alô, Dolly! | Dolly Levi | HIT | |
| 2011 | Consideração do Poema | - | HIT | |
| 2009 | Now Boarding | Justina / Gilda | FLOP | |
| 2009 | Dzi Croquettes | Self | HIT | |
| 2008 | Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala | Madame Castilho | FLOP | |
| 2008 | Urban Snap-Shots | Magda / Magali | FLOP | |
| 2007 | Playing | - | HIT | |
| 2007 | Pixote In Memoriam | Self | HIT | |
| 2006 | Vestido de Noiva | Madame Clessy | FLOP | |
| 2006 | Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda | Herself - Carmen Miranda | HIT | |
| 2006 | Living the Dream | Vanessa | FLOP | |
| 2003 | Garrincha: Lonely Star | Vanderléia | FLOP | |
| 2002 | Seja O Que Deus Quiser! | Dona Fernanda | HIT | |
| 2000 | Amélia | Amélia | HIT | |
| 1998 | Traveller | Ana Lara | FLOP | |
| 1998 | Central Station | Irene | HIT | |
| 1996 | Tieta of Agreste | Perpétua Esteves Batista | HIT | |
| 1995 | The Interview | Renata | FLOP | |
| 1992 | Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela | Herself | HIT | |
| 1989 | Better Days Ahead | Maryalva 'Mary" Matos | HIT | |
| 1987 | Angels of the Night | Marta Brum | FLOP | |
| 1987 | Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman | Self | FLOP | |
| 1984 | Mixed Blood | Rita la Punta | FLOP | |
| 1984 | Areias Sagradas (Parábola em Ipanema) | - | FLOP | |
| 1983 | Bar Esperanza | Anna Moreno | FLOP | |
| 1980 | Pixote | Sueli | HIT | |
| 1978 | O Grande Desbum | - | FLOP | |
| 1975 | King of the Night | Pupi | FLOP | |
| 1975 | Ana, a Libertina | - | FLOP | |
| 1971 | O Donzelo | - | FLOP | |
| 1970 | É Simonal | - | FLOP | |
| 1968 | The Man Who Bought the World | Rosinha | FLOP |