Norma Bengell - Actor Profile

Norma Bengell

50Movies
10.0 Best Rating

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.

Top Rated Movies

★10.0
Mulheres de Cinema (1978) movie poster
★10.0

Mulheres de Cinema — Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.

Mulheres de Cinema

1978•Documentary
★10.0
Banquete (2002) movie poster
★10.0

Banquete —

Banquete

2002
★9.0
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus (2023) movie poster
★9.0

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus — For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology b

The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus

2023•Documentary
★8.1
The Given Word (1962) movie poster
★8.1

The Given Word — Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promi

The Given Word

1962•Drama
★7.7
Dzi Croquettes (2009) movie poster
★7.7

Dzi Croquettes — A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 197

Dzi Croquettes

2009•Documentary

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2023 The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus - ★ 9.0 HIT
2009 Dzi Croquettes Self ★ 7.7 HIT
2007 Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha - ★ 5.0 FLOP
2005 Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova Self (archive footage) ★ 7.5 HIT
2003 Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth Self ★ 5.8 FLOP
2002 Banquete - ★ 10.0 HIT
1997 Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional Self ★ 0.0 FLOP
1993 Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato Gertrudes ★ 2.0 FLOP
1987 The Colour of His Destiny Laura ★ 5.4 FLOP
1987 Fonte da Saudade - ★ 2.7 FLOP
1987 Eternamente Pagu Elsie Houston ★ 6.2 FLOP
1987 Running Out of Luck - ★ 5.8 FLOP
1987 The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man - ★ 5.0 FLOP
1983 Tabu Madame Xavier ★ 6.5 HIT
1982 Rio Babilonia Solange ★ 5.1 FLOP
1981 Nuclear Shelter Lix ★ 6.4 FLOP
1981 Eros, the God of Love Ada ★ 4.6 FLOP
1980 The Age of the Earth Amazon Queen ★ 6.2 FLOP
1979 Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira (voice) ★ 0.0 FLOP
1979 Na Boca do Mundo Clarisse ★ 3.8 FLOP
1978 Mulheres de Cinema Self ★ 10.0 HIT
1977 Sea of Roses Felicidade ★ 7.1 HIT
1977 The Abyss Madame Zero ★ 6.7 HIT
1975 Assim Era a Atlântida - ★ 7.5 HIT
1973 Défense de savoir Juditte ★ 5.6 FLOP
1972 The Suns of Easter Island Norma ★ 6.2 FLOP
1972 The Demiurge - ★ 5.7 FLOP
1971 Paixão na Praia - ★ 5.0 FLOP
1971 The Murdered House Nina ★ 4.4 FLOP
1970 Of Gods and the Undead Soledad ★ 5.6 FLOP
1970 The Palace of Angels Dorothy ★ 5.6 FLOP
1970 OSS 117 Takes a Vacation Anne ★ 4.0 FLOP
1969 The Angel Was Born Mulher ★ 6.7 HIT
1968 Before, the Summer Maria Clara ★ 6.3 FLOP
1968 I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! Fedra/Wanda ★ 6.0 FLOP
1968 Desesperato - ★ 5.0 FLOP
1967 The Hellbenders Claire ★ 6.5 HIT
1966 As Cariocas Paula Ribeiro de Castro ★ 6.0 FLOP
1965 Planet of the Vampires Sanya ★ 6.4 FLOP
1965 The Captain from Toledo Myriam ★ 4.0 FLOP
1965 The Reckless Luciana ★ 5.4 FLOP
1964 The Constancy of Reason Ivana ★ 6.1 FLOP
1964 Men and Women Mara ★ 7.0 HIT
1963 I cuori infranti Milena (segment "E vissero felici") ★ 4.3 FLOP
1963 The Ballad of Husbands - ★ 5.0 FLOP
1962 Mafioso Marta ★ 7.4 HIT
1962 Carnival of Crime Model ★ 1.0 FLOP
1962 The Given Word Marli ★ 8.1 HIT
1962 The Unscrupulous Ones Leda ★ 6.1 FLOP
1959 The Man of The Sputnik Bê Bê, espiã da França ★ 6.8 HIT