Norma Bengell
Brazilian actress (1935–2013)
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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”.
- Actress
- film director
- screenwriter
- singer-songwriter
Norma Bengell | |
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Bengell in 1966 | |
| Born | 21 February 1935 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 9 October 2013 (aged 78) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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| Years active | 1959–2010 |
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
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | O Homem do Sputnik | B.B | Performing a parody of Brigitte Bardot | |
| 1960 | Conceição | Dalva | [8] | |
| 1961 | Mulheres e Milhões | Nora Martins | [9] | |
| 1962 | Mafioso | Marta | ||
| Keeper of Promises (Portuguese: O Pagador de Promessas) |
Marli | |||
| The Unscrupulous Ones (Portuguese: Os Cafajestes) |
Leda | |||
| Carnival of Crime | Milly | |||
| 1963 | The Broken Hearts (Italian: I cuori infranti) |
Milena | Segment: "E vissero felici" | |
| Il mito | Anna | Second segment | ||
| La ballata dei mariti | The Countess | |||
| 1964 | La costanza della ragione | Ivana | ||
| Men and Women (Portuguese: Noite Vazia) |
Mara | |||
| 1965 | Mar Corrente | The Singer | [10] | |
| Planet of the Vampires (Italian: Terrore nello spazio) |
Samya | |||
| The Reckless (Italian: Una bella grinta) |
Luciana | |||
| 1966 | As Cariocas | Paula Ribeiro de Castro | First story: "A grã-fina de Copacabana" | |
| The Hellbenders (Italian: I crudeli) |
Claire | |||
| Captain from Toledo (Italian: L'uomo di Toledo) |
Myriam | [11] | ||
| 1967 | A Espiã Que Entrou em Fria | N/a | ||
| 1968 | Antes, o Verão | Maria Clara | [12] | |
| Desesperato | Rodrigo's wife | [13] | ||
| Edu, Coração de Ouro | Matilde | Cameo | ||
| Ballad of a Bounty Hunter (Italian: Io non perdono... uccido) |
Fedra/Wanda | |||
| Juventude e Ternura | N/a | |||
| 1969 | O Anjo Nasceu | Housewife | ||
| OSS 117 Takes a Vacation | Anne | |||
| Verão de Fogo | Olga | [14] | ||
| 1970 | The Palace of Angels (Portuguese: O Palácio dos Anjos) |
Dorothy | ||
| Of Gods and the Undead (Portuguese: Os Deuses e os Mortos) |
Soledade | |||
| 1971 | A Casa Assassinada | Nina | ||
| As Confissões de Frei Abóbora | Paula | [15] | ||
| O Capitão Bandeira contra o Dr. Moura Brasil | Messenger | |||
| Paixão na Praia | Débora | |||
| 1972 | O Demiurgo | N/a | ||
| 1973 | Défense de savoir | N/a | ||
| Les soleils de l'île de Pâques | Norma | |||
| 1975 | Assim Era a Atlântida | Herself | Documentary | |
| 1976 | Paranoia | Sílvia Riccelli | ||
| 1977 | Maria Bonita | N/a | ||
| Barra Pesada | N/a | |||
| The Deep | Madame Zero | |||
| 1978 | Mar de Rosas | Felicidade | [16] | |
| Na Boca do Mundo | Clarisse | |||
| Mulheres de Cinema | Herself | Short film | ||
| 1980 | The Age of the Earth (Portuguese: A Idade da Terra) |
Amazonas Queen | [17] | |
| 1981 | Abrigo Nuclear | Lix/Professor | ||
| Eros, o Deus do Amor | Ada | [18] | ||
| 1982 | Tabu | Madame Xavier | [19] | |
| Rio Babilônia | Madame Solange | |||
| Tensão no Rio | Dona Dolores | |||
| 1984 | O Filho Adotivo | Maria Rosa | [20] | |
| 1986 | A Cor do Seu Destino | Laura | ||
| Fonte da Saudade | Mother | |||
| 1987 | Running Out of Luck | Lola | ||
| A Mulher Fatal Encontra o Homem Ideal | Elegant actress | [21] | ||
| 1988 | Eternamente Pagú | Elsie Houston | [22] | |
| Fronteiras | N/a | |||
| 1992 | Floresta da Tijuca | Narrator | Short film | |
| 1993 | Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato | Gertrudes | ||
| 2002 | Banquete | Beggar | Short film | [23] |
| 2003 | Glauber, o filme – Labirinto do Brasil | Herself | Documentary | [24] |
| 2007 | Anabazys | |||
| 2009 | Dzi Croquettes | [25] |
Director
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1979 | Maria Gladys, uma atriz brasileira |
| 1980 | Maria da Penha |
| O Barco de Iansã | |
| 1988 | Eternamente Pagu |
| 1996 | O Guarani |
| 2003 | Infinitivamente Guiomar Novaes |
| Antonietta Rudge: O Êxtase em Movimento | |
| 2004 | Magda Tagliaferro: O Mundo Dentro de um Piano |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Festival em Shell Maior | Herself / Host | 1966–1967 | [26] |
| Noite de Gala | [27] | |||
| 1967 | A Sombra de Rebecca | Diana[28] | [29] | |
| 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 | N/a | [30] | ||
| 1989 | O Sexo dos Anjos | Vera Nogueira | ||
| 1993 | Você Decide | N/a | Season 2 Episode: "O Porteiro" | |
| N/a | Season 2 Episode: "Paixão Mortal" | |||
| 2006 | Alta Estação | Yolanda | ||
| 2008-09 | Toma Lá, Dá Cá | Deise Coturno | Lead role (season 2–3; 48 episodes) |
Death
Bengell died from lung cancer aged 78 in Rio de Janeiro on 9 October 2013.[31]
