Teuda Bara
Brazilian actress (1941–2025)
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Teuda Magalhães Fernandes (1 January 1941 – 25 December 2025), better known by the stage name Teuda Bara, was a Brazilian actress, one of the founders of the theater company Grupo Galpão.[1][2]
1 January 1941
Teuda Bara | |
|---|---|
| Born | Teuda Magalhães Fernandes 1 January 1941 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Died | 25 December 2025 (aged 84) Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Occupation | Actress |
Life and career
Teuda Magalhães Fernandes was born in Belo Horizonte on 1 January 1941.[3] Her father was a fire department major and trombone player, and her mother a nurse and singer;[4] she never attended any formal theater training. She studied Social Sciences at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, where she participated in newspaper theater[5] practices with the academic directorate of the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences.[4] In the 1960s, she left university and embraced the hippie lifestyle.
She worked with director Eid Ribeiro and founded the Fulias Bananas group. He moved to São Paulo, where he acted with José Celso Martinez Correa. In 1982, back in Belo Horizonte, she joined a theater workshop directed by two members of the Freies Theater München, George Froscher and Kurt Bildstein, which would become the seed of Grupo Galpão .
In addition to performing in most of the Galpão's shows, she participated in the Cirque du Soleil show K.A. and acted in films such as O Menino Maluquinho, by Helvécio Ratton, Vinho de Rosas, by Elza Cataldo, O Contador de Histórias, by Luiz Villaça, and O Palhaço, by Selton Mello.
Bara died from complications of septicaemia in Belo Horizonte, on 25 December 2025, at the age of 84.[6] The actress had been hospitalized since 14 December, at the Madre Tereza Hospital.[6]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Filhos da Pátria | Cigana | |
| A Vila | Dona Fausta | ||
| 2014 | Meu Pedacinho de Chão | Mãe Benta | [7] |
| 2008 | Toma Lá, Dá Cá | Dona Juba | Episode: "Uma epidemia politicamente correta" |
Cinema
| Year | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Quem Ficou Fui Eu | Helenir |
| 2024 | Nação Comprimido | Francisca |
| 2023 | As Órfãs da Rainha | Donana[8] |
| Peixe Abissal | Dona Luzia | |
| 2022 | Febre | Mulher na piscina |
| 2021 | Noites de Alface | Iolanda |
| 2020 | Éramos em Bando | Ela mesma |
| 2019 | Ângela | Ângela[9] |
| 2017 | As Duas Irenes | Madalena[10][11] |
| As Formigas | Cassandra | |
| 2015 | Hipócrates | Paciente |
| 2013 | Abrigo ao Sol | Mulher |
| 2011 | O Palhaço | Dona Zaira[12] |
| Till - A Saga de um Herói Torto | N/a | |
| 2010 | Ponto Org | D. Zilda |
| Transeunte | Metilene | |
| Revertere Ad Locum Tuum | N/a | |
| 2009 | O Contador de Histórias | Judith |
| 2008 | Os Filmes que Não Fiz | Beata |
| 2007 | O Crime da Atriz | Atriz da trupe |
| 2005 | Vinho de Rosas | Irmã Arcanja |
| 2004 | Irreconhecível | N/a |
| 2002 | Samba Canção | Dona Martírio |
| 1999 | Outras Estórias | N/a |
| 1994 | Menino Maluquinho - O Filme | Servente da escola |
| 1985 | Ela e os Homens | N/a |
| 1984 | Dois Homens para Matar | Prostituta |
| 1983 | Idolatrada | N/a |
Stage
- 1975 – Bar e Café São Tomé, Criação Coletiva
- 1976 – Viva Olegário, directed by Eid Ribeiro
- 1977 – Triptolemo XVII - José Antônio de Souza, directed by Adir Assunção
- 1978 – A Conquista do Dia - Criação Coletiva, directed by Carlos Rocha
- 1979 – Ensaio Geral do Carnaval do Povo, directed by José Celso Martinez Corrêa
- 1979 – Corre Terra - Teatro de Bonecos
- 1983 – De Olhos Fechados, de João Vianney, directed byFernando Linares
- 1984 – Ó Prô Cê Vê na Ponta do Pé - Criação Coletiva
- 1984 – O Agiota, directed by Eduardo Rodrigues
- 1985 – Arlequim, Servidor de Dois Amores, de Carlo Goldoni, directed by Fernando Linares e Eduardo Moreira
- 1986 – A Comédia da Esposa Muda que Falava mais que Pobre na Chuva, direção de Paulinho Polika
- 1986 – Triunfo, Um Delírio Barroco, directed by Carmen Paternostro
- 1987 – Foi Por Amor, roteiro de Antônio Edson Soares e Eduardo Moreira, directed by Antônio Edson Soares
- 1988 – Corra Enquanto é Tempo, written and directed by Eid Ribeiro
- 1990 – Álbum de Família, de Nelson Rodrigues, directed de Eid Ribeiro
- 1992 – Romeu e Julieta, directed by Gabriel Villela
- 1994 – A Rua da Amargura, directed by Gabriel Villela
- 1994 – Um Molière Imaginário, directed by Eduardo Moreira
- 1999 – Partido, directed by Cacá Carvalho
- 2001 – Um Trem Chamado Desejo, directed by Chico Pelúcio
- 2003 – O Inspetor Geral, directed by Paulo José
- 2009 – Till, a Saga de um Herói Torto, directed by Júlio Maciel
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominanted by | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Prêmio Shell de Teatro | Best Actress | Rua da Amargura |
Nominated |
| 2013 | Festival de Cinema de Santa Rosa | Best Actress | Abrigo ao Sol |
Nominated |
| Festival de Cinema de Maringá | Best Actress | Won | ||
| 8° Encontro Nacional de Cinema e Vídeo dos Sertões | Best Actress | Won | ||
| Prêmio MuBe Vitrine Independente | Special acting prize | Won | ||
| 2014 | FECIN – Festival de TV e Cinema do Interior | Best Actress | Won | |
| 2016 | Prêmio Cenym de Teatro | Best Supporting Actress | Nós |
Nominated |
| 2017 | Prêmio Questão de Crítica | Homage to Culture Award | Won | |
| 2019 | Prêmio Cenym de Teatro | Special Honorary Prize | Won | |
| Prêmio Claudia | Culture | Contribuição c/ Cultura |
Nominated | |
| Festival Internacional de Cinema de Brasília | Best Actress in a Short Film | Ângela |
Won | |