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Marília Pêra

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1943-01-22

Deathday: 2015-12-05 (72 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 73

Movies 40

TV Shows 33

self 12

Producer 2

Voice 1

Self (archive footage)

Marília Pêra

Biography

Filmography

all 73

Movies 40

TV Shows 33

self 12

Producer 2

Voice 1

Viva Marília (2025)

Xuxa, O Documentário (2023)

Incidente em Antares - O Filme (2018)

All Paulos in the World - Paulo José (2017)

Tô Ryca! (2016)

Chico: Brazilian Artist (2015)

Alô, Dolly! (2013)

Pé na Cova (2013)

Aquele Beijo (2011)

Consideração do Poema (2011)

A Vida Alheia (2010)

Now Boarding (2009)

Dzi Croquettes (2009)

Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala (2008)

Urban Snap-Shots (2008)

Playing (2007)

Pixote In Memoriam (2007)

Duas Caras (2007)

Vestido de Noiva (2006)

Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda (2006)

Cobras & Lagartos (2006)

Acredite, um Espírito Baixou em Mim (2006)

O Fim e o Princípio (2006)

JK (2006)

Living the Dream (2006)

Transamerica (2005)

Começar de Novo (2004)

Shades of Sin (2004)

Celebridade (2003)

Garrincha: Lonely Star (2003)

Seja O Que Deus Quiser! (2002)

Os Maias (2001)

Brava Gente (2000)

Amélia (2000)

Zorra Total (1999)

Traveller (1998)

Meu Bem Querer (1998)

Central Station (1998)

Mandacaru (1997)

Tieta of Agreste (1996)

O Campeão (1996)

The Interview (1995)

Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela (1992)

Lua Cheia de Amor (1990)

Rainha da Sucata (1990)

Top Model (1989)

Better Days Ahead (1989)

O Primo Basílio (1988)

Angels of the Night (1987)

Brega & Chique (1987)

Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman (1987)

Mixed Blood (1984)

Areias Sagradas (Parábola em Ipanema) (1984)

Bar Esperanza (1983)

Quem Ama Não Mata (1982)

Pixote (1980)

Grandes Nomes (1980)

O Grande Desbum (1978)

Planeta dos Homens (1976)

King of the Night (1975)

Ana, a Libertina (1975)

Supermanoela (1974)

Uma Rosa com Amor (1972)

Bandeira 2 (1971)

O Cafona (1971)

O Donzelo (1971)

É Simonal (1970)

Super Plá (1969)

Albert, the Rockefeller (1968)

The Man Who Bought the World (1968)

Padre Tião (1965)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1943-01-22

Deathday
2015-12-05 (72 years old)

Birth Place
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Children
Ricardo Graça Mello, Nina Morena

Mother
Dinorah Marzullo

Citizenships
Brazil

Residences
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Also Known As
Marília Soares Pêra, Марилия Пера, マリリア・ペーラ, 마릴리아 배

Awards
Ordem do Mérito Cultural