Birthday:
Jan 22, 1943
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marília Pêra
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Central Station | Irene | 1998 |
| Pixote | Sueli | 1980 |
| Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala | Madame Castilho | 2008 |
| Tieta of Agreste | Perpétua | 1996 |
| Dzi Croquettes | Self | 2009 |
| Playing | 2007 | |
| Urban Snap-Shots | Magda / Magali | 2008 |
| Traveller | Ana Lara | 1998 |
| Better Days Ahead | Maryalva 'Mary" Matos | 1989 |
| Now Boarding | Justina | 2009 |
| Consideração do Poema | 2011 | |
| Amélia | Amélia | 2000 |
| King of the Night | Pupi | 1975 |
| Seja O Que Deus Quiser! | 2002 | |
| O Donzelo | 1971 | |
| Vestido de Noiva | Madame Clessy | 2006 |
| Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda | Herself - Carmen Miranda | 2006 |
| Bar Esperanza | Anna Moreno | 1983 |
| Mixed Blood | Rita la Punta | 1984 |
| Garrincha: Lonely Star | Vanderléia | 2003 |
| Marília Pêra: Elas por Ela | Herself | 1992 |
| Chico: Brazilian Artist | Reader (voice) | 2015 |
| Living the Dream | Vanessa | 2006 |
| Black Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman | Self | 1987 |
| Tô Ryca! | Madame Claude | 2016 |
| Angels of the Night | Marta Brum | 1987 |
| The Man Who Bought the World | Rosinha | 1968 |
| Jenipapo | Renata | 1995 |
| Pixote In Memoriam | Self | 2007 |
| É Simonal | 1970 | |
| O Grande Desbum | 1978 | |
| Areias Sagradas (Parábola em Ipanema) | 1984 | |
| Ana, a Libertina | 1975 | |
| Incidente em Antares - O Filme | Erotildes da Conceição | 2018 |
| All Paulos in the World - Paulo José | Self | 2017 |
| Alô, Dolly! | Dolly Levi | 2013 |
| Viva Marília! | Self - Archive footage | 2025 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Aquele Beijo | Maruschka Lemos de Sá | 2011 |
| Quem Ama Não Mata | Alice | 1982 |
| JK | Sara Kubitschek | 2006 |
| Bandeira 2 | 1971 | |
| Mandacaru | Isadora Camargo | 1990 |
| Brega & Chique | Rafaela Alvaray (Alfa 1) | 1987 |
| Grandes Nomes | Self | 1980 |
| Xuxa, O Documentário | Self (Archive footage) | 2023 |
| Cobras & Lagartos | Milu Montini | 2006 |
| Lua Cheia de Amor | Genuína "Genu" Miranda | 1990 |
| Zorra Total | Elizabeth | 1999 |
| Supermanoela | Manoela | 1974 |
| Shades of Sin | Violante | 2004 |
| Pé na Cova | Darlene Dos Santos | 2013 |
| Começar de Novo | Marlene Emilinha Teles Oliveira (Janis Doidona) | 2004 |
| Duas Caras | Gioconda de Queiroz Barreto | 2007 |
| A Vida Alheia | Catarina Faissol | 2010 |
| O Primo Basílio | Juliana | 1988 |
| Meu Bem Querer | Custódia Alves Serrão | 1998 |
| Celebridade | Self | 2003 |
| Rosinha do Sobrado | Rosinha | 1965 |
| Rainha da Sucata | Self | 1990 |
