Zeni Pereira
Birthday
1924/12/19
Day of death
2002/03/21 (77 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Also know as
Зени Перейра, Zenith Pereira
Biography
Zenith Pereira de Castro (Salvador, December 9, 1924 – Rio de Janeiro, March 21, 2002) was a Brazilian actress. She stood out as Tia Nastácia in the Rio version of the first Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo, Januária in Escrava Isaura, Maria José in Vale Tudo and Donana in Carinhoso, becoming one of the first and most relevant black references on television.
Acting
(1961) Teus Olhos Castanhos
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(1975) O Trapalhão na Ilha do Tesouro
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(1973) Salve-Se Quem Puder - O Rally da Juventude
as Geralda
(1963) The Dead at the Phone
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(2015) Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
as Mãe Maria de Iansã
(1971) Rua Descalça
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(1965) Samba
as Trinidad
(1972) Som, Amor e Curtição
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(1975) O Comprador de Fazendas
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(1972) Um Marido Sem... É Como um Jardim Sem Flores
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(1970) Pais Quadrados, Filhos Avançados
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(1984) Blame It on Rio
as Mother of the Bride
(1972) When Carnaval Comes
as Cuíca's mother
(1973) O Picapau Amarelo
as Tia Anastácia
(1976) Bahia
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(1959) Black Orpheus
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(1968) Jovens Pra Frente
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(1971) O Homem Que Deve Morrer
as Conceição (Ma. da Conceição)
(1975) Escalada
as Braulina
(1994) Pátria Minha
as Isaura Lopes dos Santos
(1988) Vale Tudo
as Maria José
(1984) Corpo a Corpo
as Odete Jardim
(1976) Escrava Isaura
as Januária
(1973) Carinhoso
as Donana
(1990) Rainha da Sucata
as Mercedes
(1972) A Patota
as Basília
(1972) Bicho do Mato
as Dora
(1970) Irmãos Coragem
as Virgínia
(1977) Dona Xepa
as Corina
(1979) Plantão de Polícia
as Mãe Dora
(1969) Verão Vermelho
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