Norma Bengell
Birthday
1935/09/21
Day of death
2013/10/09 (78 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also know as
Norma Benguel, Norma Benguell, Норма Венжель, Норма Бенгелл, Норма Бенгель
Biography
Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (Rio de Janeiro, February 21, 1935 – Rio de Janeiro, October 9, 2013) was a Brazilian actress, filmmaker, producer, singer and songwriter. Considered one of the greatest muses of Brazilian cinema and theater in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Norma began her career in the early 1950s, being launched into the artistic world through revue theater by producer Carlos Machado. She acted in 64 films during her career, several of them in Europe.
Acting
(1973) Défense de savoir
as ---
(1970) OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
as Anne
(1997) Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
(1962) Mafioso
as Marta
(1962) The Unscrupulous Ones
as Leda
(1979) Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
as (voice)
(2003) Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
(1965) Planet of the Vampires
as Sanya
(1967) The Hellbenders
as Claire
(1969) The Angel Was Born
as ---
(2009) Dzi Croquettes
as Self
(1962) The Given Word
as Marli
(1960) Conceição
as ---
(1982) Rio Babilonia
as Solange
(1968) I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
as Fedra/Wanda
(1961) Mulheres & Milhões
as ---
(1964) Men and Women
as Mara
(1970) The Palace of Angels
as Dorothy
(1981) Eros, the God of Love
as Ada
(1970) Of Gods and the Undead
as Soledad
(1959) The Man of The Sputnik
as Bê Bê, espiã da França
(1971) The Murdered House
as Nina
(1977) The Abyss
as Madame Zero
(2011) Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) The Ballad of Husbands
as ---
(1967) A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
as ---
(1965) The Captain from Toledo
as Myriam
(1993) Vagas Para Moças de Fino Trato
as Gertrudes
(1965) Violence and Love
as Anna
(1981) Nuclear Shelter
as Lix
(1977) Sea of Roses
as Felicidade
(1984) Tensão no Rio
as Dona Dolores
(1983) Tabu
as ---
(1972) The Suns of Easter Island
as Norma
(1971) O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
as Mensageira
(1979) Na Boca do Mundo
as Clarisse
(1964) The Constancy of Reason
as Ivana
(1987) The Colour of His Destiny
as Laura
(1985) Fonte da Saudade
as ---
(1966) As Cariocas
as ---
(1980) The Age of the Earth
as Amazon Queen
(2007) Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
as ---
(1975) Assim Era a Atlântida
as ---
(1968) Before, the Summer
as Maria Clara
(1971) Paixão na Praia
as ---
(2005) Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
as Self (archive footage)
(1962) Carnival of Crime
as Model
(1976) Paranóia
as ---
(1987) No Tempo de Glauber
as ---
(1968) Desesperato
as ---
(1972) The Demiurge
as ---
(2015) J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio
as Ela mesma
(1971) As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
as ---
(1967) Mar Corrente
as A Singer
(1984) O Filho Adotivo
as Maria Rosa
(1987) Running Out of Luck
as ---
(1978) Mulheres de Cinema
as Self
(1965) The Reckless
as Luciana
(1987) Eternamente Pagu
as Elsie Houston
(1968) Juventude e Ternura
as ---
(1963) I cuori infranti
as Milena (segment "E vissero felici")
(1968) Edu, Coração de Ouro
as Matilde
(1987) The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
as ---
(2008) As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro
as Apresentadora
(2002) Banquete
as ---
(2023) The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
as ---
(1979) Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu
as Self
(1969) O Último Homem
as ---
(2003) Celebridade
as ---
(1989) O Sexo dos Anjos
as Vera
(2007) Toma Lá, Dá Cá
as Deise Coturno
(1967) A Sombra de Rebecca
as Diana
(1984) Partido Alto
as Irene
(1983) Parabéns pra Você
as Mara
(1981) Os Imigrantes
as Nena Coutinho