Norma Bengell
Acting
78
Acting Credits
6
Directed
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2023
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
2022
as Self (voice)
J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio
2015
as Ela mesma
Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Dzi Croquettes
2009
as Self
As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro
2008
as Apresentadora
Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2007
Toma Lá, Dá Cá
2007
as Deise Coturno
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
2003
as Self
Celebrity
2003
as Self
Banquete
2002
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato
1993
as Gertrudes
O Sexo dos Anjos
1989
as Vera
The Colour of His Destiny
1987
as Laura
Fonte da Saudade
1987
No Tempo de Glauber
1987
Running Out of Luck
1987
as Lola
Eternamente Pagu
1987
as Elsie Houston
The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
1987
Tensão no Rio
1984
as Dona Dolores
O Filho Adotivo
1984
as Maria Rosa
Partido Alto
1984
as Irene Bessa
Tabu
1983
as Madame Xavier
Parabéns pra Você
1983
as Mara
Rio Babilonia
1982
as Solange
Eros, the God of Love
1981
as Ada
Nuclear Shelter
1981
as Lix
Os Imigrantes
1981
as Nena Coutinho
The Teenagers
1981
as Paula Castello
The Age of the Earth
1980
as Amazon Queen
Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
1979
as (voice)
Na Boca do Mundo
1979
as Clarisse
Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu
1979
as Self
Mulheres de Cinema
1978
as Self
The Abyss
1977
as Madame Zero
Sea of Roses
1977
as Felicidade
Paranóia
1976
Assim Era a Atlântida
1975
Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse
1975
as Vellini
Défense de savoir
1973
as Juditte
The Suns of Easter Island
1972
as Norma
The Demiurge
1972
The Murdered House
1971
as Nina
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
1971
as Mensageira
Paixão na Praia
1971
As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
1971
as Paula
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
1970
as Anne
The Palace of Angels
1970
as Dorothy
Of Gods and the Undead
1970
as Soledad
The Angel Was Born
1969
as Mulher
O Último Homem
1969
I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!
1968
as Fedra/Wanda
Before, the Summer
1968
as Maria Clara
Desesperato
1968
Juventude e Ternura
1968
Edu, Coração de Ouro
1968
as Matilde
The Hellbenders
1967
as Claire
A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
1967
Mar Corrente
1967
as A Singer
A Sombra de Rebecca
1967
as Diana
As Cariocas
1966
as Paula Ribeiro de Castro
Planet of the Vampires
1965
as Sanya
The Captain from Toledo
1965
as Myriam
Violence and Love
1965
as Anna
The Reckless
1965
as Luciana
Men and Women
1964
as Mara
The Constancy of Reason
1964
as Ivana
The Ballad of Husbands
1963
I cuori infranti
1963
as Milena (segment "E vissero felici")
Mafioso
1962
as Marta
The Unscrupulous Ones
1962
as Leda
The Given Word
1962
as Marly
Carnival of Crime
1962
as Model
Mulheres & Milhões
1961
Conceição
1960
as Dalva
O Homem do Sputnik
1959
as Bê Bê, espiã da França