Marília Pêra

Personal Info

Birthday

January 22, 1943

Day of Death

2015-12-05

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Also Known As

Marília Soares Pêra

Марилия Пера

マリリア・ペーラ

마릴리아 배

मरिलिया पेरा

Marília Pêra

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.