Norma Bengell

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

Celebridade

Partido Alto

Irene

O Sexo dos Anjos

Vera

Toma Lá, Dá Cá

Deise Coturno

Os Imigrantes

Nena Coutinho

A Sombra de Rebecca

Diana

Parabéns pra Você

Mara

The Hellbenders

Claire

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
2015	J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio	Ela mesma
2011	Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro	Self (archive footage)
2009	Dzi Croquettes	Self
2008	As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro	Apresentadora
2007	Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
2005	Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova	Self (archive footage)
2003	Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth	Self
2002	Banquete
1997	Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional	Self
1993	Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato	Gertrudes
1987	The Colour of His Destiny	Laura
1987	No Tempo de Glauber
1987	Running Out of Luck
1987	Eternamente Pagu	Elsie Houston
1987	The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man
1985	Fonte da Saudade
1984	Tensão no Rio	Dona Dolores
1984	O Filho Adotivo	Maria Rosa
1983	Tabu
1982	Rio Babilonia	Solange
1981	Eros, the God of Love	Ada
1981	Nuclear Shelter	Lix
1980	The Age of the Earth	Amazon Queen
1979	Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira	(voice)
1979	Na Boca do Mundo	Clarisse
1979	Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu	Self
1978	Mulheres de Cinema	Self
1977	The Abyss	Madame Zero
1977	Sea of Roses	Felicidade
1976	Paranóia
1975	Assim Era a Atlântida
1975	Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse
1973	Défense de savoir	Juditte
1972	The Suns of Easter Island	Norma
1972	The Demiurge
1971	The Murdered House	Nina
1971	O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil	Mensageira
1971	Paixão na Praia
1971	As Confissões de Frei Abóbora
1970	OSS 117 Takes a Vacation	Anne
1970	The Palace of Angels	Dorothy
1970	Of Gods and the Undead	Soledad
1969	The Angel Was Born
1969	O Último Homem
1968	I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!	Fedra/Wanda
1968	Before, the Summer	Maria Clara
1968	Desesperato
1968	Juventude e Ternura
1968	Edu, Coração de Ouro	Matilde
1967	The Hellbenders	Claire
1967	A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
1967	Mar Corrente	A Singer
1966	As Cariocas
1965	Planet of the Vampires	Sanya
1965	The Captain from Toledo	Myriam
1965	Violence and Love	Anna
1965	The Reckless	Luciana
1964	Men and Women	Mara
1964	The Constancy of Reason	Ivana
1963	The Ballad of Husbands
1963	I cuori infranti	Milena (segment "E vissero felici")
1962	Mafioso	Marta
1962	The Unscrupulous Ones	Leda
1962	The Given Word	Marli
1962	Carnival of Crime	Model
1961	Mulheres & Milhões
1960	Conceição
1959	The Man of The Sputnik	Bê Bê, espiã da França

Year	TV Show	Role
2007	Toma Lá, Dá Cá	Deise Coturno
2003	Celebridade
1989	O Sexo dos Anjos	Vera
1984	Partido Alto	Irene
1983	Parabéns pra Você	Mara
1981	Os Imigrantes	Nena Coutinho
1967	A Sombra de Rebecca	Diana