Norma Bengell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 21 September 1935 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Died
- 9 October 2013
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
Acting 69
- 2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
- 2015J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio as Ela mesma
- 2011Glauber Rocha em Defesa do Cinema Brasileiro as Self (archive footage)
- 2009Dzi Croquettes as Self
- 2008As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro as Apresentadora
- 2007Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha
- 2005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self
- 2002Banquete
- 1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
- 1993Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato as Gertrudes
- 1987The Colour of His Destiny as Laura
- 1987Fonte da Saudade
- 1987Eternamente Pagu as Elsie Houston
- 1987No Tempo de Glauber
- 1987Running Out of Luck as Lola
- 1987The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man as Self
- 1984Tensão no Rio as Dona Dolores
- 1984O Filho Adotivo as Maria Rosa
- 1983Tabu as Madame Xavier
- 1982Rio Babilonia as Solange
- 1981Nuclear Shelter as Lix
- 1981Eros, the God of Love as Ada
- 1980The Age of the Earth as Amazon Queen
- 1979Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira as (voice)
- 1979Na Boca do Mundo as Clarisse
- 1979Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu as Self
- 1978Mulheres de Cinema as Self
- 1977Sea of Roses as Felicidade
- 1977The Abyss as Madame Zero
- 1976Paranóia
- 1975Assim Era a Atlântida
- 1975Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse as Vellini
- 1973Défense de savoir as Juditte
- 1972The Suns of Easter Island as Norma
- 1972The Demiurge
- 1971As Confissões de Frei Abóbora as Paula
- 1971Paixão na Praia
- 1971O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil as Mensageira
- 1971The Murdered House as Nina
- 1970Of Gods and the Undead as Soledad
- 1970The Palace of Angels as Dorothy
- 1970OSS 117 Takes a Vacation as Anne
- 1969The Angel Was Born as Mulher
- 1969O Último Homem
- 1968Before, the Summer as Maria Clara
- 1968I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! as Fedra/Wanda
- 1968Desesperato
- 1968Juventude e Ternura
- 1968Edu, Coração de Ouro as Matilde
- 1967A Espiã que Entrou em Fria
- 1967Mar Corrente as A Singer
- 1967The Hellbenders as Claire
- 1966As Cariocas as Paula Ribeiro de Castro
- 1965Planet of the Vampires as Sanya
- 1965The Captain from Toledo as Myriam
- 1965Violence and Love as Anna
- 1965The Reckless as Luciana
- 1964The Constancy of Reason as Ivana
- 1964Men and Women as Mara
- 1963I cuori infranti as Milena (segment "E vissero felici")
- 1963The Ballad of Husbands
- 1962Mafioso as Marta
- 1962Carnival of Crime as Model
- 1962The Given Word as Marly
- 1962The Unscrupulous Ones as Leda
- 1961Mulheres & Milhões
- 1960Conceição as Dalva
- 1959O Homem do Sputnik as Bê Bê, espiã da França
Directing 6
- 2015J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio · director
- 2003Infinitivamente Guiomar Novaes · director
- 1996O Guarani · director
- 1987Eternamente Pagu · director
- 1979Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira · director
- 1979Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu · director
Writing 3
- 2008As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro · idea
- 1987Eternamente Pagu · writer
- 1979Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira · writer
Production 2
crew 1
- 1989Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes · thanks
Camera 1
- 1979Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu · director of photography