Marília Pêra
Marília Marzullo Pêra (born January 22, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro , † December 5, 2015 there ) was a Brazilian actress .
Life
Training and first film roles
Marília Pêra was born as Marília Marzullo Pêra in Rio de Janeiro in 1943 . She came from a family of artists and was introduced to acting at the age of four by her father Manuel Pera, a native of Portugal , her mother Dinorá Marzullo and her Italian grandmother Antonia Marzullo. In 1948 she was on stage in the play Medéia . Pêra, who studied ballet for twelve years, began her career in 1965 with engagements in three Brazilian television series by the actor, director and screenwriter Graça Mello , including the title role in Rosinha do Sobrado . A year later she was seen in her first movie. Eduardo Coutinho's comedy O Homem Que Comprou o Mundo (1966) tells of a fictional country in which a civil servant inherits three trillion US dollars. Pêra was then seen in both television series and films, mostly comedies, before she acted in her first drama in 1975, directed by Héctor Babencos . King of the Night , Babenco's second directorial work and first film, is set in São Paulo in the 1940s and is about the young bohemian Tertuliano (played by Paulo José ), who falls in love with the singing prostitute Pupe . Six years later, the Brazilian filmmaker would again entrust Marília Pêra with the role of a prostitute in Asphalt-Haie (1981). In the social drama, Babenco tells the story of the ten-year-old street child Pixote (played by the eleven-year-old amateur actor Fernando Ramos Da Silva ) in shocking images , who tries to improvise a family life with the prostitute Sueli after staying in a correctional home and at a drug dealer . The film became an international success with critics and was honored with awards from the film critics' associations of Los Angeles , New York and a Golden Globe nomination. The acting performance of Marília Pêras, who was given the honor of being the first South American actress to be honored with a North American Acting Award - on January 3, 1982, was named Best Actress by the National Society of Film Critics , also received critical praise . That same month, Pêra was also to receive the Leading Actor Award from the Boston Film Critics Association .
Success in Brazil
While the success of Asphalt Sharks should lead Héctor Babenco to Hollywood , Marília Pêra returned to Brazilian television, where she played a recurring role in 1982 with Alice in the television series Quem Ama Não Mata . A year later she went to Se Segura, Malandro! (1978) seen for the second time in the comedy Bar Esperança, directed by Hugo Carvanas . The film is about a number of eccentric intellectuals and artists who try to save a popular bar on Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema Beach from demolition. Both roles brought Pera praise from the critics, and she received in 1983 and 1984 Best Actor Awards from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards as well as a bar Esperança the award for Best Actress in the Brazilian Gramado Film Festival . Hailed by critics and audiences as one of the most accomplished and versatile Brazilian actors, American director Paul Morrissey , collaborator with Andy Warhol , brought her to the United States, where he and her, enthusiastic about Pêra's portrayal in Asphalt-Haie , made his film Mixed Blood - The Rats of Harlem staged. However, the action film about Brazilian drug dealers in New York City had little success.
After her debut in her first English-language production, Marília Pêra returned to her native Brazil, where she was able to build on previous successes with Wilson Barros ' drama Anjos da Noite (1987) and the role of Rafaela Alvaray in the television series Brega & Chique of the most award-winning actresses in their homeland. Named one of the ten best actresses of the 1980s by the renowned American critic Pauline Kael (1919-2001), Pêra had completely disappeared from the big screen in the early 1990s and was only seen sporadically on television. In 1995, she appeared in a supporting role in Monique Garde Mountain Language Film The Interview again in evidence before them later for a year Carlos Diegues ' Comedy Tieta do Brasil on the side of Sônia Braga received her fourth Best Actor award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards. In 1998 Walter Salles gave her a small part in his award-winning road movie Central Station alongside Fernanda Montenegro . 1999 followed the role of the rich and proud widow Ana de Lara in Paulo Cesar Saraceni's drama O Viajante , for which she received a nomination for Best Actress for the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize . Marília Pêra then appeared again more and more on Brazilian television. 2006 was in the US tragicomedy Living the Dream , among others, Sean Young her co-star, she had previously in the television miniseries JK along with José Wilker Brazilian presidential couple Juscelino portrayed and Sara Kubitschek. Also in 2006 followed an appearance in Allan Filterman's comedy Embarque Imediato and a recurring role in the Brazilian television series Cobras & Lagartos . In Embarque Imediato , at the side of her sister Sandra Pêra, who is eleven years her junior, she seduces the 22-year-old Wagner (played by Jonathan Haagensen ) as the experienced Justina . In addition to her career in film and television, Marília Pêra also pursued a career in the theater. She made her professional debut on stage in 1967 in the musical A Úlcera de Ouro by Hélio Bloch . In 1972 she was seen as Carmen Miranda (1909–1955) in Ary Fontoura's piece A Pequena Notável . As a tribute to the Brazilian Hollywood diva, Pêra took part in the show A Tribute to Carmen Miranda in New York's Lincoln Center in 1995 . She also appeared in shows at the traditional Teatro Rival in Rio de Janeiro and in 2004 slipped into the role of the famous French fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883–1971) for Maria Adelaide Amaral's play Mademoiselle Chanel , who she also performed at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in Paris interpreted.
Private life
Pêra was married three times. From 1960 to 1962 the actress was the wife of Paulo Graça Mello, son of Graça Mello, under whom she began her career. From the marriage came a son, the actor Ricardo Graça Mello (* 1961). From 1972 to 1987 Pêra was married to the Brazilian composer and journalist Nelson Motta . The two daughters Esperança Motta (* 1975) and Nina Morena (* 1980) emerged from this marriage, who, like their mother, switched to acting.
Marília Pêra died on December 5, 2015 at the age of 72 in her home in Rio de Janeiro of complications from her lung cancer .
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: Rosinha do Sobrado (TV series)
- 1966: Um Rosto de Mulher (TV series)
- 1968: Beto Rockfeller (TV series)
- 1970: É Simonal
- 1975: King of the Night (O Rei da Noite)
- 1981: Asphalt Sharks (Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco)
- 1982: Quem Ama Não Mata (TV miniseries)
- 1983: Bar Esperança
- 1985: Mixed Blood - Die Ratten von Harlem (Mixed Blood)
- 1987: Anjos da Noite
- 1987: Brega & Chique (TV series)
- 1988: O Primo Basílio (TV miniseries)
- 1989: Dias Melhores Virão
- 1995: Deadly Lines (Jenipapo)
- 1996: Tieta do Brasil (Tieta do Agreste)
- 1998: Central Station (Central do Brasil)
- 1999: O Viajante
- 2000: Amélia
- 2000: Brava Gente (TV series)
- 2001: Os Maias (TV miniseries)
- 2002: Seja o que Deus Quiser
- 2003: Garrincha - Estrela Solitária
- 2004–2005: Começar de Novo (TV series, 126 episodes)
- 2006: JK (TV miniseries)
- 2006: Acredite to Espírito Baixou em Mim
- 2006: Living the Dream
- 2006: Vestido de Noiva
- 2006: Cobras & Lagartos (TV series, 130 episodes)
- 2007–2008: Duas Caras (TV series, 151 episodes)
- 2008: Polaróides Urbanas
- 2008: Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
- 2008: Xuxa e as Noviças (TV film)
- 2009: Embarque Imediato
- 2010: A Vida Alheia (TV series, 20 episodes)
- 2011: Aquele Beijo (TV series)
- 2013–2014: Pé na Cova (TV series, 36 episodes)
Awards (selection)
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
- 1982: Best Actress for Asphalt Sharks
- 2005: Nominated for Best Actress for O Viajante
- 1983: Best Actress for Bar Esperança
- 1987: Best Actress for Anjos da Noite
- 1996: Best Supporting Actress for Tieta do Brasil
National Society of Film Critics Awards
- 1982: Best Actress for Asphalt Sharks
- 2005: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series for Começar de Novo
- 2007: Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series for Cobras & Lagartos
- 2008: Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series for Duas Caras
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards
- 1983: Best Actress in a TV Series for Quem Ama Não Mata
- 1984: Best Actress for Bar Esperança
- 1988: Best Actress in a TV Series for Brega & Chique
- 1997: Best Supporting Actress for Tieta do Brasil
Web links
- Marilia Pera in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Morre a atriz Marília Pera, aos 72 anos. In: globo.com. December 5, 2015, accessed December 5, 2015 (Portuguese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pêra, Marília |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pêra Marzullo, Marília (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 2015 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |