Norma Bengell
{{Short description|Brazilian actress (1935–2013)}}
{{Portuguese name|Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea|Bengell}}
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| name = Norma Bengell
| image=Norma_Bengell,_1966 - Restoration.jpg
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| caption= Bengell in 1966
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1935|2|21}}
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2013|10|9|1935|2|21}}
| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|film director|screenwriter|singer-songwriter}}
| years_active = 1959–2010
| spouse =
| partner =
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Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell (21 February 1935 – 9 October 2013){{cite web|url=http://cinema.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/10/09/morre-atriz-e-diretora-norma-bengell-aos-78.htm|publisher=Universo Online|title=Morre atriz e diretora Norma Bengell aos 78|date=9 October 2013|access-date=9 October 2013}} was a Brazilian film, stage and television actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director. She appeared in several episodes of T.H.E. Cat, the first being in 1966 episode “To Kill a Priest”.
Early life
Bengell was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite web |title=Norma Bengell |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f474a4a |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123203110/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f474a4a |archive-date=23 November 2017 |website=BFI}}
Career
Bengell appeared in numerous international productions, including an extended period during the mid-1960s co-starring in Italian productions, in which she was usually cast as the protagonist's romantic interest. She is possibly best known for starring with Alberto Sordi in Alberto Lattuada's Mafioso (1962) and in Sergio Corbucci's The Hellbenders (1967).{{Cite web |title=Norma Bengell | TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/norma-bengell/credits/168325 |website=TVGuide.com}} She had a major role as a prostitute in Anselmo Duarte's Keeper of Promises (1962), a Brazilian drama that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1963 and won the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival in 1962.{{Cite web |title=O Pagador de Promessas (1962) - Anselmo Duarte | Awards | AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/o-pagador-de-promessas-v93279/awards |via=www.allmovie.com}} Earlier that same year, she caused major controversy after appearing nude in a scene of the Ruy Guerra film Os Cafajestes.{{cite web |last1=Britto |first1=Rafaella |title=Norma Bengell: the transgressive muse of Brazilian cinema |url=http://theworldofapu.com/norma-bengell-the-transgressive-muse-of-brazilian-cinema/ |access-date=19 June 2018 |publisher=theworldofapu.com}}
In 1987, she directed her first film, Eternamente Pagu, a biography of Patrícia Galvão.{{Cite web |title=Eternamente Pagu (1989) - Norma Bengell | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/eternamente-pagu-v119555 |via=www.allmovie.com}} In 1996, she directed an adaptation of José de Alencar's novel The Guarani, also titled The Guarani.{{Cite web |title=Norma Bengell |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f474a4a |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123203110/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f474a4a |archive-date=23 November 2017 |website=BFI}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
!Ano !Título !Personagem !Notas |
| rowspan="2" |1966
|Festival em Shell Maior | rowspan="2" |Apresentadora |
| Noite de Gala |
| 1967
|A Sombra de Rebecca |
| rowspan="2" |1981
|Os Imigrantes |Nena | |
| Os Adolescentes
|Paula | |
| 1982
|Memórias do Medo |Mona | |
| 1983
|Parabéns pra Você |Mara | |
| rowspan="2" |1984
|Partido Alto |Irene Bessa | |
| Betty Faria Especial
|— |
| 1989
|O Sexo dos Anjos |Vera Nogueira | |
| rowspan="2" |1993
| rowspan="2" |Você Decide |— |Episódio: "O Porteiro" |
| Episódio: " Paixão Mortal"
| |
| 2006
|Alta Estação |Yolanda | |
| 2008-09
|Toma Lá, Dá Cá |Deise Coturno |48 episódios |
Death
Bengell died from lung cancer aged 78 in Rio de Janeiro on 9 October 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Bengell&prev=search&pto=aue|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Norma Bengell}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0071034|name=Norma Bengell}}
{{Brasilia Film Festival Awards for Best Actress}}
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Category:Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Brazilian people of German descent
Category:Brazilian film actresses
Category:Brazilian television actresses
Category:Brazilian women film directors