Acting · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Born January 22, 1943
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.
MovieViva Marília
2026
as Self (archive footage)
MovieIncidente em Antares - O Filme
2018
as Erotildes da Conceição
MovieAll Paulos in the World - Paulo José
2017
MovieI'm Rich!
2016
as Madame Claude
MovieChico: Brazilian Artist
2015
as Reader (voice)
MovieAlô, Dolly!
2013
as Dolly Levi
TVPé na Cova
2013
as Darlene Dos Santos
TVThat Kiss
2011
as Maruschka Lemos de Sá
MovieConsideração do Poema
2011
TVA Vida Alheia
2010
as Catarina Faissol
MovieNow Boarding
2009
as Justina / Gilda
MovieDzi Croquettes
2009
as Self
MovieElas Cantam Roberto Carlos
2009
as Self
MovieNossa Vida Não Cabe Num Opala
2008
as Madame Castilho
MovieUrban Snap-Shots
2008
as Magda / Magali
MoviePlaying
2007
as Actress
MoviePixote In Memoriam
2007
as Self
TVTwo Faces
2007
as Gioconda de Queiroz Barreto
TVToma Lá, Dá Cá
2007
as Ivone/Madame Madelon
MovieVestido de Noiva
2006
as Madame Clessy
MovieMarília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda
2006
as Herself - Carmen Miranda
TVSnakes & Lizards
2006
as Maria Luísa Pasquim Montini (Milu)
TVJK
2006
as Sara Kubitschek
MovieLiving the Dream
2006
as Vanessa
TVComeçar de Novo
2004
as Marlene Emilinha Teles Oliveira (Janis Doidona)
TVShades of Sin
2004
as Violante
TVCelebrity
2003
as Self
MovieGarrincha: Lonely Star
2003
as Vanderléia
MovieAurora Miranda - A Irmã Notável de Carmen
2002
MovieSeja O Que Deus Quiser!
2002
as Dona Fernanda
TVOs Maias
2001
as Maria Monforte
TVBrava Gente
2000
as Pola
MovieAmélia
2000
as Amélia
TVGarotas do Programa
2000
as humorista
TVZorra Total
1999
as Elizabeth
MovieTraveller
1998
as Ana Lara
TVMy Sweetheart
1998
as Custódia Alves Serrão
MovieCentral Station
1998
as Irene
TVMandacaru
1997
as Isadora Camargo
MovieTieta of Agreste
1996
as Perpétua Esteves Batista
O Campeão
1996
as Elizabeth
MovieThe Interview
1995
as Renata
TVCasseta & Planeta, Urgente!
1992
MovieMarília Pêra: Elas por Ela
1992
as Herself
TVLua Cheia de Amor
1990
as Genuína "Genu" Miranda
TVRainha da Sucata
1990
as Self
TVTop Model
1989
as Suzana Pasolini
MovieBetter Days Ahead
1989
as Maryalva 'Mary" Matos
TVCousin Bazilio
1988
as Juliana
MovieAngels of the Night
1987
as Marta Brum
TVBrega & Chique
1987
as Rafaela Alvaray (Alfa 1)
MovieBlack Fragments of Samba - Zezé Motta, The Enchanted Woman
1987
as Self
MovieMixed Blood
1984
as Rita la Punta
MovieAreias Sagradas (Parábola em Ipanema)
1984
MovieBar Esperanza
1983
as Anna Moreno
TVQuem Ama Não Mata
1982
as Alice
TVChico Anysio Show
1982
as atriz com afasia
TVChico Total
1981
MoviePixote
1980
as Sueli
TVGrandes Nomes
1980
as Self
MovieO Grande Desbum
1978
TVThe Trapalhões
1977
TVPlaneta dos Homens
1976
as Vários Personagens
MovieKing of the Night
1975
as Pupi
MovieAna, a Libertina
1975
TVSupermanoela
1974
as Manoela
TVThe Return Of The Rockefeller
1973
as Manuela (flashback)
TVUma Rosa com Amor
1972
as Serafina
TVBandeira 2
1971
as Noeli
TVO Cafona
1971
as Shirley Sexy
MovieO Donzelo
1971
MovieÉ Simonal
1970
TVSuper Plá
1969
as Joana Martini
TVAlbert, the Rockefeller
1968
as Manuela
MovieThe Man Who Bought the World
1968
as Rosinha
TVPadre Tião
1965
as Cidinha
TVUm Rosto de Mulher
1965
as Elizabeth
TVA Moreninha
1965
as Carolina
TVRosinha do Sobrado
1965
as Rosinha
