Personal Info
Birth date
1947-12-31 (77 Years)
Day of death
2023-05-08
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Also known as
Rita Lee Jones
Rita Lee
Biography
Rita Lee Jones de Carvalho, OMC • ORB better known as Rita Lee (born Rita Lee Jones; São Paulo, December 31, 1947 – São Paulo, May 8, 2023) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, television presenter and writer. Known as the "Queen of Brazilian rock", she was the woman who sold the most records, 55 million, making her the most successful female artist in terms of sales in Brazil and the fourth overall, behind by Tonico & Tinoco, Roberto Carlos and Nelson Gonçalves. She built a career that began with rock, but over the years flirted with different genres, such as psychedelia, during the tropicalismo era, pop rock, disco, new wave, pop, bossa nova and electronica, creating a hybridism pioneer among international and national genres. Rita is considered one of the most influential women in Brazil, being a reference for those who came to use the guitar from the mid-1970s. Former member of the group Os Mutantes (1966–1972) and Tutti Frutti (1973–1978), participated in important revolutions in the world of music and society.
Filmography
Sai de Baixo
8.136
Overview:
It follows the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.Celebridade
8.2
Overview:
A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.Vamp
7.7
Overview:
After making a Faustian bargain with a vampire for fame, a regretful young singer must find a sacred, lost artifact that might revert the curse.Conversa com Bial
8
Overview:
Journalist Pedro Bial discusses the most important current news in Brazil and in the rest of the world.A Próxima Vítima
7.6
Overview:
A young law student starts to work as a detective, decided to uncover the identity behind a series of murders, as well as who is next.Worms
4.6
Overview:
Junior is a preteen worm who struggles to be accepted by his peers, only to get bullied for being spoiled by his overprotective mother. One day, while in an attempt to impress his friends, he is accidentally brought up to the surface by a shovel, thus starting a journey with great adventures and very high stakes - not only for the little hero, but also to the entire worms society. To get back home and save his own kind, Junior must first learn the powers of self-respect, trust and true friendship.Ritas
9.5
Overview:
It explores Rita Lee's personal life and her creative process, revealing her musical talent and her ability to transform on stage. Rita herself guides the narrative through past interviews she gave throughout her career and current testimonies.A Night in 67
6.9
Overview:
In the 1970s, "festivals" were incredibly popular in Brazil, as they were recorded before a live studio audience, and usually featured a number of elimination rounds. They also formed the springboard for the career of many a big-name stars, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Carlos and Gilberto Gil. Appearing on such a program was no cakewalk, however: audiences could be as wild in their condemnation as in their appreciation of an artist. Extensive archive footage (including performances and behind-the-scenes interviews) from the turbulent final evening of the Festival of Brazilian Popular Music 1967 paints a fascinating picture, not only of the transformation of Brazilian music into real "festival" music, but also of a society starting to buck against the yoke of military rule.Better Days Ahead
6.5
Overview:
Earning her living by dubbing American TV Series, a woman dreams of becoming an international Hollywood star.Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
NYR
Overview:
The enlightened and extra-terrestrial Brazilian genius-multi-instrumentalist flies to Asturias in 2008 to give a music workshop. His journey takes us on another: that of his career, the ostracism with which he would be punished, his perpetual crusade for the materialization of “the idea”, his unique inspiration and incredible sense of humour. All emitted through his words and those of the people that surround him. An authentic pioneer, a free and cosmic spirit.A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum
2
Overview:
On set, in the middle of the Atlantic Forest, a stressed film director begins another day of filming, reproducing the celebration of the first mass in Brazil. Suddenly three strange agents emerge from the forest and abruptly interrupt the scene. Authoritarians, they confiscate the filmed negatives. The paranoid director grumbles: "Are they from the government?". The execution of the film is compromised. Will the director in trouble be able to complete his film?Laerte-se
7.163
Overview:
In this film, Laerte conjugates the body in the feminine, and scrutinizes concepts and prejudices. Not in search of an identity, but in search of un-identities. Laerte creates and sends creatures to face reality in the fictional world of comic strips as a vanguard of the self. And, on the streets, the one who becomes the fiction of a real character. Laerte, of all the bodies, and of none, complicates all binaries. In following Laerte, this documentary chooses to clothe the nudity beyond the skin we inhabit.Wood & Stock: Sex, Oregano and Rock'n'Roll
5.6
Overview:
Experience an adventure of counterculture, psychedelia, and an abundance of peace and love with Angeli’s beloved comic characters, the hippies Wood & Stock. As the euphoria of the 1970s fades, it's time to focus on family and work. However, a new rock band might just rekindle the spirit of those iconic years.Titãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa
6.1
Overview:
Brazilian documentary that tells the story of Titãs, the most famous rock band in the country. The film was directed by one of the members, Branco Mello, using images recorded from the early 80's until the present day.Fogo e Paixão
8
Overview:
The story of citizens from different parts of the world who come together to participate in a project to visit a Latin American city, however its location is not revealed.Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
6.8
Overview:
Loki brings the trajectory of Arnaldo Baptista from childhood, passing through the most successful phase as leader of the Mutantes, marriage to singer Rita Lee and then separation. He also goes through the depression that devastated his life after the group ended and that led him to attempt suicide, his solo career, rapprochement with his brother and member of the Mutantes, Sérgio Dias, culminating in the band's return in 2006.Acting
2025Ritas as Self
2025Rita Lee: Mania de Você as Self
2023IrRita as Rita Lee in Archive Footage
2023LeeGal as Self (archive footage)
2020Fuck Me… Furious! 4 as Unknown
2020Transversal do Tempo as Self (archive footage)
2017Laerte-se as Herself
2017Conversa com Bial (1 Episode) as Unknown
2014Democracia em Preto e Branco as Narrator
2014A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum as Pirata
2013Worms as Martha (voice)
2012Tropicália as Self (archive footage)
2010A Night in 67 as Self (archive footage)
2009Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut as Unknown
2009Loki: Arnaldo Baptista as Self (archive footage)
2009Multishow Ao Vivo: Rita Lee as Unknown
2009Titãs - A Vida Até Parece Uma Festa as Self (archive footage)
2007Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Ovelha Negra as Self
2007Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Baila Comigo as Unknown
2007Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Cor de Rosa Choque as Self
2007O Som do Vinil (1 Episode) as Self
2007Elis Regina: Doce de Pimenta as Herself
2006Wood & Stock: Sex, Oregano and Rock'n'Roll as Rê Bordosa (voice)
2004MTV ao Vivo: Rita Lee as Herself
2003Celebridade (3 Episodes) as Self
2002Saia Justa (79 Episodes) as Unknown
2002Durval Discos as Tia Julieta
2002Rogério Duprat - Vida de Músico as Self
2001Rita Lee: 3001 as Unknown
1998Acústico MTV: Rita Lee as Unknown
1997Acústico MTV: Titãs as Self
1997A Perna Cabiluda as Herself
1996Sai de Baixo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Rita Lee: A Marca da Zorra as Unknown
1993Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Dias Baptista as Self (archival footage)
1993Tanta Estrela Por Aí as Raul Seixas
1991Vamp (179 Episodes) as Lita Ree
1989Fogo e Paixão as Unknown
1989Better Days Ahead as Mary Shadow
1987Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: Flerte Fatal 87/88 as Unknown
1986Criança Esperança (1 Episode) as Self
1986Cida, a Gata Roqueira as Unknown
1986Chico & Caetano (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Mixto Quente (8 Episodes) as Unknown
1985Rita e Roberto as Unknown
1982Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: O Circo as Unknown
1981Rita Lee & Roberto de Carvalho: Saúde as Unknown
1980Rita Lee Jones as Herself
1980Grandes Nomes (3 Episodes) as Self
1979Mulher 80 as Self
1975Ritmo Alucinante as Unknown
1971O Som Alucinante as Unknown
1970Os Mutantes as Self
1969Os Mutantes: Teatro Villaret, Lisboa, Portugal, 1969 as Self
1968The Amorous Ones as Unknown
Sound
2024Santa Rita de Sampa ... Songs
2018Espelho da Vida (160 Episodes) ... Theme Song Performance
2010Ti Ti Ti (209 Episodes) ... Theme Song Performance
2003Celebridade (221 Episodes) ... Music
1997Zazá (215 Episodes) ... Theme Song Performance
1995A Próxima Vítima (203 Episodes) ... Theme Song Performance
1990Lua Cheia de Amor (191 Episodes) ... Theme Song Performance
1989Better Days Ahead ... Music
1987Sassaricando (184 Episodes) ... Theme Song Performance
1978O Pulo do Gato (140 Episodes) ... Theme Song Performance
Crew
2019#Provoca (1 Episode) ... In Memory Of
Writing
1980Rita Lee Jones ... Writer