Personal Info
Birth date
1935-09-21 (89 Years)
Day of death
2013-10-09
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also known as
Norma Benguel
Norma Benguell
Норма Венжель
Норма Бенгелл
Норма Бенгель
Norma Bengell
Biography
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.
Filmography
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.Tabu
6.4
Overview:
The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine Babo and inconoclast poet and playwright Oswald de Andrade.Toma Lá, Dá Cá
8.259
Overview:
Brazilian comedy about two couples living next to each other in the same building. This show explores the antics between the two couples.The Hellbenders
6.527
Overview:
A Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.Mafioso
7.393
Overview:
When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.Planet of the Vampires
6.438
Overview:
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.Nuclear Shelter
6.4
Overview:
Our planet was contaminated by many nuclear explosions that left the soil and the air filled with radiation, and now the few survivors of those catastrophic events live under the ground on a shelter controlled by scientists. After an incident inside the shelter, a group of rebellious scientists defy their leadership when they find a good possibility of returning to the surface.The Age of the Earth
6.2
Overview:
Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during the late 1970s. At its core, the story revolves around four distinctive embodiments of Christ's image: a black man, a soldier, an Indian, and a guerrilla fighter. These courageous individuals, hailed as the harbingers of doom in the tupiniquim lands, valiantly combat the insatiable avarice and oppressive "civilizing" brutality propagated by the formidable John Brahms—a foreign exploiter devoid of morals.The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
9
Overview:
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwards and forward. The various pasts – the 60s, the 80s, the 2000s – comment on each other in a way that sheds light on Bressane’s themes and obsessions, which become increasingly apparent and finally, a whole idea of cinema reveals itself to the curious and patient viewer. Will Bressane, from now on, rework The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus when he makes another film? Is this his latest beginning? Why not, for the eternally young master maverick seems to embark on a maiden voyage with each and every new film!The Angel Was Born
6.719
Overview:
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable companion, is a simple-minded and ingenious man who follows Santamaria around and participates in the crimes he commits. The two bandits take over a house after kidnapping its owner and his girlfriend.Na Boca do Mundo
4.3
Overview:
A black fisherman now working at a local gas station, Antônio lives at the small beach town of Atafona. His biggest ambition is to stash enough money to leave to a big city with his fiancee, a mix-raced girl who sells fresh crabs to locals and wishes for a better life. When a rich white woman from the high society arrives to spend a few days away after ending a failed marriage, Antônio soon bonds with her and begins to change his plans.The Given Word
8.1
Overview:
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint Bárbara: If his donkey recovers, he will carry a cross - like Jesus - all the way from his city to Saint Bárbara's church, in the state capital. Upon the recovery of his donkey, Zé leaves on his journey. He makes it to the church, but the priest refuses to accept the cross once he discovers the context of Zé's promise.Eternamente Pagu
6.2
Overview:
Eternamente Pagu is a biographical film about Patrícia Galvão, best known as Pagu, a Brazilian political, literary and artistic activist. An important figure of the Brazilian Modernism, Pagu was also a militant for the Brazilian Communist Party after she married writer Oswald de Andrade. She broke up with Andrade and, as a journalist was arrested by the Dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas. After she left prison, she abandoned Communism in favor of Trotskyist Socialism, married Geraldo Ferraz, and started a career as theatre director.The Constancy of Reason
6.1
Overview:
Florence, early 1960s. Bruno aspires to be hired at a prestigious factory, but his Communist ideals — instilled by Millo, a father figure and family friend in love with Bruno's widowed mother Ivana — are an obstacle. His relationship with Lori, a beautiful and tormented young woman who has just returned from Milan, reshapes his convictions. Freely adapted from a minor novel by Vasco Pratolini.Eros, the God of Love
5
Overview:
A man explores the process of formation of sexuality and is looking for a woman that does not exist.Men and Women
7.2
Overview:
Two friends take two prostitutes for a night of pleasure. But the night turns out to be frustrating for all involved, as much bitterness is revealed in their conversation and attitudes, uncovering their anguish and deeper feelings, and the emptiness of their lives.Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
5.8
Overview:
Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the Cinema Novo, with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.Rio Babilonia
5.3
Overview:
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations, from orgiastic mega-parties to confrontations with the police, meetings with drug dealers and movie stars, facing corruption and even murder.Running Out of Luck
5.8
Overview:
A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.The Palace of Angels
5.6
Overview:
Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends transform a small apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", at first securing money and success, but...Défense de savoir
5.6
Overview:
When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does everything in his power to expose the truth.Before, the Summer
6.3
Overview:
A middle-aged man builds a summer house in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro. Married to a beautiful woman, father of two and successful career, the house is a symbol of his personal achievements. But as the wind, the salt and the sand threaten to invade the breaches of the house, their marriage begins to crumble. And like a bad omen, a mysterious murder takes place in the vicinity.Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu
NYR
Overview:
August 29, 1979, Talavera Bruce Penal Institute, Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. After serving eight years in prison, Inês Etienne Romeu, the only survivor of the "House of Death" in Petrópolis and the first political prisoner sentenced to life in prison in Brazil, left prison benefiting from Amnesty. Norma Bengell filmed this moment: from the prison door to her home with her family, Inês was welcomed by family, friends and members of the Brazilian Amnesty Committee, in what marked the first act of the historic denunciation that Inês would carry out against her tormentors and the Military Regime.Acting
2023The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus as Unknown
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 as Unknown
2007Toma Lá, Dá Cá (71 Episodes) as Deise Coturno
2005Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova as Self (archive footage)
2003Celebridade (1 Episode) as Self
2003Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth as Self
2002Banquete as Unknown
1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1993Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato as Gertrudes
1989O Sexo dos Anjos (142 Episodes) as Vera
1987The Colour of His Destiny as Laura
1987Eternamente Pagu as Elsie Houston
1987No Tempo de Glauber as Unknown
1987Running Out of Luck as Unknown
1987The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man as Unknown
1985Fonte da Saudade as Unknown
1984Tensão no Rio as Dona Dolores
1984Partido Alto (174 Episodes) as Irene
1984O Filho Adotivo as Maria Rosa
1983Tabu as Unknown
1983Parabéns pra Você (13 Episodes) as Mara
1982Rio Babilonia as Solange
1981Nuclear Shelter as Lix
1981Eros, the God of Love as Ada
1981Os Imigrantes (22 Episodes) as Nena Coutinho
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 as Unknown
1975Assim Era a Atlântida as Unknown
1975Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse as Unknown
1973Défense de savoir as Juditte
1972The Suns of Easter Island as Norma
1972The Demiurge as Unknown
1971As Confissões de Frei Abóbora as Unknown
1971Paixão na Praia as Unknown
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 Unknown
1969O Último Homem as Unknown
1968Before, the Summer as Maria Clara
1968I Do Not Forgive... I Kill! as Fedra/Wanda
1968Desesperato as Unknown
1968Juventude e Ternura as Unknown
1968Edu, Coração de Ouro as Matilde
1967A Espiã que Entrou em Fria as Unknown
1967Mar Corrente as A Singer
1967A Sombra de Rebecca (106 Episodes) as Diana
1967The Hellbenders as Claire
1966As Cariocas as Unknown
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 as Unknown
1962Mafioso as Marta
1962Carnival of Crime as Model
1962The Given Word as Marli
1962The Unscrupulous Ones as Leda
1961Mulheres & Milhões as Unknown
1960Conceição as Unknown
1959The Man of The Sputnik as Bê Bê, espiã da França
Directing
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
2008As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro ... Idea
1987Eternamente Pagu ... Writer
1979Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira ... Writer
Crew
1989Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes ... Thanks
Camera
1979Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu ... Director of Photography