Personal Info
Birth date
1941-05-08 (84 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also known as
Elisabeth Maria Silva de Faria
ベティ・ファリア
贝蒂·法利亚
Betty Faria
Biography
Elisabeth Maria Silva de Faria known professionally as Betty Faria (born May 8, 1941 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actress. She is best known for her interpretation of the title character in the 1989 telenovela Tieta. She (co-won with Zezé Motta on Night Angels) the award for best actress at the 1987 Gramado Film Festival for "Anjos do Arrabalde" (or "Angels of the Outskirts").
Filmography
Boogie Oogie
7.8
Overview:
In the swing of the 70s, two women fight for the love of the same man without knowing their fates were already intertwined.Tieta
8.4
Overview:
Inspired on Jorge Amado's romance "Tieta do Agreste", the plot is set on the fictional city of Santana do Agreste, at Brazil's northwest, and has as main theme Tieta's life turnarounds. Twenty-five years after being chased out of town by her father Zé Esteves, she returns to her home town seeking revenge against everyone who mistreated her and laugh at her face in the past.A Grande Família
8.4
Overview:
The daily lives of a typical Brazilian middle-class family, that are always very close and tries, in their way, to survive the financial and relationship difficulties.Alma Gêmea
6.3
Overview:
A young woman is fated to relive the love of an earlier life. Separated by time, young Serena and botanist Rafael surmount all obstacles as they live a love that is stronger than fate itself. These challenges include the lovely but ambitious Cristina, who is obsessed by the rich botanist and driven nearly mad by her attempts to shatter their great love. A romantic comedy set in the 1940s, Soul Mate underscores the importance of love, family values and the ties of affection with a light touch and plenty of humor.Sweet Diva
7
Overview:
Maria da Paz is a committed baker who becomes a wealthy businesswoman twenty years after a tragedy strikes on the day of her wedding to Amadeu. From this broken union a baby is born, Jô, who seeks power and despises her mother’s humble origins. Afraid that her parents’ reunion might spoil her plans, Jô starts an alliance with the charming Régis to convince Maria to marry him and, together, they plan to steal all of Maria’s fortune. In this exciting telenovela written by Emmy Awards winner Walcyr Carrasco, Maria’s optimism must be stronger than Jô’s ambition when the baker finds out about the betrayal and her own daughter’s dangerous secrets.Run For Your Lives
6.3
Overview:
In this romantic comedy, life links together the fate of three completely different women, after witnessing the murder of a judge during a hurricane in Cancun. To stay safe, Kyra, Alexia and Luna have to give up their lives and start over with new identities on a witness protection program. Packed with romance and new experiences, the struggle for survival will make them question their dreams and loves they had until that point.Pecado Capital
9
Overview:
Carlão is a taxi driver who experiences a drama of conscience after fleeing bank robbers leave a suitcase with stolen money in his car: he doesn't know whether to hand it over to the police, running the risk of being accused of being an accomplice in the robbery, or whether to use the money to solve his problems.América
6.652
Overview:
Sol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy.Labirinto
7.5
Overview:
Accused of murdering a millionaire, a man manages to escape. Finding help along the way, he starts a struggle to prove his innocence.Pé na Jaca
7.1
Overview:
Pé na Jaca is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from November 20, 2006 and June 15, 2007. Featured Murilo Benício, Juliana Paes, Fernanda Lima, Marcos Pasquim, Betty Lago, Fúlvio Stefanini, Alexandre Schumacher, Carla Marins, Ricardo Tozzi, Fernanda de Freitas, Daniele Suzuki, Rodrigo Lombardi, Bruno Garcia, Flávia Alessandra and Deborah Secco in the lead roles.Duas Caras
6.3
Overview:
In the past, as Adalberto Rangel, he met and seduced Maria Paula. With a calculated coldheart, he married her, stole her fortune, then abandoned her, unaware she was pregnant at the time. Ten years later, accompanied by her son Renato, Maria Paula plots to recover her dignity and to find justice by getting revenge against the indignities done to her.Anos Dourados
7.8
Overview:
In the 1950s, Lurdinha and Marcos fall in love at the first sight. She studies at the Institute of Education, and he studies at the Military College. Two traditional educational institutions in 'Tijuca', in the North Zone of 'Rio de Janeiro'. But Lurdinha's conservative parents reject Marcos because he is son of separated parents and try, in every way, to keep him away from her.A Indomada
6.5
Overview:
A Indomada is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Globo February 17 to October 11, 1997. Authored by Aguinaldo Silva and Ricardo Linares, with the collaboration of Maria Elisa Berredo, Mark Silver and Nadotti Nelson and directed by Marcos Paulo Roberto Naar and Luiz Henrique Reis, had the general direction and core Marcos Paulo. Featured actors Adriana Esteves, José Mayer, Eva Wilma and Ary Fontoura leading roles in the plot.Brazil Avenue
8.113
Overview:
Brazil Avenue is a dynamic, lifelike, and modern telenovela that reveals how unrelenting ambition and inflicted cruelty can change a young girl’s destiny and lead her to seek revenge.Edge of Desire
7.74
Overview:
An ambitious woman who, for love, abandons Law School and ends up in the criminal world. A policewoman who dreams about becominga MMA championwhile fighting organized crime. A young dreamer torn between finding true love and her search for freedom. Written by International Emmy Award winner Gloria Perez, "Edge of Desire" presents three strong-willed women that have one thing in common: the tenacity to fight for what they want.Acting
TBAJusta as Unknown
2025Tributo: Francisco Cuoco as Self
2025Show 60 Anos as Self
2025A Lista as Nilcedes
2024Bury Your Dead as Aunt Helena
2024Volta por Cima (180 Episodes) as Belisa Góis de Macedo
2024Como Chorar Sem Derreter as Unknown
2024Suíte Magnólia (8 Episodes) as Eva
2023Codex 632 (6 Episodes) as Luísa
2023Dois em Cena: Encontro de Gerações (1 Episode) as Unknown
202170 Anos Esta Noite as Unknown
2021Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar as Self
2020Run For Your Lives (1 Episode) as Herself
2019Que História é Essa, Porchat? (1 Episode) as Self
2019Sweet Diva (161 Episodes) as Cornélia Macondo Ferreira
2018Infratores (3 Episodes) as Marilu
2017Pedro Sob a Cama as Avó
2017Edge of Desire (172 Episodes) as Elvira Gomez Garcia (Elvirinha)
2015Tomara que Caia (1 Episode) as Dona Irinéia
2015Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Anos Dourados - O Filme as Glória
2014Passionais (1 Episode) as Carmem Saldanha
2014Boogie Oogie (185 Episodes) as Madalena Veiga Azevedo Fraga
2014Tá no Ar: A TV na TV (1 Episode) as Unknown
2013Golden Oldies 2 as Dona Araci
2012Brazil Avenue (179 Episodes) as Pilar Albuquerque
2012As Brasileiras (1 Episode) as Muriel Aragão
2010Uma Rosa com Amor (145 Episodes) as Amália Petroni
2009Dzi Croquettes as Self
2009Alta Definição (1 Episode) as Self
2007The Ballroom as Elza
2007Duas Caras (210 Episodes) as Bárbara Carreira
2006Pé na Jaca (179 Episodes) as Laura Leiva Barra
2006O Sol - Caminhando contra o vento as Self
2005Alma Gêmea (1 Episode) as Marielza
2005Confiscated Goods as Isabela Siqueira (Serena)
2005A Miss e o Dinossauro as Herself (archive footage)
2005América (203 Episodes) as Djanira Pimenta
2004Marlene de Sousa as Betty
2004Sexo, Amor e Traição as Yara
2001A Grande Família (1 Episode) as Selma Carrara (Selminha Paraíso)
1999Suave Veneno (209 Episodes) as Carlota Valdez
1998Labirinto (20 Episodes) as Leonor Martins Fraga
1998For All - O Trampolim da Vitória as Lindalva Sandrini
1997A Indomada (203 Episodes) as Miranda de Sá Maciel "Juíza Mirandinha"
1997Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional as Self
1996O Campeão (90 Episodes) as Marilisa
1995A Idade da Loba (1 Episode) as Valquíria
1993Verão Quente (135 Episodes) as Simone Arruda
1992Scent of Gardenias as Odete Vargas
1992De Corpo e Alma (185 Episodes) as Antônia Santos Varela
1989Tieta (197 Episodes) as Antonieta Esteves Cantarelli (Tieta)
1989O Salvador da Pátria (187 Episodes) as Marina Campos
1988The Story of Fausta as Fausta
1988Lili Carabina as Lili Carabina
1987Jubiabá as Madame Zaira
1987Subway to the Stars as Camila
1987Suburban Angels as Dália
1986Anos Dourados (20 Episodes) as Glória
1984Partido Alto (174 Episodes) as Jussara
1983O Bom Burguês as Neuza
1983Bandidos da Falange as Unknown
1983Bandidos da Falange (20 Episodes) as Marluce
1982Elas por Elas (1 Episode) as Ieda
1981Baila Comigo (165 Episodes) as Joana Lobato
1980Bye Bye Brazil as Salomé
1980Água Viva (160 Episodes) as Lígia Prates
1978O Cortiço as Rita Baiana
1978Brasil Pandeiro (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Duas Vidas (157 Episodes) as Leda Maria
1976Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands as Leniza Mayer the Famous Singer
1975Pecado Capital (167 Episodes) as Maria Lúcia Batista (Lucinha)/ Lucy Jordan
1975O Casal as Unknown
1974The Star Rises as Leniza Mayer
1974O Espigão (150 Episodes) as Lazinha Chave de Cadeia
1973Cavalo de Aço (180 Episodes) as Joana
1972O Bofe (135 Episodes) as Guiomar
1972Som, Amor e Curtição as Unknown
1971Caso Especial (1 Episode) as Maria Aparecida
1971O Homem Que Deve Morrer (1 Episode) as Inês
1970A Próxima Atração (150 Episodes) as Ciça
1970Pigmalião 70 (204 Episodes) as Sandra
1970The Monsters of Babaloo as Unknown
1969Véu de Noiva (1 Episode) as Irene
1969Os Acorrentados (127 Episodes) as Sônia Maria
1968As Sete Faces de um Cafajeste as Gildinha
1967A Lei do Cão as Unknown
1966Amor e Desamor as Unknown
1965T.N.T. (7 Episodes) as Secretária
1965The Kiss as Dançarina