Dies at age 72 actress Marilia Pera – Terra Brazil

She died on Saturday morning (5), at age 72, the actress Marilia Pera. She struggled against lung cancer for two years and was at home in Rio de Janeiro, next to the family when he died. The wake will be held from 13h at the Teatro Leblon, in the room that bears the artist’s name.

Actress, singer, dancer, director, producer and choreographer, Marilia has participated in some 40 novels, 50 plays and nearly 30 movies, and miniseries. His last television work was as Darlene in Pereira Foot In Cova series, created by Miguel Falabella. At Carnival this year, she was honored by the samba school Mocidade Alegre, São Paulo.

Married to the economist Bruno Faria since 1998, she is survived by three children: Ricardo Graça Mello, Hope Motta and Nina Morena.

Artist forever

Born in January 22, 1943 in the neighborhood of Long River, in Rio de Janeiro, Marilia Pera began to work in the Society of Henriette Morineau when he was only four years in the role of one of Medea’s daughters in the homonymous play by Euripides. Her parents, Manoel Pear and Dinorah Marzullo, also worked on the show.

The television debut occurred with dance. As his parents were of TV Tupi, Marilia went on to perform live weekly on a ballet program.

From 14 to 21 years, shone as a dancer in musicals such as My Dear Lady, starring Bibi Ferreira in 1962, and Thy Hair Not Nega, in 1963, biography of Lamartine Babo , playing Carmen Miranda. Such a role was repeated several times during his career.

In 1965, the actress was invited by the director Abdon Torres to be part of the opening cast of TV Globo. At the beginning of the issuer, starred Rosie the novels of Sobrado and Father Tiao, Moses Weltman. Marilia also starred in The Moreninha, the novel adaptation of Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, written by Graça Mello, the father of her first husband, Paulo Graça Mello.

Already in its “first house on TV,” the Tupi, attended the novel Beto Rockfeller, considered a landmark in television drama. Around the globe took place in 1971 in the role of Shirley Sexy in the plot The Tacky, Bráulio Pedroso. Then participated in the miniseries Who Loves Not Mata, of Euclydes Navy, and in 1987, the novel Brega & amp; Chic, serial she claimed to have been the largest liked to do. The Maya (2001), New Start (2004), Snakes & amp; Lizards (2006) and Ti-Ti-Ti (2011) are other plots which involved her in the cast.

On TV Bandeirantes, he starred in The Champ (1982) and, in Headline in Mandacaru (1997), Carlos Alberto Ratton.

A movie theater, Marilia Pera starred in Pixote films, the Law of the Weakest (1980), by Hector Babenco, Bar Hope (1983), Hugo Carvana, Underworld (1986 ), Wilson Barros, Better Days Will Come (1988) and Tieta do Agreste (1995), both of Carlos Diegues, Central Brazil (1996), by Walter Salles, and The Wanderer (1998), by Paulo Cesar Saraceni.

In addition to television and film, the actress played remarkable roles in the theater. Among the main shows are, Speak Low, But I Scream, first play of the São Paulo dramaturgy of Leilah Assunção, staged in 1969; Margaret appeared, Roberto Athayde; Playing in Cima That, of Dario Fo; Exercise, John Lewis Carlino; The Bombshell (1966), in the shoes of Carmen Miranda; A Tribute to Carmen Miranda, presented at Lincoln Center in New York (1975), under the direction of another former husband, Nelson Motta; The Pear of Carmen in 1986 and 1995; and the musical directed by Maurice Sherman, Marilia Pera sings Carmen Miranda (2005).

In addition to the role of Carmen Miranda, Marilia Pera acted alone on stage as a singer Dalva de Oliveira, in A Estrela Dalva, in 1987; Maria Callas in the play Master Class, in 1996; and the designer Coco Chanel in the play Mademoiselle Chanel in 2004.

Another passion of the artist was music. So much so that in 1964, she went on to defeat Elis Regina, both unknown at the time, in a test for the musical How to Win in Life Without Make Force, Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert.

In 1975, he pioneered the Witch show, show conceived by Nelson Motta turned LP released by Som Livre label and, after a few years, initiated by the DJ Ze Pedro, won release CD Jewel in the Modern label.

Currently, Marilia working on a new CD project by Cracker, with a repertoire of Tom Jobim songs, Johnny Alf, Dolores Duran and Kurt Weill.