Leila Diniz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 25, 1945
- Died
- June 14, 1972 (aged 27)
- Birthplace
- Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
Leila Roque Diniz (25 March 1945 – 14 June 1972) was a Brazilian television, movie and theatre actress, whose liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s. Born in a middle-class family and the daughter of a communist activist, Leila worked as a kindergarten teacher at age 15. At age 17, she met movie director Domingos de Oliveira, with whom she lived until age 21. Between 1962 and 1964 she had minor roles on stage. In 1965, Diniz started working in television, where she made several telenovelas and various commercials. In 1967, she also started to make movies. She died on 14 June 1972, aged 27, at the peak of fame, coming back from a movie festival in Australia, where she won a Best Actress award for the movie Mãos Vazias ("Empty Hands"), in the Japan Airlines Flight 471 crash in India.
Known For
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Filmography
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Domingos
Movie · as (archive footage)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Movie · as Self
Mulheres de Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Leila Para Sempre Diniz
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Movie · as Pirata
Mãos Vazias
Movie · as Ida
O Donzelo
Movie · as Leila
The Alienist
Movie · as Eudóxia
E Nós, Aonde Vamos?
TV · as Sônia Monteiro · 80 eps
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
Movie · as Dadá
Os Paqueras
Movie · as Ela mesma
A Menina do Veleiro Azul
TV · as Ester · 285 eps
Dez Vidas
TV · as Pompom (2ª versão) · 209 eps
Os Acorrentados
TV · as Irmã Amparo de Fátima · 127 eps
Vidas em Conflito
TV · as Débora · 112 eps
The Naked Man
Movie · as Mariana
Edu, Coração de Ouro
Movie · as Tatiana
A Madona de Cedro
Movie · as Marta
Hunger for Love
Movie · as Ulla
Fantasia para Ator e TV
Movie
O Direito dos Filhos
TV · as Ana Lúcia · 1 ep
A Public Opinion
Movie
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
Movie
O Mundo Alegre de Helô
Movie
Dangerous Game
Movie · as Servant (segment "Divertimento")
Divertimento
Movie
Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino
TV · as Anastácia / Henriette / Rose · 125 eps
A Rainha Louca
TV · as Lorenza · 215 eps
All the Women in the World
Movie · as Maria Alice
Eu Compro Essa Mulher
TV · as Úrsula · 85 eps
O Sheik de Agadir
TV · as Madelon · 155 eps
Ilusões Perdidas
TV · 56 eps
Paixão de Outono
TV · as Maria Luísa · 50 eps
Um Rosto de Mulher
TV · as Laura · 87 eps