Maria Bethânia
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil
Biography
Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"). Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single "Carcará", the artist became a star in Brazil. Bethânia is the sister of the singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso and of the writer-songwriter Mabel Velloso, as well as being aunt of the singers Belô Velloso and Jota Velloso. The singer has released 50 studio albums in 47 years of career, and is among the 10 best-selling music artists in Brazil, having sold more than 26 million records. Bethânia was ranked in 2012, by Rolling Stone Brasil magazine, as the fifth-biggest voice of Brazilian music. Bethânia is the sixth out of eight children born into the family of José Telles Veloso (Seu Zeca), a government official, and Claudionor Viana Telles Veloso (Dona Canô), a housewife. The name Maria Bethânia was chosen by her brother Caetano Veloso after the homonymous hit song written by composer Capiba and famous at the time in the voice of Nélson Gonçalves. In her childhood, she had aspirations to become an actress. However, her mother was a musician, so music was prevalent in the Veloso household. Though Bethânia was born in Santo Amaro da Purifição, her family moved to Salvador, Bahia when she was 13. The move allowed her to experience the bohemian, intellectual circles of the city, as well as to visit theaters. When she was 16, her brother Caetano Veloso invited her to sing in a film for which he was producing the soundtrack, but she refused. Nevertheless, the film's director, Álvaro Guimarães, liked her voice and invited the young musician to perform in the 1963 Nélson Rodrigues's musical Boca de Ouro. This time Bethânia accepted, and for the first time in her life she went on stage to sing for an audience, opening the play performing a samba by Ataulfo Alves. That same year, Bethãnia and her sister met singers Gilberto Gil and Gal Costa; Caetano had been invited to put on an MPB show to inaugurate the Teatro Vila Velha. The four artists got together and, in 1964, staged Nós, por exemplo (We, for example). The show was a success and was presented again twenty months later, with the participation of singer-songwriter Tom Zé. That same year, the group mounted another show called Nova Bossa Velha e Velha Bossa Nova (New Old Bossa and Old New Bossa). Still in that year, directed by Caetano and Gil, Bethânia performed another musical, this time on her own, called Mora na Filosofia (Lives in Philosophy). She began performing again with her brother, as well as Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Tom Zé, at the opening of the Vila Velha Theater in the next year. During one of these performances, the bossa nova musician Nara Leão offered her an opportunity to take her place in a series of performances titled "Opinião". ... Source: Article "Maria Bethânia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmography
Todo Mundo no Rio com Shakira
Movie · as Self
Luiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ritas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bethânia e as Palavras
Movie · as Self
Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo
Movie · as Self
Moacyr Luz, O Embaixador Dessa Cidade
Movie · as Self
Toquinho Maravilhoso
Movie · as Self
Os Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius
Movie · as Self
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
Movie · as Self
Especial Caetano Veloso 80 Anos
Movie · as Self
Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
Movie · as Self
O Canto Livre de Nara Leão
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fevereiros
Movie · as Self
Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
Movie · as Self
Extrafísico - Jorge Vercillo
Movie · as Self
Com a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes
Movie · as Self
Maria Bethânia e Zeca Pagodinho: De Santo Amaro a Xerém
Movie · as Self
Dê Lembranças a Todos
Movie · as Self
Karingana - Licença para contar
Movie · as Self
Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
Movie · as Self
A Imagem da Tolerância
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The Next Samba
Movie · as Herself
O Nome Dela é Gal
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Zeca Apresenta - o Quintal do Pagodinho ao Vivo - Vol. 3
Movie · as Participante
Pitanga
Movie · as Self
Abraçar e Agradecer
Movie · as Herself
Ruin
Movie
Cauby: Começaria Tudo Outra Vez
Movie
26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia
Movie · as ela mesma
Chico: Brazilian Artist
Movie · as Self
Maria Bethânia - Caderno de Poesia
Movie
Maria Bethânia: Carta de Amor Ao Vivo
Movie · as Intérprete
Edu Lobo 70 Anos
Movie
Tropicália
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alcione - Duas Faces
Movie · as Self - Guest
Rio Sonata: Nana Caymmi
Movie
Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
Movie · as Self
Duetos
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Multishow Registro: Pode Entrar
Movie · as Self
Palavra (En)Cantada
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Maria Bethânia: Dentro do Mar Tem Rio
Movie
The Man Who Bottled Clouds
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Jards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
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Maria Bethânia e Omara Portuondo
Movie
Maria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda
Movie · as Self
Vento Bravo
Movie · as Self
Gal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
Movie
Maria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
Movie · as Self
Viva Volta
Movie · as Self
Vinicius de Moraes
Movie · as Self
Phono 73: A Country and its Music
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Maria Bethânia: Tempo Tempo Tempo Tempo
Movie
Maria Bethânia: Brasileirinho Ao Vivo
Movie · as Self
MPB dos Tempos da Repressão
Movie · as Self
Ana Carolina - Estampado
Movie
The Egg
Movie · as Narrator
Outros (Doces) Bárbaros
Movie · as Self
Maria Bethânia: Noite Luzidia
Movie
Brazil's Maria Bethânia
Movie · as Self
Chico e as Cidades
Movie · as Self
Entangling Shadows
Movie · as Self
Maria Bethânia: As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim - Ao Vivo
Movie · as Self
Chico & Caetano
TV · 1 ep
Criança Esperança
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Certas Palavras com Chico Buarque
Movie · as Self
Mulher 80
Movie · as Self
Os Doces Bárbaros
Movie · as Self
Panorama with Clarice Lispector
Movie · as Self
When Carnaval Comes
Movie · as Rosa
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bahia - Stadt aller Heiligen
Movie · as Herself
Saravah
Movie · as Self
The Man Who Bought the World
Movie
A Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo
Movie
The Girl from Ipanema
Movie
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Movie · as Self
Bethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show
Movie · as Self
The Dare
Movie · as Self