Helena Ignez
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 23, 1939 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Biography
Helena Ignez (Salvador, May 23, 1939) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Helena was born in Salvador, Bahia and was attending her second year of law school when she fell in love with theater and decided to study the Dramatic Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. At the time, the Bahian theater scene was breaking with traditional Brazilian theater and experiencing strong influence from the young vanguard. She first appeared on the screen in Glauber Rocha's short film "Pátio". Helena acted in a few films associated with the Cinema Novo movement, such as "A Grande Feira" (1961), "Assalto ao Trem Pagador" (1962), and "O Padre e a Moça" (1966) before playing Janete Jane in O Bandido da Luz Vermelha by Rogério Sganzerla. After this film, she would perform in some most significant films in the Cinema Marginal movement, which directly opposed the critically acclaimed Cinema Novo -- the most remarkable being her role as Ângela Carne e "Osso in A Mulher de Todos" (1969). She also was a financial partner of Rogério Sganzerla and fellow Cinema Marginal filmmaker Júlio Bressane in the short-lived, although prolific, Belair production company. Between 1968 and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and were also married and had two children -- one of which would become actress Djin Sganzerla. As a filmmaker, Ignez has directed 7 films, the most notable being "Luz das Trevas" (2010), a sequel to Sganzerla's debut feature "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (1968).
Known For
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Filmography
Flesh
Movie
Lost Media
Movie · as A Colecionadora
Eclipse
Movie · as Dona da Kitnet
A Film to Remind Us of Utopia
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Helena! Cinema!
Movie
Cartas Para Rian
Movie · as Nair de Tefé
Pioneiras do Cinema
Movie
As Florestas da Noite
Movie
América do Sol
Movie · as Sonia Silk
Nem Tudo é Paz e Amor
Movie · as Self
Garden of Silences
Movie
Fernando Coni Campos: Cada um Vive como Sonha
Movie · as Self
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
Movie · as Dra. Marina Consiglio
Trópico de Leão
Movie · as Medéia
Deuses da Peste
Movie
Gravidade
Movie
Message from Sergipe
Movie
Nosferatu
Movie
Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Última Vanguarda
Movie · as Self
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
Movie · as Arlete
Joy Is the Acid Test
Movie · as Jarda Ícone
O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
Movie
Helena de Guaratiba
Movie · as Helena
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
Movie · as Self
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Movie
The Mother
Movie · as Dulce
The Welles Raft
Movie · as Herself
The Good Cinema
Movie
Subterrânea
Movie · as Senhora Ônibus
Um Documentário Brasileiro
Movie · as Self
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
Movie · as Voiceover
Rio de Topless
Movie · as Self
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Movie
Natureza Morta
Movie · as Narradora 3
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
Movie
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
Movie
Race Antenna
Movie · as Self
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Movie · as Self
Mulher Oceano
Movie · as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
Movie
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
Movie · as Mother
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Mulher da Luz Própria
Movie · as Self
Flesh
Movie · as (voice)
Extracts
Movie
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
Movie · as Diretora
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
Movie
Fakir
Movie · as Narrator
Notícias do Fim do Mundo
Movie
Antes do Fim
Movie
My Calendar Girl
Movie · as Helena / Palestrante (voz)
O Desmonte do Monte
Movie
Febre
Movie
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Movie
Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
Movie · as Narração
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Movie · as Self
Inauditoo
Movie · as Voice
Ralé: The Lower Depths
Movie · as Sonia Silk
O Cinema Foi à Feira
Movie · as Ela mesma
O País do Cinema
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The End of an Age
Movie · as (voz)
Paixão e Virtude
Movie
Love Film Festival
Movie · as Herself
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
Movie · as Self
Estátua!
Movie · as Mãe (voz)
Ossos
Movie · as Voz Off
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Movie
Terno
Movie · as Mãe
Poder dos Afetos
Movie · as Ritual Xamânico
Desculpa, Dona Madama
Movie · as Patroa
Ugly, Me?
Movie · as Jarda
A Balada do Provisório
Movie · as Provisório's Mother
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
Movie
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
Movie
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
Movie
Hotel Atlântico
Movie · as Dona da Pousada
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
Movie
Belair
Movie
Embodiment of Evil
Movie · as Cabíria
A Bela P...
Movie
Meu Mundo em Perigo
Movie · as Mãe de Ísis
Helena Zero
Movie
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
Movie
A Miss e o Dinossauro
Movie · as Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
Retrato da Terra
Movie · as Self
The Sign of Chaos
Movie · as Guida
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Movie · as Self
Abry
Movie · as Self
Reinvenção da Rua
Movie · as Herself
B2
Movie
São Jerônimo
Movie · as Marcela
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Movie · as Self
Flying Geraldo
Movie
Oswaldianas
Movie
Scent of Gardenias
Movie · as Bandida
Perigo Negro
Movie · as Tiafa
Tereza Batista
TV · as Maricota · 28 eps
Anônimo e incomum
Movie
It's Not All True
Movie
Spray Jet
Movie · as Bossy Lady
Mulheres de Cinema
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Man and His Cage
Movie · as Aeromoça
Um Intruso no Paraíso
Movie
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
Movie · as Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)
The Rowdy Family
Movie · as Prostituta
Copacabana Mon Amour
Movie · as Sônia Silk
No Way, Spider
Movie
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
Movie · as Isabel
Watch Out, Madame
Movie · as Empregada
Carnaval na Lama
Movie
The Monsters of Babaloo
Movie
The Woman of Everyone
Movie · as Ângela Carne e Osso
Era Preciso Voltar
TV · as Regina · 75 eps
The Red Light Bandit
Movie · as Janete Jane
The Outsiders
Movie
Face to Face
Movie · as Luciana
O Engano
Movie · as Mulher do médico
The Priest and the Girl
Movie · as Mariana
Grito da Terra
Movie · as Mariá
Assault on the Pay Train
Movie · as Marta
A Grande Feira
Movie · as Ely
O Pátio
Movie · as The woman