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Marília Pêra
Pêra in 2012
Born	Marília Soares Pêra (1943-01-22)22 January 1943 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	5 December 2015(2015-12-05) (aged 72) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cause of death	lung cancer
Occupation	Actress • singer • stage director
Years active	1948–2015
Spouses	Paulo Graça Mello ​ (separated)​ Agildo Ribeiro ​ (sep. 1968)​ Paulo Villaça ​ ​ (m. 1969; sep. 1971)​ Nelson Motta ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1980)​ Bruno Faria ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	3
Parents	Manuel Pêra (father) Dinorah Marzullo (mother)
Relatives	Sandra Pêra (sister) Abel Pêra (uncle)
Website	mariliapera.com.br

Marília Soares Pêra (January 22, 1943 — December 5, 2015)^[1] was a Brazilian actress, singer and theater director. Throughout her career, she won around 80 awards, acting in 49 plays, 29 soap operas and more than 20 films.^[2]

Marília Soares Pêra (Marilia Pera da Graça Mello, after she married), was born on January 22, 1943, in the neighborhood of Rio Comprido, in Rio de Janeiro.

From 14 to 21 years, works as a dancer in musicals and revue as Minha Querida Lady (1962), starring Bibi Ferreira, and O Teu Cabelo Não Nega (1963) biography of Lamartine Babo, as Carmen Miranda - role that would repeat a few times in her career.^[3] Her father Manoel Pear enrolled her in a classical ballet school and took her to the television, to dance. Perâ participated in programs such as Espetáculos Tonelux, Grande Teatro Tupi, Grande Teatro da Imperatriz das Sedas, Teatrinho Troll and Câmera Um. In 1959, she left school to marry the actor Paulo Graça Mello. At 18, in 1961, she toured Brazil and Portugal with the play Henry Pongetti's Society em Baby-Doll. A year later, starred in the musical Como Vencer na Vida sem Fazer Força alongside Procópio Ferreira, Moacyr Franco and Berta Loran.

In 1965, Pêra was hired by director Abdon Torres to join the cast that would usher in the Rede Globo, and starred in the telenovelas Rosinha do Sobrado and Padre Tião, both written by Moses Weltman. Also acted in A Moreninha, an adaptation of novel's Joaquim Manuel de Macedo written by Graça Mello, who was director of the station. Pêra also participated in the cast of Beto Rockfeller (1968), written by Bráulio Pedroso, on TV Tupi, the soap opera is considered a landmark of Brazilian television, for his modern language and urban ambiance. Pêra was invited by director Daniel Filho to return to the Globo in 1971, to interpret Shirley Sexy in O Cafona, character that gave him great popularity. Soon after, she played the taxi driver Noeli in Bandeira 2, written by Dias Gomes. The following year, she it was Serafina Rosa Petrone in Uma Rosa com Amor's Vicente Sesso, opposite Paul Goulart. Then she played the main character of the novel Supermanoela (1974), written by Walther Negrão.

In 1982, Pear played the character Alice in Quem Ama não Mata, written by Euclydes Marinho. The miniseries caused strong impact because of the realistic direction of Daniel Filho, and interpretations of the actress and Cláudio Marzo, and the approach of a controversial issue, the crime of passion. After 13 years, Pear returned to work in telenovelas on TV Globo, as Rafaela Alvaray in Brega & Chique, soap opera displayed in 1987, written by Cassiano Gabus Mendes. In the miniseries O Primo Basílio (1988), an adaptation of Gilberto Braga and Leonor Brassères of Eça de Queiroz's novel, Pêra played the villain Juliana, another remarkable character.

Pêra worked on two telenovelas by Ricardo Linhares: Lua Cheia de Amor (1991), co-written by Ana Maria Moretzsohn and Maria Carmen Barbosa, and Meu Bem Querer (1998). In Band, starred in O Campeão (1982), another novel Linhares, and the headline in Mandacaru (1997), written by Carlos Alberto Ratton. In 2001, Pêra participated of the cast in the miniseries Os Maias, an adaptation Eça de Queiroz's novel.

The actress was part of casts of the telenovelas Começar de Novo in 2004; Cobras & Lagartos, in 2006; Duas Caras in 2007.^[4] Her last work at the broadcaster was the TV show Pé na Cova [One foot in the grave, in an unofficial translation], aired since 2013.

Internationally, Marília Pêra is best known for her performance in Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980), where she portrayed the character Sueli. In 1982 she became the first South American ever honored in North America with a Best Actress Prize awarded by the National Society of Film Critics Awards. The film itself was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Golden Globe, but lost to that year's eventual Best Picture Oscar winner, Hugh Hudson's Chariots of Fire.^[5] Vincent Canby wrote for The New York Times in relation to the film: “The performances are almost too good to be true, but Mr. Da Silva and Miss Pera are splendid.”^[6] A former street kid, Fernando Ramos da Silva returned to the streets a few years after Pixote was released. He was killed by police – following an alleged shootout – at age 19 on Aug. 25, 1987.^[7]

Highlights of her movie career include Hugo Carvana's Bar Esperança (1983), in a comic performance as a temperamental soap opera star. Other films include: Central do Brasil (1998) and Jogo de Cena (2007). Her last film work was in Polaroides Urbanas in 2008.^[8]

Pêra died at her apartment in Rio de Janeiro from lung cancer at the age of 72.^[9]

Year	Organisation	Category	Work	Country	Result
1982	National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	Pixote	United States	Won
	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	Pixote	United States	Won
1983	Gramado Film Festival	Best Actress	Bar Esperança	Brazil	Won
	Associação Paulista de Críticos de Artes	Best Actress	Quem Ama Não Mata	Brazil	Won
1984		Best Actress	Bar Esperança	Brazil	Won
1987	Gramado Film Festival	Best Actress	Anjos da Noite	Brazil	Won
1988	Troféu Imprensa	Best Actress	Brega & Chique	Brazil	Won
	Associação Paulista de Críticos de Artes	Best Actress		Brazil	Won
1991	Cartagena Film Festival	Best Actress	Dias Melhores Virão	Colombia	Won
	Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Artes	Best Actress		Brazil	Won
1997	Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Artes	Best Supporting Actress	Tieta do Agreste	Brazil	Won
2000	Cinema Brazil Grand Prize	Best Actress	O Viajante	Brazil	Won
2001	Prêmio Qualidade Brasil	Best Actress in a Special Project	Os Maias	Brazil	Nominated
2005	Prêmio Contigo! de TV	Best Supporting Actress	Começar de Novo	Brazil	Nominated
2006	Prêmio Qualidade Brasil	Best Actress in Television	JK [pt]	Brazil	Nominated
2007	Miami Brazilian Film Festival	Best Actress	Polaróides Urbanas	United States	Won
	Prêmio Contigo! de TV	Best Supporting Actress	Cobras & Lagartos	Brazil	Nominated
2008	Prêmio Contigo! de Cinema	Best Actress	Polaróides Urbanas	Brazil	Nominated
	Prêmio Contigo! de TV	Best Supporting Actress	Duas Caras	Brazil	Won

• 1982: Quem Ama Não Mata .... Alice
• 1988: O Primo Basílio .... Juliana Couceiro Tavira
• 1994: Incidente em Antares .... Erotildes
• 2001: Os Maias .... Maria Monforte
• 2006: JK .... Sara Kubitschek
• 2007: Toma Lá, Dá Cá .... Ivone
• 2008: Casos e Acasos .... Sônia
• 2010: A Vida Alheia .... Catarina Faissol
• 2012: Louco Por Elas .... Madame Vivi
• 2013–2016: Pé na Cova .... Darlene

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