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

Daughter of Portuguese actorManuel Pêra and actress of Italian descent Dinorah Marzullo, Pêra stepped onto a theater stage for the first time at the age of four, alongside her parents, who were part of the cast ofHenriette Morineau's company.

From the age of 14 to 21, she worked as a dancer and participated in musicals and revues, includingMinha Querida Lady (1962), starringBibi Ferreira. According to Pêra, she passed because the directors were looking for someone who could do stunts, which was rare at that time.^[3] She also acted in other plays such asO Teu Cabelo Não Nega (1963), a biography ofLamartine Babo, in the role ofCarmen Miranda. She would return to play the role of the singer in the showA Pequena Notável (1966), directed byAry Fontoura; atA Tribute to Carmen Miranda atLincoln Center,New York (1975), directed byNelson Motta; in the only performanceA Pêra da Carmem, atCanecão, in 1986, and in the musical Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda (2005), directed by Maurício Sherman.^[4][5]

In 1964, Pêra defeatedElis Regina in an audition for the musicalComo Vencer na Vida semFazer Força, both still unknown to the public at the time.

Her first appearance on television was inRosinha do Sobrado, onRede Globo, in 1965 and then inA Moreninha. In 1967 she made her first performance in a musical show, A Úlcera de Ouro, by Hélio Bloch.

In the 1960s, she was arrested during the performance ofChico Buarque's playRoda Viva (1968) and forced to run naked through a Polish corridor (i.e.run the gauntlet).^[6] She was arrested a second time, as she was considered acommunist, when police invaded the house, scaring everyone, including her seven-year-old son, who was sleeping.^[7]

In 1969, she achieved great success in the role of the protagonist in the dramaFala Baixo Senão Eu Grito, byLeilah Assumpção, directed by Clóvis Bueno, the first play by the São Paulo playwright. For her interpretation of the complex characterMariazinha, a virgin spinster who lives in a boarding house for nuns, Pêra received theMolière Award and also the Award from theSão Paulo Association of Theater Critics (APCT), currently theSão Paulo Association of Art Critics (APCA). Her future husband Paulo Villaça played a thief who one night jumps out of her bedroom window with the intention of stealing. In the conversation between the two, which lasts all night, the spinster reveals her frustrations to the public and to herself.

In 1975, she recorded the LPFeiticeira, released bySom Livre.^[8]

Pêra was the actress who performed most alone on stage, managing to attract children to the difficult art of themonologue. In addition to Carmen Miranda, she played on screen and on stage the roles of famous women, such asMaria Callas,Dalva de Oliveira,Coco Chanel and the former first lady of BrazilSarah Kubitschek. Her debut as a director took place in 1978, in the playA Menina e o Vento, byMaria Clara Machado.

In 1992, she presented the musicalElas por Elas, for TV Globo. Alongside singerSimone^[9] andCláudia Raia, they made public their support for candidateFernando Collor de Mello^[10] in the 1989 elections.

In a statement made to the television programFantástico in 2006, due to the success of her character Milu, in the telenovelaCobras & Lagartos, Pêra spoke about her career, revealing that she could not stand working with actors with bad breath andfoot odor. She commented that there are many actors who do not care about hygiene, without mentioning names (a hint towards his romantic partner in the telenovela, Herson Capri). Pêra stated that she never thought she was beautiful and that she was always clumsy.

In 2008, she starred in the filmPolaroides Urbanas, byMiguel Falabella, in which he played twin sisters.

In 2009, she was cast by TV Globo to playhippie Rejane Batista in the miniseriesCinquentinha, byAguinaldo Silva. After several scenes were recorded, the actress gave up the role, causing discomfort among the network's management.Betty Lago took over the role from Pêra. Some news that circulated at the time stated that the reason for not wanting to continue with the interpretation was that he did not feel comfortable with the role.^[11]

In 2010, she was part of the cast of the seriesA Vida Alheia, by Miguel Falabella, on Rede Globo, asCatarina.

In January 2013, the seriesPé na Cova premiered, in which Pêra played Darlene, a makeup artist at her ex-husband Ruço's (Miguel Falabella) funeral home, who lives in the suburbs. In April 2014, due to personal problems, the actress left the series,^[12] returning to recording on 11 June 2014.^[13]

At the 2015 carnival, Pêra was honored by thesamba schoolMocidade Alegre, inSão Paulo. In August of the same year, she was honored at theGramado Film Festival, where she received theOscarito Trophy.^[14]

Pêra married for the first time at the age of seventeen the musician Paulo Graça Mello. They were married from 1960 to 1962. She was 18 when she gave birth to their son, Ricardo Graça Mello who became an actor. Paulo Graça Mello died in a car accident in 1969. Her second marriage was to comedianAgildo Ribeiro, from whom she separated in 1968. The following year she married actor Paulo Villaça, her partner inFala Baixo Senão Eu Grito, separating in 1971. In 1972, she married withNelson Motta, separating in 1980. From this marriage, her daughters, Esperança Motta and Nina were born. Her last marriage, from 1998 until her death in 2015, was to Rio de Janeiroeconomist Bruno Faria. She was the older sister ofSandra Pêra, granddaughter of Antônia Marzullo, also actresses, and niece of actorAbel Pêra.^[15]

Pêra died on 5 December 2015 in her apartment in theIpanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. In the last months of her life, she was fightinglung cancer. She had spent the year undergoing medical treatment, combating wear and tear on herhip bones, which prevented her from acting.^[14][16] She was buried in theSão João Batista Cemetery, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.^[17]

Source:Mulheres do Cinema Brasileiro - Marília Pêra^[24]

• 1948 -Medéia
• 1948 -Frenesi
• 1948 -O casaco encantado
• 1957–59 -Grande Teatro Tupi / Teatro da Imperatriz da Seda
• 1957–59 -Espetáculos Tonelux / Teatrinho Trol
• 1957–59 -Ballet às Segundas / Câmera Um
• 1959–60 -O filé vem de fora
• 1960 -Circo Thiany
• 1960 -Boite Plaza Show Todas elas são barbadas (Cole)
• 1960 -Terra seca
• 1960 -O rei mentiroso
• 1960–61 -My fair Lady
• 1961 -Espanta gato
• 1960 -Divorciados
• 1960 -Society em baby doll
• 1961 -Minha querida lady
• 1963 -O teu cabelo não nega
• 1964 -The Threepenny Opera
• 1964 -Como vencer na vida sem fazer força
• 1966 -Se correr o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho come
• 1966 -Onde canta o sabiá
• 1967 -The Taming of the Shrew
• 1967 -A úlcera de ouro
• 1968 -O barbeiro de Sevilha
• 1968 -Roda viva
• 1969 -A moreninha
• 1970 -A vida escrachada de Joana Martini e Baby Stompanato
• 1971 -A pequena notável
• 1973 -Apareceu a Margarida
• 1974 -Pippin
• 1975 -A feiticeira
• 1975 -Síndica, qual é a tua?
• 1976 -Deus lhe pague
• 1977 -O exércício
• 1978 -A menina e o vento (acting and direction)
• 1979 -Pato com laranja
• 1980 -Brasil, da censura à abertura
• 1981 -Doce deleite
• 1983 -Adorável Júlia
• 1984 -Brincando em cima daquilo
• 1986 -The Mystery of Irma Vep (direction)
• 1987 -A estrela Dalva
• 1989 -Elas por ela
• 1991 -Quem matou a baronesa?
• 1992 -Elas por ela
• 1992 -A prima dona
• 1996 -Master Class
• 1997 -Padre Antonio Vieira
• 1998 -Toda nudez será castigada
• 1998 -Ciranda dos homens, carnaval dos animais
• 1999 -Além da linha d'água
• 1999 -Altar do incenso
• 2000 -O amigo oculto (direction)
• 2001 -Estrela tropical
• 2001 -Vitor ou Vitória
• 2002 -A filha da...
• 2003 -Marília Pêra canta Ari Barroso
• 2004 -Mademoiselle Chanel
• 2005 -Marília Pêra canta Carmen Miranda
• 2006 -Pasárgada!
• 2006 -W In Tour 2006 - Era Uma Vez... (direction)
• 2007 -Um lobo nada mau (direction)
• 2008 -Doce Deleite (direction)
• 2009 -Gloriosa
• 2012 -Herivelto como Conheci
• 2013 -Alô, Dolly!

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