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Helena Ignez

Helena Ignez (born May 23, 1942) 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).


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Born:
May 23, 1942 In Salvador - Bahia - Brazil
Movie/TV Credits:
89
First Appeared:
In the movie Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
Latest Project:
Movie A Última Vanguarda 2024-03-19
Known For
Poster of Estátua!
Poster of Paixão e Virtude
Poster of Ossos
Poster of Flying Geraldo
Filmography
Movie Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans Marina Consiglio 2025
Movie A Última Vanguarda Self 2024-03-19
Movie If I'm Here It Is by Mystery Arlete 2024-01-24
Movie Joy Is the Acid Test Jarda Ícone 2023-01-23
Movie Helena de Guaratiba Helena 2023-10-13
Movie The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus 2023-01-30
Movie The Welles Raft Herself 2022-06-23
Movie The Mother Dulce 2022-11-10
Movie Um Documentário Brasileiro Self 2021-05-22
Movie Subterrânea Senhora Ônibus 2021-01-23
Movie The Good Cinema 2021-03-18
Movie Natureza Morta 2020-01-31
Movie Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso 2020-01-31
Movie Rio de Topless Self 2020-01-01
Movie Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico Mother 2020-12-17
Movie Candango: Memoirs from a Festival Self 2020-10-22
Movie The Lady Who Died in the Trailer 2020-05-11
Movie Mulher Oceano Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited) 2020-10-22
Movie Race Antenna Self 2020-10-15
Movie Bring me the Head of Carmen M. Diretora 2019-01-24
Movie A Mulher da Luz Própria Herself 2019-06-06
Movie Memórias do Grupo Opinião Self (archive footage) 2019-05-15
Movie Flesh (voice) 2019-08-07
Movie Extracts 2019-10-08
Movie In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador 2019-07-12
Movie Antes do Fim 2018-02-15
Movie O Desmonte do Monte 2018-03-30
Movie My Calendar Girl Palestrante (voz) 2018-09-27
Movie Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy Narração 2017-02-13
Movie Febre 2017-08-05
Movie All Paulos in the World - Paulo José Self 2017-10-14
Movie Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century Self 2017-03-31
Movie Ralé: The Lower Depths Sonia Silk 2016-05-05
Movie O Cinema Foi à Feira Ela mesma 2016-11-12
Movie Ossos Voz Off 2014-01-01
Movie Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração Self 2014-01-01
Movie Love Film Festival Herself 2014-10-05
Movie Paixão e Virtude 2014-01-26
Movie The End of an Age (voz) 2014-09-30
Movie Estátua! Mãe (voz) 2014-08-21
Movie Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade 2013-01-22
Movie Poder dos Afetos Ritual Xamânico 2013-10-06
Movie Terno Mãe 2013-08-23
Movie Ugly, Me? Jarda 2013-10-27
Movie Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit 2012-05-13
Movie Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz 2012-05-24
Movie A Balada do Provisório Provisório's Mother 2012-11-28
Movie Avacalha e se Esculhamba 2010-04-20
Movie A Vermelha Luz do Bandido 2009-08-11
Movie Hotel Atlântico Dona da Pousada 2009-09-25
Movie Belair 2009-10-04
Movie Embodiment of Evil Cabíria 2008-08-08
Movie A Bela P... 2008-06-03
Movie Meu Mundo em Perigo Mãe de Isis 2007-01-01
Movie Helena Zero 2006-01-02
Movie A Miss e o Dinossauro Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off) 2005-05-10
Movie Luz-Lux-Lúcia 2005-06-01
Movie Retrato da Terra Ela mesma 2004-03-14
Movie Abry Self 2003-03-20
Movie Reinvenção da Rua Herself 2003-01-01
Movie The Sign of Chaos Guida 2003-09-25
Movie Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth Self 2003-09-17
Movie B2 2001-01-01
Movie São Jerônimo Marcela 1999-09-10
Movie Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional Self 1997-01-01
Movie Flying Geraldo 1994-01-01
Movie Perigo Negro 1992-02-21
Movie Scent of Gardenias Bandida 1992-08-07
Movie Oswaldianas 1992-02-21
Movie Anônimo e incomum 1990-03-16
Movie It's Not All True 1986-08-22
Movie Mulheres de Cinema Self (archive footage) 1978-06-06
Movie A Man and His Cage Aeromoça 1974-09-23
Movie Um Intruso no Paraíso 1973-03-03
Movie Watch Out, Madame 1970-01-01
Movie The Monsters of Babaloo 1970-01-01
Movie Copacabana Mon Amour Sônia Silk 1970-02-13
Movie No Way, Spider 1970-04-09
Movie A Familia do Barulho Prostituta 1970-05-05
Movie Baron Olavo, The Horrible 1969-05-08
Movie The Woman of Everyone Ângela Carne e Osso 1969-10-24
Movie The Outsiders 1968-01-27
Movie The Red Light Bandit Janete Jane 1968-12-02
Movie Face To Face Luciana 1967-01-01
Movie The Priest and the Girl Mariana 1966-03-28
Movie Grito da Terra Mariá 1964-05-26
Movie Assault on the Pay Train Marta 1962-09-02
Movie A Grande Feira Ely 1961-03-10
Movie O Pátio 1959-01-01