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Leila Diniz

Leila Roque Diniz (25 March 1945 – 14 June 1972) was a Brazilian television, movie and theatre actress, whose liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s. Born in a middle-class family and the daughter of a communist activist, Leila worked as a kindergarten teacher at age 15. At age 17, she met movie director Domingos de Oliveira, with whom she lived until age 21. Between 1962 and 1964 she had minor roles on stage. In 1965, Diniz started working in television, where she made several telenovelas and various commercials. In 1967, she also started to make movies. She died on 14 June 1972, aged 27, at the peak of fame, coming back from a movie festival in Australia, where she won a Best Actress award for the movie Mãos Vazias ("Empty Hands"), in the Japan Airlines Flight 471 crash in India.


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Born:
Mar 25, 1945 In Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the series Paixão de Outono 1965-09-14
Latest Project:
Movie Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar 2021-10-28
Known For
Poster of Love, Carnival and Dreams
Poster of Mãos Vazias
Poster of Hunger for Love
Poster of O Mundo Alegre de Helô
Filmography
Movie Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar Self (archive footage) 2021-10-28
Movie Domingos (archive footage) 2009-01-01
Movie Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional Self 1997-01-01
Movie Mulheres de Cinema Self (archive footage) 1978-06-06
Movie Love, Carnival and Dreams Pirata 1972-02-11
Movie Mãos Vazias Ida 1971-01-01
Movie O Donzelo Leila 1971-02-01
Movie The Alienist Eudóxia 1970-09-21
Movie Os Paqueras Ela mesma 1969-01-01
Movie Corisco, o Diabo Loiro Dadá 1969-09-29
Movie Edu, Coração de Ouro Tatiana 1968-01-22
Movie The Naked Man Mariana 1968-03-04
Movie Hunger for Love Ulla 1968-10-15
Movie A Madona de Cedro Marta 1968-05-21
Movie Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo Self (archive footage) 1967-01-01
Movie A Public Opinion 1967-01-01
Movie O Mundo Alegre de Helô 1967-02-05
Movie Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto 1967-05-26
Movie Dangerous Game Servant (segment "Divertimento") 1967-07-20
Series Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino Anastácia/Henriette/ Rose 1967-06-28
Movie All the Women in the World Maria Alice 1966-02-02
Series Paixão de Outono Maria Luísa 1965-09-14