{{Short description|Brazilian actress (1935–2013)}} {{Portuguese name|Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea|Bengell}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{infobox person | name = Norma Bengell | image=Norma_Bengell,_1966 - Restoration.jpg | image_size = | caption= Bengell in 1966 | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1935|2|21}} | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2013|10|9|1935|2|21}} | death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|film director|screenwriter|singer-songwriter}} | years_active = 1959–2010 | spouse = | partner = }}
'''Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell''' (21 February 1935 – 9 October 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2013/10/09/morre-atriz-e-diretora-norma-bengell-aos-78.htm|publisher=Universo Online|title=Morre atriz e diretora Norma Bengell aos 78|date=9 October 2013|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> was a Brazilian film, stage and television actress, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and director. She appeared in several episodes of ''T.H.E. Cat'', the first being in 1966 episode "To Kill a Priest".
==Early life== Bengell was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<ref name="bfi">{{Cite web |title=Norma Bengell |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f474a4a |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123203110/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f474a4a |archive-date=23 November 2017 |website=BFI}}</ref>
==Career==
Bengell appeared in numerous international productions, including an extended period during the mid-1960s co-starring in Italian productions, in which she was usually cast as the protagonist's romantic interest. She is possibly best known for starring with Alberto Sordi in Alberto Lattuada's ''Mafioso'' (1962) and in Sergio Corbucci's ''The Hellbenders'' (1967).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norma Bengell | TV Guide |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/norma-bengell/credits/168325 |website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> She had a major role as a prostitute in Anselmo Duarte's ''Keeper of Promises'' (1962), a Brazilian drama that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1963 and won the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |title=O Pagador de Promessas (1962) - Anselmo Duarte | Awards | AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/o-pagador-de-promessas-v93279/awards |via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref> Earlier that same year, she caused major controversy after appearing nude in a scene of the Ruy Guerra film ''Os Cafajestes''.<ref name="Britto2">{{cite web |last1=Britto |first1=Rafaella |title=Norma Bengell: the transgressive muse of Brazilian cinema |url=http://theworldofapu.com/norma-bengell-the-transgressive-muse-of-brazilian-cinema/ |access-date=19 June 2018 |publisher=theworldofapu.com}}</ref>
In 1987, she directed her first film, ''Eternamente Pagu'', a biography of Patrícia Galvão.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eternamente Pagu (1989) - Norma Bengell | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/eternamente-pagu-v119555 |via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref> In 1996, she directed an adaptation of José de Alencar's novel ''The Guarani'', also titled ''The Guarani''.<ref name="bfi2">{{Cite web |title=Norma Bengell |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f474a4a |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123203110/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f474a4a |archive-date=23 November 2017 |website=BFI}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- |1959 |''O Homem do Sputnik'' |B.B |Performing a parody of Brigitte Bardot | |- |1960 |''Conceição'' |Dalva | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|title = Conceição |url =http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=010987&format=detailed.pft|website = Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date = October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR}}</ref> |- |1961 |''Mulheres e Milhões'' |Nora Martins | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|title =Mulheres e Milhões |url =http://bases.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID=017571&format=detailed.pft|website = Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date =December 22, 2021|language=pt-BR}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" |1962 |''Mafioso'' |Marta | | |- |''Keeper of Promises''<br>({{langx|pt|O Pagador de Promessas|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Marli | | |- |''The Unscrupulous Ones''<br>({{langx|pt|Os Cafajestes|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Leda | | |- |''Carnival of Crime'' |Milly | | |- | rowspan="3" |1963 |''The Broken Hearts''<br>({{langx|it|I cuori infranti|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Milena |Segment: "E vissero felici" | |- |''Il mito'' |Anna |Second segment | |- |''La ballata dei mariti'' |The Countess | | |- | rowspan="2 |1964 |''La costanza della ragione'' |Ivana | | |- |''Men and Women''<br>({{langx|pt|Noite Vazia|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Mara | | |- | rowspan="3" |1965 |''Mar Corrente'' |The Singer | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://bases.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=017718&format=detailed.pft|title=Mar Corrente|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date=August 25, 2017|language=pt-BR}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> |- |''Planet of the Vampires''<br>({{langx|it|Terrore nello spazio|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Sanya | | |- |''The Reckless''<br>({{langx|it|Una bella grinta|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Luciana | | |- | rowspan="3" |1966 |''As Cariocas'' |Paula Ribeiro de Castro |First story: "A grã-fina de Copacabana" | |- |''The Hellbenders''<br>({{langx|it|I crudeli|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Claire | | |- |''Captain from Toledo''<br>({{langx|it|L'uomo di Toledo|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Myriam | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film319805.html|title=La Muerte se llama Myriam|work=Filmaffinity|access-date=January 1, 2018|language=es-ES}}</ref> |- |1967 |''A Espiã Que Entrou em Fria'' |{{n/a}} | | |- | rowspan="5" |1968 |''Antes, o Verão'' |Maria Clara | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=009344&format=detailed.pft|title=Antes, o Verão|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date=October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> |- |''Desesperato'' |Rodrigo's wife | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://bases.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID=014139&format=detailed.pft|title=Desesperato|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date=December 23, 2021|language=pt-BR|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918104145/http://bases.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID=014139&format=detailed.pft|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |''Edu, Coração de Ouro'' |Matilde |Cameo | |- |''Ballad of a Bounty Hunter''<br>({{langx|it|Io non perdono... uccido|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Fedra/Wanda | | |- |''Juventude e Ternura'' |{{n/a}} | | |- | rowspan="3" |1969 |''O Anjo Nasceu'' |Housewife | | |- |''OSS 117 Takes a Vacation'' |Anne | | |- |''Verão de Fogo'' |Olga | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=018182&format=detailed.pft|title=Verão de Fogo|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date=October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924085345/http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=018182&format=detailed.pft|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |1970 |''The Palace of Angels''<br>({{langx|pt|O Palácio dos Anjos|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Dorothy | | |- |''Of Gods and the Undead''<br>({{langx|pt|Os Deuses e os Mortos|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Soledade | | |- | rowspan="4" |1971 |''A Casa Assassinada'' |Nina | | |- |''As Confissões de Frei Abóbora'' |Paula | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=004062&format=detailed.pft|title=As Confissões do Frei Abobóra|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date =October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924084337/http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID%3D004062&format=detailed.pft |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |''O Capitão Bandeira contra o Dr. Moura Brasil'' |Messenger | | |- |''Paixão na Praia'' |Débora | | |- |1972 |''O Demiurgo'' |{{n/a}} | | |- | rowspan="2" |1973 |''Défense de savoir'' |{{n/a}} | | |- |''Les soleils de l'île de Pâques'' |Norma | | |- |1975 |''Assim Era a Atlântida'' |Herself |Documentary | |- |1976 |''Paranoia'' |Sílvia Riccelli | | |- | rowspan="3" |1977 |''Maria Bonita'' |{{n/a}} | | |- |''Barra Pesada'' |{{n/a}} | | |- |''The Deep'' |Madame Zero | | |- | rowspan="3" |1978 |''Mar de Rosas'' |Felicidade | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=024882&format=detailed.pft|title=Mar de Rosas|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date =October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR }}</ref> |- |''Na Boca do Mundo'' |Clarisse | | |- |''Mulheres de Cinema'' |Herself |Short film | |- |1980 |''The Age of the Earth''<br>({{langx|pt|A Idade da Terra|link=no|italic=yes}}) |Amazonas Queen | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=002943&format=detailed.pft|title=A Idade da Terra|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date=October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |1981 |''Abrigo Nuclear'' |Lix/Professor | |- |''Eros, o Deus do Amor'' |Ada | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=002195&format=detailed.pft|title=Eros, o Deus do Amor|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date =October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924084510/http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID%3D002195&format=detailed.pft |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" |1982 |''Tabu'' |Madame Xavier | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=025289&format=detailed.pft|title=Tabu|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date=October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924085421/http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=025289&format=detailed.pft|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |''Rio Babilônia'' |Madame Solange | | |- |''Tensão no Rio'' |Dona Dolores | | |- |1984 |''O Filho Adotivo'' |Maria Rosa | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=025362&format=detailed.pft|title=O Filho Adotivo|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date =October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |1986 |''A Cor do Seu Destino'' |Laura | | |- |''Fonte da Saudade'' |Mother | | |- | rowspan="2" |1987 |''Running Out of Luck'' |Lola | | |- |''A Mulher Fatal Encontra o Homem Ideal'' |Elegant actress | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://bases.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/|title=A Mulher Fatal Encontra o Homem Ideal|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date=June 25, 2021|language=pt-BR|archive-date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006013559/http://bases.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |1988 |''Eternamente Pagú'' |Elsie Houston | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID=025594&format=detailed.pft|title=Eternamente Pagu|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date =October 28, 2016|language=pt-BR }}</ref> |- |''Fronteiras'' |{{n/a}} | | |- |1992 |''Floresta da Tijuca'' |Narrator |Short film | |- |1993 |''Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato'' |Gertrudes | | |- |2002 |''Banquete'' |Beggar |Short film | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=http://portacurtas.org.br/filme/?name=banquete|title=Banquete|work=Porta Curtas|access-date =January 9, 2017|language=pt-BR }}</ref> |- |2003 |''Glauber, o filme – Labirinto do Brasil'' | rowspan="3" |Herself | rowspan="3" |Documentary | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|URL=https://bases.cinemateca.org.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/|title=Glauber, o filme – Labirinto do Brasil|work=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date =January 16, 2025|language=pt-BR }}</ref> |- |2007 |''Anabazys'' |- |2009 |''Dzi Croquettes'' | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |title=Dzi Croquettes (filme) |URL=https://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-183523/creditos/ |access-date=July 3, 2025 |work=AdoroCinema |language=pt-BR}}</ref> |}
===Director=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title |- |1979 |''Maria Gladys, uma atriz brasileira'' |- | rowspan="2" |1980 |''Maria da Penha'' |- |''O Barco de Iansã'' |- |1988 |''Eternamente Pagu'' |- |1996 |''O Guarani'' |- | rowspan="2" |2003 |''Infinitivamente Guiomar Novaes'' |- |''Antonietta Rudge: O Êxtase em Movimento'' |- |2004 |''Magda Tagliaferro: O Mundo Dentro de um Piano'' |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | rowspan="2" |1966 |''Festival em Shell Maior'' | rowspan="2" |Herself / Host |1966–1967 | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |access-date=2016-10-28 |title=Festival em Shell Maior |url=http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/musicais-e-shows/festival-em-shell-maior/ficha-tecnica.htm |website=Memória Globo |archive-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028220106/http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/musicais-e-shows/festival-em-shell-maior/ficha-tecnica.htm |url-status=dead }}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |- |''Noite de Gala'' | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |access-date=2016-10-28 |title=Noite de Gala |url=http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/auditorio-e-variedades/noite-de-gala/formato.htm |website=Memória Globo |archive-date=28 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028220015/http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/auditorio-e-variedades/noite-de-gala/formato.htm |url-status=dead }}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |- |1967 |''A Sombra de Rebecca'' |Diana<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-04-13 |title=A Sombra de Rebecca |url=http://teledramaturgia.com.br/a-sombra-de-rebeca/ |website=teledramaturgia.com.br}}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |access-date=2018-04-09 |title=A Sombra de Rebecca |url=http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/novelas/a-sombra-de-rebecca/ficha-tecnica.htm |website=Memória Globo |archive-date=9 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409233457/http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/novelas/a-sombra-de-rebecca/ficha-tecnica.htm |url-status=dead }}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |- | rowspan="2" |1981 |''Os Imigrantes'' |Nena | | |- |''Os Adolescentes'' |Paula | | |- |1982 |''Memórias do Medo'' |Mona | | |- |1983 |''Parabéns pra Você'' |Mara | | |- | rowspan="2" |1984 |''Partido Alto'' |Irene Bessa | | |- |''Betty Faria Especial'' |{{n/a}} | | align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |access-date=2016-10-28 |title=Betty Faria Especial |url=http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/musicais-e-shows/betty-faria-especial/producao.htm |website=Memória Globo |archive-date=29 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029043234/http://memoriaglobo.globo.com/programas/entretenimento/musicais-e-shows/betty-faria-especial/producao.htm |url-status=dead }}<!-- auto-translated from Portuguese by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> |- |1989 |''O Sexo dos Anjos'' |Vera Nogueira | | |- | rowspan="2" |1993 | rowspan="2" |''Você Decide'' |{{n/a}} |Season 2 Episode: "O Porteiro" | |- |{{n/a}} |Season 2 Episode: "Paixão Mortal" | |- |2006 |''Alta Estação'' |Yolanda | | |- |2008-09 |''Toma Lá, Dá Cá'' |Deise Coturno |Lead role (season 2–3; 48 episodes) | |}
==Death== Bengell died from lung cancer aged 78 in Rio de Janeiro on 9 October 2013.<ref name="folha">{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Bengell&prev=search&pto=aue|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Norma Bengell}} *{{IMDb name|id=0071034|name=Norma Bengell}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bengell, Norma}} Category:1935 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Brazilian people of German descent Category:Brazilian film actresses Category:Brazilian television actresses Category:Brazilian women film directors Category:Brazilian film directors Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state)