Vera Nunes
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Vera Nunes | |
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| Born | Isaura Nunes Martins Henriques 12 August 1928 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 2 February 2021 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1947–2008 |
Vera Nunes, stage name of Isaura Nunes Martins Henriques (12 August 1928 – 2 February 2021), was a Brazilian actress.
Biography
[edit]Henriques studied accounting in her youth, although she had a passion for the arts. She became a radiographer at the age of 13 for the Ministry of Education alongside José Vasconcelos and Fernanda Montenegro. She spent some time in Argentina to shoot No me digas adiós and returned to Brazil to shoot Falta alguém no manicômio. She also opened a theatre company at the Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo.
Nunes was hired by TV Paulista in 1951, which would soon end her film career. She last appeared in a film in the 1957 flick Dorinha no soçaite, and subsequently focused on television. She married actor Altamiro Martins in 1961, who died in 2005.
Vera Nunes died in Campinas on 2 February 2021, at the age of 92.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Cinema
[edit]- Não Me Digas Adeus (1948)
- Falta Alguém no Manicômio (1948)
- Uma Luz na Estrada (1948)
- Mãe (1948)
- Também Somos Irmãos (1949)
- Pinguinho de Gente (1949)
- Garota Mineira (1950)
- Um Beijo Roubado (1950)
- Susana e o Presidente (1951)
- Presença de Anita (1951)[2]
- Custa Pouco a Felicidade (1952)
- Armas da Vingança (1955)
- Dorinha no Soçaite (1957)
- A Quarta Parada (2003)
- Tal Pai Tal Filho (2004)
- Autofagia (2007)
- O Profeta (2008)
Television
[edit]- Grande Teatro Tupi (1952)
- Helena (1952)
- As Aventuras de Suzana (1953)
- O Casal Mais Feliz do Mundo (1955)
- Estúdio 13 (1959)
- A Ponte de Waterloo (1959)
- O Pintor e a Florista (1964)
- As minas de prata (1966)
- Os Fantoches (1967)
- Legião dos Esquecidos (1968)
- A Menina do Veleiro Azul (1969)[3]
- Os Estranhos (1969)
- Dez Vidas (1969)
- O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (1970)
- Um Dia, o Amor (1975)
- O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (1980)
- Avenida Paulista (1982)
- Jogo do Amor (1985)
References
[edit]- ^ "Morre a atriz Vera Nunes, aos 92 anos de idade". Memórias Cinematográficas (in Portuguese). 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Presença de Anita". Cinemateca Brasileira (in Portuguese).
- ^ "A Menina do Veleiro Azul". Teledramaturgia (in Portuguese).
External links
[edit]- Vera Nunes at IMDb
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