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Leila Diniz picture

Leila Diniz

Acting
Known For

27 Years Old

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.

Born

Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 25th March 1945

Died

14th June 1972

All Credits

Paixão de Outono Image
Paixão de Outono
Maria Luísa
Ilusões Perdidas Image
Ilusões Perdidas
Eu Compro Essa Mulher Image
Eu Compro Essa Mulher
Úrsula
Dez Vidas Image
Dez Vidas
Pompom (2ª versão)
Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino Image
Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino
Anastácia/Henriette/ Rose
A Menina do Veleiro Azul Image
A Menina do Veleiro Azul
Ester
Os Acorrentados Image
Os Acorrentados
Irmã Amparo de Fátima
All the Women in the World Image
All the Women in the World
Maria Alice
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo Image
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self (archive footage)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional Image
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
The Naked Man Image
The Naked Man
Mariana
No Image
Divertimento
Dangerous Game Image
Dangerous Game
Servant (segment "Divertimento")
E Nós, Aonde Vamos? Image
E Nós, Aonde Vamos?
Sônia Monteiro
Domingos Image
Domingos
(archive footage)
No Image
O Donzelo
Leila
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto Image
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
Mãos Vazias Image
Mãos Vazias
Ida
The Alienist Image
The Alienist
Eudóxia
Hunger for Love Image
Hunger for Love
Ulla
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar Image
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self (archive footage)
Mulheres de Cinema Image
Mulheres de Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Os Paqueras Image
Os Paqueras
Ela mesma
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro Image
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
Dadá
A Madona de Cedro Image
A Madona de Cedro
Marta
Love, Carnival and Dreams Image
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Pirata
A Public Opinion Image
A Public Opinion
Leila Para Sempre Diniz Image
Leila Para Sempre Diniz
Self (archive footage)
O Mundo Alegre de Helô Image
O Mundo Alegre de Helô
Edu, Coração de Ouro Image
Edu, Coração de Ouro
Tatiana
No Image
Fantasia para Ator e TV