Maria Gladys
Maria Gladys Mello da Silva (born 23 November 1939) is a Brazilian actress. Gladys made her acting debut in 1959 with Arthur Azevedo's play "O Mambembe" at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro. She earned recognition in the theater world by appearing topless in the publicity poster for the play "O Chão dos Penitentes". In 1964, she starred in Ruy Guerra's film "Os Fuzis," which won the Silver Bear in Berlin for directing and was nominated for a Golden Bear. She's considered the mother of marginal cinema. Being part of the resistance during the Brazilian dictatorship led Gladys to exile in London between 1965 and 1979. She is the maternal grandmother of actress Mia Goth.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0711 |
| Birthday | 1939-11-23 |
| Place of Birth | Cachambi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Also Known As |
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
0/0
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1976
The Agony
7.8/8
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The Agony
1996
The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
3.75/4
In the 18th century in a forgotten town, young Benedicta is the executioner's daughter. Monk Ambrosius, newly arrived at the village, pities the girl...
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The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
2011
Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo!
5.7/15
Lalau (Gregorio Duvivier) is presented by the country's interior with his show jokes, whose main theme is her father, Ramon Velasco (Tarcisio Meira),...
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Não Se Preocupe, Nada Vai Dar Certo!
2019
Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
10/1
This film seeks to rescue the role of filmmaker Neville D'Almeida by using many rare images, numerous interviews, vast archival and audiovisual materi...
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Neville D'Almeida: Chronicler of Beauty and Chaos
1969
The Angel Was Born
6.816/19
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent comin...
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The Angel Was Born
1991
Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
5.5/20
In Rio de Janeiro, after an altercation with his father and mother, a young man named Bebeto kills his family and goes to a movie theater, where he wa...
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Killed the Family and Went to the Movies
2008
Meu Nome é Dindi
4/1
Meu Nome é Dindi shows the movement of time over a young woman who owns a small marketplace near bankruptcy and fights for survival.
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Meu Nome é Dindi
1970
My Sweet Orange Tree
6.889/9
Poor boy treats a sweet lemon tree as his only friend, talking to it, and learning important values in the process. But one day the tree must be cut.
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My Sweet Orange Tree
1970
The Rowdy Family
6/5
A dysfunctional family, composed of a prostitute and two gay men, one strong and the other fragile and stupid, lives a routine life in Rio de Janeiro....
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The Rowdy Family
1964
The Guns
7.5/32
A group of armed soldiers is sent to the Northeast of Brazil in an attempt to stop a famine-struck population from invading and stealing a food deposi...
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The Guns
1977
Anchieta, José do Brasil
6.1/10
Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
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Anchieta, José do Brasil
1968
Edu, Coração de Ouro
7/1
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1985
Brás Cubas
6.5/2
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Brás Cubas
1970
Watch Out, Madame
6.3/7
Two maids decide to rebel against the society that oppresses them and start murdering their own mistresses.
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Watch Out, Madame
1985
Um Filme 100% Brasileiro
8.25/2
French poet Blaise Cendrars arrives by sea on the city of Rio de Janeiro and lives s life of bohemian parties during the celebration of carnaval.
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Um Filme 100% Brasileiro
2008
Life
0/0
A documentary about actress brazilian Maria Gladys, a strong presence in films by Júlio Bressane, Rogério Sganzerla among others.
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Life
2006
If I Were You
6.375/399
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If I Were You
2015
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
7.7/3
Adaptation of the series shown in 1992. A sequence of crimes in the same style intrigue: a man walks with a woman on the beach; she dresses as a bride...
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Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: As Noivas de Copacabana - O Filme
2014
The End of an Age
7.5/4
They live, they act, they love. Today they remember, they relive, they live through cinema and life.
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The End of an Age
2015
All of God's Creations
3/4
An orphan, a blind virgin who seeks sexual pleasure, a young man who prostitutes himself as a transvestite and is sexually abused by his brother-in-la...
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All of God's Creations
1971
Mangúe-Bangúe
5.2/5
The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a...
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Mangúe-Bangúe
1983
Bar Esperanza
6.167/15
A group of eccentric people gather at a popular bar in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro.
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Bar Esperanza
1986
Spray Jet
9/1
Three artists from São Paulo - Leda Catunda, Leonilson and Ciro Cozzolino - talk about their work and the rebirth of painting through pop, conceptual...
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Spray Jet
1976
Bandalheira Infernal
6.667/3
Experimental film, guided by the feeling of oppressive, paranoid, obsessive life of its characters. An essay on the oppression and dehumanization of t...
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Bandalheira Infernal
2020
Rio de Topless
0/0
Topless muse in Rio de Janeiro, Ana Paula Nogueira uses the ban on bare breasts and her story to debate freedom and feminism in the city that exported...
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Rio de Topless
1987
O Bebê
9/1
Marta, a young mother, hardly believes when she hears her young baby speak. She tries to convince the other people in the family of the fact, but soon...
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O Bebê
2006
Guará, Ladrão de Estrelas
0/0
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Guará, Ladrão de Estrelas
2003
Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
7.333/3
Apolônio Brasil was a pianist at a famous nightclub in Rio de Janeiro, from the 1950s until his untimely death. Quite a character, Apolônio was loved...
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Apolônio Brasil, Campeão da Alegria
1970
Sangue Quente em Tarde Fria
7/1
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Sangue Quente em Tarde Fria
2021
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
8/2
Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues...
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Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
1985
The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
6/13
Two stories chronicle the days of the bohemian, libertine youth of 1960s Rio de Janeiro.
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The Good Times Are Here: Let It All Hang Out
2009
If I Were You 2
6.106/251
Claudio and Helena are on the verge of breaking up, until the couple experiences another strange phenomenon that looks to help them understand one ano...
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If I Were You 2
2010
The Joy
6.1/7
Joy is a fable about courage and youth. It tells the story of Luiza, 16 year old girl, who can not stand to hear about the end of the world… On a Chri...
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The Joy
1971
O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
10/1
Successful manager is haunted by a sinister character who enters his dreams, Dr. Moura Brasil.
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O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil
1991
High Art
4.538/13
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers whe...
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High Art
2012
Rat Fever
6.211/45
Zizo, a radical and anarchist poet living in a marginal quarter of Recife in the north eastern state of Pernambuco, distributes his social angst-fille...
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Rat Fever
2008
Golden Oldies
4.95/30
Four friends who only think about enjoying life, with big parties, women and drinks, are surprised by an eviction. In need of money, the group is forc...
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Golden Oldies
2017
Duas de Mim
6.2/37
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Duas de Mim
1970
No Way, Spider
6.412/17
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No Way, Spider
1980
The Giant of America
5.6/4
A caboclo's soul wanders through purgatory (or hell), visiting many places until he boards a ship whose destination is unknown.
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The Giant of America
1971
Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
4.7/7
In the 60's Lúcia McCartney is a call girl who is a fan of the Beatles. A diplomat tries to get her out of prostitution by falling in love with her.
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Lucia McCartney, Call Girl
2002
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
0/0
A movie about Banda de Ipanema, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most traditional Carnaval blocks, and its founder Albino Pinheiro.
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Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
1994
Flying Geraldo
0/0
A fantastic tale in the brutal reality of a slum. The life of a boy with the rare gift of flying. Based on a Will Eisner's story
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Flying Geraldo
1988
Natal da Portela
7.125/4
Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of...
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Natal da Portela
1966
All the Women in the World
6.9/21
When womanizer Paulo meets a friend’s fiancée, she changes the way he looks at the opposite sex. He falls in love, and believes she is in fact all wom...
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All the Women in the World
1968
How Are You, Well?
7/2
Two fanatical Flamengo fans get drunk after a defeat of time; a voyeurist peers at his neighbor's nakedness with binoculars; a suburbanite kills his w...
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How Are You, Well?
1979
Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
0/0
The artistic career and daily life of actress Maria Gladys.
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Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira
1969
Copacabana Fools Me
7.2/4
Marquinhos is in his early 20s and lives in Copacabana with his petits bourgeois parents and older brother. He doesn't have a job, he doesn't go to sc...
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Copacabana Fools Me
1963
Pretty But Wicked
7/4
A young man must choose between two women. The one brings him the money, but the other he loves.
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Pretty But Wicked
1970
É Simonal
8/1
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É Simonal
1982
Rio Babilonia
5.474/19
A public relations man is invited to guide an American millionaire during his stay in Rio de Janeiro. He gets involved in the most bizarre situations,...
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Rio Babilonia
2018
Quebranto
0/0
A film of the literary hallucinations and existential dreams of the character João, who is also José and Joyce, anthropophagically enchanted by cinema...
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Quebranto
2007
Pequenas Histórias
6.5/2
On the porch of a farm, a woman tells stories while cutting and sewing scraps of cloth, creating images that form a towel. There are four stories of h...
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Pequenas Histórias
1966
Um Diamante e Cinco Balas
8/1
A man arrives in Tocantins river, looking for fortune.
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Um Diamante e Cinco Balas
2006
Manual de Barros - Retrato do poeta quando coisa
0/0
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Manual de Barros - Retrato do poeta quando coisa
2009
Belair
0/0
Between February an May of 1970, Julio Bresane and Rogerio Sganzerla made 7 films for their company Belair that were forbidden by the Brazilian censor...
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Belair
2018
Anjos de Ipanema
6/2
A countercultural movement that took place at Ipanema Pier marked the history of all participants. Painters, musicians, actors, surfers and others cam...
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Anjos de Ipanema
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
9/4
For this behemoth, Bressane took his opera omnia and edited it in an order that first adheres to historical chronology but soon starts to move backwar...
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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
1977
Os Doces Bárbaros
8/8
The film records the commemorative tour of the ten years of the career of the Bahia singers Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa...
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Os Doces Bárbaros
2026
Bowels of Hell
4.3/3
Malu is organising a gender-reveal party for a pregnant influencer – while dealing with her own grief, her persistent constipation problems and her ad...
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Bowels of Hell
2022
Out of Sight
4.5/7
Roberta is an employee of the Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro who infiltrates an energy realignment clinic to investigate the mysterious death of actre...
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Out of Sight
1983
Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
6.5/2
A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death.
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Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família
1965
Canalha em Crise
0/0
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Canalha em Crise
Pedro e Nina
0/0
After her grandmother’s death, Nina leaves Rio for a small town in southern Brazil in search of a fresh start. There, she meets Pedro and goes through...
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Pedro e Nina
2005
A Miss e o Dinossauro
5/3
A short documentary on Belair, an independent Brazilian film company that lasted for only five months in 1970.
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