Leila Diniz
Acting
Born: 1945-03-25 in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
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.
Known For
All the Women in the World
Maria Alice
The Alienist
Eudóxia
Dangerous Game
Servant (segment "Divertimento")
Hunger for Love
Ulla
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self (archive footage)
A Public Opinion
The Naked Man
Mariana
Os Paqueras
Ela mesma
Mãos Vazias
Ida
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Pirata
A Madona de Cedro
Marta
Mulheres de Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self (archive footage)
Edu, Coração de Ouro
Tatiana
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
Dadá
Leila Para Sempre Diniz
Self (archive footage)
O Donzelo
Leila
Domingos
(archive footage)
Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino
Anastácia / Henriette / Rose
Ilusões Perdidas
Paixão de Outono
Maria Luísa
Dez Vidas
Pompom (2ª versão)
Eu Compro Essa Mulher
Úrsula
E Nós, Aonde Vamos?
Sônia Monteiro
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
O Mundo Alegre de Helô
Fantasia para Ator e TV
Divertimento
A Rainha Louca
Lorenza
Um Rosto de Mulher
Laura
O Sheik de Agadir
Madelon