About

Known credits:
25
Birthday:
1945-03-25
Place of birth:
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Leila Diniz

Overview

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

Acting
2021 Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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2009 Domingos Actor (archive footage) 59
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1997 Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional Actor Self N/A
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1978 Mulheres de Cinema Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1976 Leila Para Sempre Diniz Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1972 Love, Carnival and Dreams Actor Pirata 58
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1971 O Donzelo Actor Leila N/A
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1971 Mãos Vazias Actor Ida 58
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1970 The Alienist Actor Eudóxia 58
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1969 Corisco, o Diabo Loiro Actor Dadá N/A
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1969 Os Paqueras Actor Ela mesma 59
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1968 Hunger for Love Actor Ulla 58
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1968 A Madona de Cedro Actor Marta 59
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1968 The Naked Man Actor Mariana 59
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1968 Edu, Coração de Ouro Actor Tatiana N/A
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1967 Dangerous Game Actor Servant (segment "Divertimento") 58
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1967 Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino Actor Anastácia/Henriette/ Rose N/A
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1967 Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto Actor N/A
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1967 O Mundo Alegre de Helô Actor N/A
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1967 Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1967 A Public Opinion Actor 59
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1966 All the Women in the World Actor Maria Alice 59
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1965 Paixão de Outono Actor Maria Luísa N/A
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1965 Ilusões Perdidas Actor N/A
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Crew
1978 Mulheres de Cinema Crew Thanks N/A
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