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