Fernanda Montenegro (born Arlete Pinheiro Esteves da Silva; October 16, 1929) is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress, mostly recognized for her leading role in Central Station, which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Brazilian actor to be nominated.
She is commonly revered as one of Brazil’s finest actresses and referred to as “The First Lady of Brazilian Theater” and “The First Lady of Brazilian Television”.
Fernanda Montenegro Biography / Wiki
| Name | Fernanda Montenegro |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Date of Birth | 1929-10-16 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 92 |
| Deathday |
Fernanda Montenegro Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Central Station | Isadora “Dora” Teixeira | 1998-11-20 | An emotive journey of a former school teacher, who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy, whose mother has just died, as they search f… |
| Terra dos Ãndios | 1979-05-26 | … | |
| The House of Sand | Dona Maria/Ãurea/Maria | 2005-05-13 | A woman is taken along with her mother in 1910 to a far-away desert by her husband, and after his passing, is forced to spend the next 59 years of her… |
| The Other Side of the Street | Regina | 2004-03-12 | Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works on the neighborhood watch for the police in Copacabana, believes to have witnessed a murder in the building acr… |
| Doce de Mãe | Dona Picucha (Maria Izabel de Souza) | 2012-12-27 | The story of Picucha, a 85-year-old suburban widow and mother of four who faces the reality of living alone in her age while keeping good humor and lo… |
| Time and the Wind | Bibiana Terra Cambará (idosa) | 2013-09-28 | Based on Érico Verissimo’s literary trilogy, The Time and the Wind follows 150 years of the Terra Cambará family and their opponents, the Amaral fam… |
| Everything’s Alright | Elvira Barata | 1978-01-01 | Middle-class family reform their apartment, and the noise, the contact with the workers and strange occurrences turn what was supposed to be a trivial… |
| The Deceased | Zulmira | 1965-09-22 | After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects t… |
| Childhood | Dona Mocinha | 2014-07-26 | The film uses delicacy and humor to describe the authoritarian functioning of a typically Brazilian 1950 family in Rio de Janeiro. The family is heade… |
| Caro Francis | 2010-01-08 | Documentary about the life of Brazillian journalist Paulo Francis… | |
| A Dama do Estácio | Zulmira | 2012-05-19 | Zulmira is an old mistress who lives in the neighborhood of Estacio, in Rio de Janeiro. One day she wakes up obsessed with the idea of dying. All she … |
| Rio’s Love Song | 1994-09-15 | Four love stories which portray a wide gamut of emotions and desires against the backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. “Elephant’s Stomp” : the story of a highw… | |
| Mortal Sin | Fernanda | 1970-10-30 | The eccentric members of a wealthy Brazilian family each go through personal torment, debauchery and intense guilt in this symbolic and gory film. The… |
| José Aparecido de Oliveira – O Maior Mineiro do Mundo | 2019-11-23 | Documentary that chronicles the trajectory of the journalist, federal deputy, secretary of state, minister of state, governor and ambassador José Apa… | |
| A Esperança é Eterna | Narração | 1954-05-01 | … |
| Gilda, Lúcia and The Goat | Gilda | 2020-12-25 | The special brings the continuation of the plot starring Gilda and Lúcia in the series ‘Amor e Sorte’. After a period of forced coexistence due to so… |
| Minha Namorada | 1970-01-01 | Middle-class teenage girl has a serious boyfriend that her parents approve of. Suddenly, she meets another boy with whom she is shown to have a greate… | |
| A Primeira Missa ou Tristes Tropeços, Enganos e Urucum | Forest Being | 2014-10-16 | On set, in the middle of the Atlantic Forest, a stressed film director begins another day of filming, reproducing the celebration of the first mass in… |
| Rio, I Love You | Dona Fulana (segment “Dona Fulana”) | 2014-09-12 | The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story… |
| Mercy | Carminha | 2019-11-23 | The quiet life of the small town Piedade’s inhabitants is shaken up by the arrival of a big oil company, which barges in taking over houses and local … |
| A Vida de Jesus Cristo | Samaritana | 1971-01-01 | … |
| Antares Incident | Quitéria Campolargo | 1994-01-01 | Film adaptation of the TV Show in 1994, based on the novel of the same name by Érico VerÃssimo. During a general strike in the city of Antares, grav… |
| Emicida: AmarElo – It’s All for Yesterday | Self | 2020-12-08 | Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo’s oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Br… |
| 70 Anos Esta Noite | 2021-12-21 | With the participation of great stars of television drama, the documentary promotes an emotional journey through the great moments of soap operas, cel… | |
| Ainda Estou Aqui | … | ||
| Maria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu | Narrator | 2022-09-01 | … |
| Redeemer | Dona Isaura | 2004-09-10 | Célio Rocha believes he was assigned by God Himself a difficult mission: to persuade his childhood friend Otávio Sabóia, a corrupt entrepeneur in t… |
| Fogo e Paixão | Rainha do castelo | 1989-04-01 | … |
| A Meeting with Milton Santos | Narradora | 2007-08-17 | The film deals with the process of globalization based on the thought of geographer Milton Santos, who through his ideas and practices, inspires the d… |
| All Paulos in the World – Paulo José | 2017-10-14 | “All Paulos in the World” is a cinematographic essay about Paulo José, one of the greatest artists in Brazil, in the year in which he turns 80 years-… | |
| O JuÃzo | Marta Amarantes | 2019-12-05 | Augusto moves with his family to an abandoned farm, inherited from his grandfather, hoping to put his life back on track. The property, however, carri… |
| Invisible Life | Older EurÃdice Gusmão | 2019-08-30 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950. In the conservative home of the Gusmão family, EurÃdice and Guida are two inseparable sisters who support each other. … |
| The Clove and The Rose | 2017-06-29 | Documentary on Rosamaria Murtinho and Mauro Mendonça’s 60-year long career in Brazilian theater, film and television. The film not only runs throug… | |
| Cidade dos Festivais | 2005-01-01 | … | |
| Paulo Gracindo – O Bem Amado | 2009-11-19 | … | |
| Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement | 2020-09-23 | The multiple screen installation and photographic series A Marvellous Entanglement (2019) traverses a collection of Lina Bo Bardi’s most iconic buil… | |
| Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina | herself | 2021-04-10 | In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Co… |
| Good Luck | Célia | 2014-05-30 | After several behavior problems, teenager John is admitted to a psychiatric clinic by his family. There he meets Judith, for who he soon falls in love… |
| Twins | The Mother | 1999-04-30 | Two twin sisters make a dangerous game…. |
| They Don’t Wear Black Tie | Romana | 1981-09-28 | Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company’s exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of th… |
| Em FamÃlia | Anita | 1971-04-19 | Old couple are being evicted and turn to their five children for help. Since no one can accommodate the two of them, the children decide to separate t… |
| CÃcero Dias, o Compadre de Picasso | “Voz” de Raymonde | 2016-11-03 | The Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias created an unparalleled art for the world. Close to a modernist and influenced by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fe… |
| Silêncio no Estúdio | Herself | 2017-10-17 | … |
| Hour of the Star | Madame Carlota | 1985-04-25 | Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three ot… |
| Trancado por Dentro | Dona Ivete | 1989-01-18 | The paraplegic Bóris stays at home with the beautiful young woman Cacau, while his wife Ivette goes to the movie theater. When Cadú, the boyfriend o… |
| Teatro Brasileiro: Origem e Mudança | 1975-01-01 | … | |
| Paulo Autran – O Senhor dos Palcos | 2017-10-10 | A portrait of the evolution of theater in the 20th century and a deep reflection on the art of acting through the career of Paulo Autran (1922-2007), … | |
| Tudo Por Amor ao Cinema | 2015-06-30 | A documentary on Cosme Alves Netto (1937-1996), former head of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Arts at Rio de Janeiro…. | |
| O Homem de Areia | Narradora | 1982-10-15 | … |
| O Beijo no Asfalto | Dona Matilde | 2018-12-06 | When witnessing a hit, Arandir, a newly married banker, tries to succor the victim, but the man, almost dead, has only time to make one last request: … |
| Zimba | arquivo | 2021-04-14 | The trajectory and artistic imagery of actor and director Zbigniew Ziembinski (1908-1978), precursor of modern theater in Latin America and master of … |
| Agamenon: The Film | Narradora (voice) | 2012-01-06 | The trajectory of the clumsy reporter Agamenon Mendes Pereira, always present in key events of history, his biggest scoops and his eternal love for Is… |
| Love in the Time of Cholera | Transito Ariza | 2007-10-04 | In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on t… |
| MarÃlia e Marina | 1976-12-07 | … | |
| Today Is Maria’s Day: The Movie | Madastra | 2005-05-10 | Maria is a gifted girl, who faces a hard life in the fields. She is happy when her father decides to remarry, thinking that he will rejoice again. How… |
| Babenco: Tell Me When I Die | Banquet Attendee | 2020-11-26 | Besieged by cancer and nearing the end, the genius Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco (1946-2016) asks Bárbara Paz, his wife, for one last… |
| Ferreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta | Herself | 2019-07-11 | … |
| Betrayal | Mãe do Geraldo / Mulher no bar | 1999-02-26 | This film shows three episodes: “The First Sin” portrays the relationship of a man and married woman; in “Devilish”, the desire between a young woman … |
| Olga | Leocádia Prestes | 2004-08-20 | Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader LuÃs Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúl… |
| Joanna Francesa | 1973-12-30 | Joana is a sophisticated, beautiful woman, so she has a choice of lovers, and destinies. She will let down Pierre, the French consul at São Paulo, an… | |
| A Dog’s Will | A Compadecida | 2000-09-15 | The lively Jack the Cricket and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small in Northeastern Brazil. W… |
| Four Days in September | Dona Margarida | 1997-01-01 | Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare,… |
| Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds | Self | 2006-02-19 | italian documentary… |
| CELEBRAÇÃO – 100 ANOS DO CINEMA NACIONAL | 1997-01-01 | “Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema.”… | |
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