Leila Diniz
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.
Filmography (36 titles)
8.0MovieJá que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self (archive footage) · 2021
2.0MovieDomingos
(archive footage) · 2009
MovieCelebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self · 1997
10.0MovieMulheres de Cinema
Self (archive footage) · 1978
4.0MovieLeila Para Sempre Diniz
Self (archive footage) · 1976
4.7MovieLove, Carnival and Dreams
Pirata · 1972
O Donzelo
Leila · 1971
5.0MovieMãos Vazias
Ida · 1971
6.3MovieThe Alienist
Eudóxia · 1970
10.0ShowE Nós, Aonde Vamos?
Sônia Monteiro · 1970
8.0MovieCorisco, o Diabo Loiro
Dadá · 1969
7.0ShowDez Vidas
Pompom (2ª versão) · 1969
Os Acorrentados
Irmã Amparo de Fátima · 1969
8.0ShowA Menina do Veleiro Azul
Ester · 1969
10.0ShowVidas em Conflito
Débora · 1969
6.3MovieOs Paqueras
Ela mesma · 1969
5.1MovieHunger for Love
Ulla · 1968
7.5MovieA Madona de Cedro
Marta · 1968
5.9MovieThe Naked Man
Mariana · 1968
O Direito dos Filhos
Ana Lúcia · 1968
7.0MovieEdu, Coração de Ouro
Tatiana · 1968
Fantasia para Ator e TV
1968
5.8MovieDangerous Game
Servant (segment "Divertimento") · 1967
MovieDivertimento
1967
7.0ShowAnastácia, a Mulher sem Destino
Anastácia / Henriette / Rose · 1967
7.0MovieMineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
1967
7.5MovieImprovised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self (archive footage) · 1967
ShowA Rainha Louca
Lorenza · 1967
9.0MovieO Mundo Alegre de Helô
1967
6.4MovieA Public Opinion
1967