Leila Diniz
Known for Acting · 36 credits
- Born
- 1945-03-25
- Died
- 1972-06-14
- Place of birth
- Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as
- Leila Roque Diniz · レイラ・ディニス
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
TV Shows (13)
Dez Vidas
1969
as Pompom (2ª versão)
A Menina do Veleiro Azul
1969
as Ester
O Sheik de Agadir
1966
as Madelon
Ilusões Perdidas
1965
Os Acorrentados
1969
as Irmã Amparo de Fátima
Vidas em Conflito
1969
as Débora
Paixão de Outono
1965
as Maria Luísa
Eu Compro Essa Mulher
1966
as Úrsula
A Rainha Louca
1967
as Lorenza
E Nós, Aonde Vamos?
1970
as Sônia Monteiro
Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino
1967
as Anastácia / Henriette / Rose
O Direito dos Filhos
1968
as Ana Lúcia
Um Rosto de Mulher
1965
as Laura
Movies (23)
Divertimento
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
as Self (archive footage)
Os Paqueras
1969
as Ela mesma
O Mundo Alegre de Helô
1967
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
1969
as Dadá
Edu, Coração de Ouro
1968
as Tatiana
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
1967
A Public Opinion
1967
Fantasia para Ator e TV
1968
Dangerous Game
1967
as Servant (segment "Divertimento")
Love, Carnival and Dreams
1972
as Pirata
A Madona de Cedro
1968
as Marta
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
as Self
All the Women in the World
1966
as Maria Alice
The Alienist
1970
as Eudóxia
The Naked Man
1968
as Mariana
Leila Para Sempre Diniz
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021
as Self (archive footage)
O Donzelo
1971
as Leila
Domingos
2009
as (archive footage)
Mãos Vazias
1971
as Ida
Hunger for Love
1968
as Ulla
Mulheres de Cinema
1978
as Self (archive footage)
About 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 tel… With 36 credits spanning from 1965 to 2021, Leila Diniz has appeared in 23 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Leila Diniz Movies
- Divertimento (1967)
- Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) — as Self (archive footage)
- Os Paqueras (1969) — as Ela mesma
- O Mundo Alegre de Helô (1967)
- Corisco, o Diabo Loiro (1969) — as Dadá
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