Vera Nunes, stage name of Isaura Nunes Martins Henriques (12 August 1928 – 2 February 2021), was a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Henriques studied accounting in her youth, although she had a passion for the arts. She became a radiographer at the age of 13 for the
Ministry of Education alongside
José Vasconcelos and
Fernanda Montenegro
Arlette Pinheiro Esteves Torres ONM (née da Silva; born 16 October 1929), known by her stage name Fernanda Montenegro ( /feʁˈnɐ̃dɐ mõtʃiˈnegɾu/), is a Brazilian stage, television and film actress. Considered by many the greatest Brazil ...
. She spent some time in
Argentina to shoot ''No me digas adiós'' and returned to Brazil to shoot ''Falta alguém no manicômio''. She also opened a theatre company at the
Teatro Cultura Artística
Since 1919, Sociedade de Cultura Artística nurtured the dream of having its own theatre in São Paulo, Brazil.
Overview
This was only made possible in the late 1940s. The construction of the theatre, between the years 1947 and 1950, was a per ...
in
São Paulo.
Nunes was hired by
TV Paulista in 1951, which would soon end her film career. She last appeared in a film in the 1957 flick ''Dorinha no soçaite'', and subsequently focused on television. She married actor Altamiro Martins in 1961, who died in 2005.
Vera Nunes died in
Campinas on 2 February 2021, at the age of 92.
Filmography
Cinema
*''
Não Me Digas Adeus
''Não Me Digas Adeus'' ( es, No me digas adios) is a 1947 Argentine-Brazilian romantic musical film directed by Luis Moglia Barth. The film was shot in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro (state).
Cast
*Linda Batista
*Lourdinha Bittencourt
*Luiz Bo ...
'' (1948)
*''Falta Alguém no Manicômio'' (1948)
*''Uma Luz na Estrada'' (1948)
*' (1948)
*''Também Somos Irmãos'' (1949)
*''Pinguinho de Gente'' (1949)
*''Garota Mineira'' (1950)
*''Um Beijo Roubado'' (1950)
*' (1951)
*' (1951)
*''Custa Pouco a Felicidade'' (1952)
*''Armas da Vingança'' (1955)
*''Dorinha no Soçaite'' (1957)
*''A Quarta Parada'' (2003)
*''Tal Pai Tal Filho'' (2004)
*''Autofagia'' (2007)
*''O Profeta'' (2008)
Television
*' (1952)
*' (1952)
*''As Aventuras de Suzana'' (1953)
*''O Casal Mais Feliz do Mundo'' (1955)
*''Estúdio 13'' (1959)
*' (1959)
*' (1964)
*''
As minas de prata'' (1966)
*''
Os Fantoches
''Os Fantoches'' (English: ''The Puppets'') is a 1967 Brazilian telenovela created by Ivani Ribeiro, and starring Átila Iório.
Plot
Aníbal (Átila Iório) is a millionaire, knowing that he is going to die, invites a group of relatives and ...
'' (1967)
*' (1968)
*' (1969)
*' (1969)
*' (1969)
*''
O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima'' (1970)
*' (1975)
*''
O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima'' (1980)
*' (1982)
*' (1985)
References
External links
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1928 births
2021 deaths
Brazilian actresses
Actresses from Rio de Janeiro (city)
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