Yara Cortes
Birthday: Born in 1921-09-22 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Deathday: 2002-10-17
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Roda de Fogo
Character: Joana Garcez
Renato Villar is an ambitious businessman. After discovering a brain tumor, his life takes a turn, and he decides to settle his debts and live his true love....
O Semideus
Character: Úrsula 'Dona Sula' Garcia Maia
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A Viagem
Character: Dona Maroca
The soap opera's central theme is life after death, inspired by the philosophy of Allan Kardec, the codifier of Spiritism. The character who drives the plot is Alexandre, a delinquent who kills himself in prison after being convicted of robbery followed by homicide and goes on to torment the lives of all those he considers responsible for his tragic fate....
Ti Ti Ti
Character: Júlia Spina
'Ti-Ti-Ti' presents a humorous plot, set in São Paulo, whose central theme is the professional, familial, and romantic rivalry between André Spina and Ariclenes Martins, or Ari, as he is known to those closest to him. The two were childhood friends and always fought a lot, engaging in tireless disputes over the same girlfriends....
Mico Preto
Character: Cristina
The disappearance of Áurea Menezes Garcia sparks a fierce dispute over her business dealings. Firmino, her attorney, assumes power, but faces the greed of her children....
O Rebu
Character: Maria Angélica
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História de Amor
Character: Olga Moretti Miranda
Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously...
Felicidade
Character: Dona Filomena Cabral (Filó)
Helena and Álvaro fall in love, but she marries someone else. Years later, they meet again and Helena becomes pregnant, but keeps it a secret because Álvaro is now the one who is engaged....
Marron Glacé
Character: Madame Clô (Clotilde Maria de Jesus)
To avenge his father's death, Otávio wants to take over a party catering business called "Marron Glacé," but ends up falling in love with Vanessa, the daughter of the current owner....
Tenda dos Milagres
Character: Zabela
The miniseries addresses the struggle of Pedro Arcanjo, guided by Magé Bassã, his holy mother, to protect African culture and integrate it into Brazilian society, creating a new culture. The plot takes place in the Bahian setting filled with the stories of the characters who intersect in Arcanjo's struggle: the friendship with Mestre Lídio, shaken when Rosa de Oxalá, his wife, falls in love with Archanjo; loves prohibited by the incompatibility of saints; the fight against the intolerance and ra...
Top Model
Character: Dona Norma
Maria Eduarda "Duda" Pinheiro is a successful top model. After being hired to model Covery brand clothes, she meets the Kundera brothers, Alex and Gaspar, owners of the company. Gaspar, a former beatnik, is over 40 but still practices surfing, lives in a beach-side house and raises five children: Elvis (named after Elvis Presley), Ringo (Starr), Jane (Fonda), Olívia (Newton-John) and (John) Lennon, all from different mothers who left them with him. Anastácia "Naná" Passos, Duda's friend and ment...
Mandala
Character: D. Conchita
Jocasta, an 18-year-old sociology student and daughter of communist activist Túlio Silveira, is actively involved in the country's political landscape. She is in love with Laio—her polar opposite—a disengaged, esoteric young man who lives off his wealthy father's allowance. A mystic, Laio makes no move without consulting his guru and friend Argemiro, whom he turns to upon learning of Jocasta's pregnancy. The cowrie shell reading reveals that his son is destined to kill him and enter into a roman...
O Bem-Amado
Character: Delegada Chica Bandeira
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Pecado Rasgado
Character: Alice
The famous psychologist Teca falls in love with the widower Renato, father of one of her patients. The romance awakens the jealousy of Stela, who harbors an unhealthy passion for Renato, her brother-in-law....
A Madona de Cedro
Character: Emerenciana
Set in the 1960s, the story has as protagonist Delfino, a Catholic sculptor from Congonhas do Campo. Raised by his aunt Efigênia, he lives from selling his works....
Bravo!
Character: Dona Celina
A widowed conductor rediscovers love when he meets a young woman from the countryside, but doubts about his music make him question his competence and distance himself from the woman he loves....
O Casarão
Character: Carolina Galvão de Souza (3º período)
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O Grito
Character: Dona Carmem
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Minha Doce Namorada
Character: Madame Jordão
Patricia, an orphan living in a traveling amusement park, believes the stars will bring her happiness. One day, an astrologer predicts the impossible: the young woman, an Aquarius, will fall in love with a Pisces boy, a sign initially incompatible with hers. The girl does, in fact, become enchanted by the wealthy student Renato, but he doesn't feel the same way. Patricia travels to Rio de Janeiro, where she befriends a gentleman whom she affectionately calls Mr. Pepe, unaware that he is Renato's...
Dona Xepa
Character: Dona Xepa
A hardworking market vendor, Mrs. Xepa faces many sacrifices to raise her children alone. However, as they achieve social advancement, they begin to feel ashamed of their mother....
Os Trapalhões
Character: Ela mesma (em Florianópolis)
Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 199...
Pacto de Sangue
Character: Afrosina
Antônio is on his deathbed after helping a Black man escape his own father's plantation. Before dying, Antônio asks his father, Judge Queiroz Antunes, to raise the young enslaved boy, Bento, as his own son....
Chega Mais
Character: Madame Clô (Clotilde Maria de Jesus)
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O Rei da Pilantragem
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Bebeto, a scoundrel and flirt, always gets the short end of the stick in his flirtatious advances. Having his eye on a woman who claims to be married, he uses various tactics to win her over. Following a friend's advice, he takes her to a deserted location, where he plans to make love in a van. The boys from a nursing home run by a priest show up, forcing him to referee a soccer match, ruining the romantic afternoon. On Carnival Sunday, Bebeto manages to take the girl to the apartment of his fri...
Viver de Morrer
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A Brazilian crime film...
Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão
Character: Mãe
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The Devil Queen
Character: Violeta
Rio's criminal underworld is run by an unexpected boss: a femme Queen with a taste for power and violence. But heavy lies the crown: what Queen can trust her subjects, however fabulous? When she sets up a stoolie to take the fall for her boy, a plot against Her Majesty arises!...
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
Character: Dona Dagmar
Adaptation of the series shown in 1988. The humble farmer Zé do Burro makes a promise to Santa Bárbara to save his donkey Nicolau from death. The payment is to carry a heavy cross from the interior of Bahia to a church in Salvador. When you reach the steps of the church, with injured shoulders, you have to deal with the incomprehension of a conservative priest....