Zeni Pereira
Acting Born Dec 19, 1924 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 24 credits
Biography
Zenith Pereira de Castro (Salvador, December 9, 1924 – Rio de Janeiro, March 21, 2002) was a Brazilian actress. She stood out as Tia Nastácia in the Rio version of the first Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo, Januária in Escrava Isaura, Maria José in Vale Tudo and Donana in Carinhoso, becoming one of the first and most relevant black references on television.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
Pátria Minha
Anos Rebeldes
Rainha da Sucata
Vale Tudo
Running Out of Luck
Dona Beija
Power PlayBlame It on Rio
Mad Love
Plantão de Polícia
The TrapalhõesDona Xepa
Isaura: Slave Girl
Escalada
Carinhoso
Bicho do MatoA Patota
O Homem Que Deve Morrer
Irmãos Coragem
Véu de NoivaVerão Vermelho
Samba
Black Orpheus
Full filmography
- The Trapalhões (1977)
- Vale Tudo (1988) as Maria José
- Pátria Minha (1994) as Isaura Lopes dos Santos
- Irmãos Coragem (1970) as Virgínia
- Isaura: Slave Girl (1976) as Januária
- Power Play (1984) as Odete Jardim
- Dona Beija (1986) as Maria
- Rainha da Sucata (1990) as Mercedes
- Escalada (1975) as Braulina
- O Homem Que Deve Morrer (1971) as Conceição (Ma. da Conceição)
- Mad Love (1983) as Zefa
- Dona Xepa (1977) as Corina
- Blame It on Rio (1984) as Mother of the Bride
- Anos Rebeldes (1992) as Dalila
- Véu de Noiva (1969)
- Bicho do Mato (1972) as Dora
- A Patota (1972) as Basília
- Black Orpheus (1959)
- Verão Vermelho (1969)
- Carinhoso (1973) as Donana
- Plantão de Polícia (1979) as Mãe Dora
- Samba (1965) as Trinidad
- Running Out of Luck (1987) as Matriarch
- Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme (2015) as Mãe Maria de Iansã