Leila Diniz

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.

  • Title: Leila Diniz
  • Popularity: 1.14
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1945-03-25
  • Place of Birth: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Leila Diniz Movies

  • 1967
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    A Public Opinion

    A Public Opinion

    5.6 1967 HD

    Documentary about middle-class people in Rio de Janeiro, in the 1960s, when Brazil was going through a hard period in its history, with the military...

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  • 1997
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    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

    Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

    1 1997 HD

    "Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

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  • 1968
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    The Naked Man

    The Naked Man

    6.2 1968 HD

    A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.

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  • 1972
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    Love, Carnival and Dreams

    Love, Carnival and Dreams

    2 1972 HD

    On Carnival's eve, girl dreams of a man to stay with her during these four days. She meets a photographer, with whom she has an affair.

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  • 1966
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    All the Women in the World

    All the Women in the World

    6.9 1966 HD

    When womanizer Paulo meets a friend’s fiancée, she changes the way he looks at the opposite sex. He falls in love, and believes she is...

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  • 1968
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    Edu, Coração de Ouro

    Edu, Coração de Ouro

    1 1968 HD

    A volatile young man, Edu is a typical Rio de Janeiro middle-class kind, who flirts with multiple women at the same time. None of them, however, had...

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  • 1971
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    Mãos Vazias

    Mãos Vazias

    4.3 1971 HD

    In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a woman rebels against local morality after her child dies, with tragic results.

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  • 1969
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    Corisco, o Diabo Loiro

    Corisco, o Diabo Loiro

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1976
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    Leila Para Sempre Diniz

    Leila Para Sempre Diniz

    4 1976 HD

    A documentary that presents home movies and several excerpts of known films of famous actress Leila Diniz. Friends of the late actress, tragic killed...

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  • 1971
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    O Donzelo

    O Donzelo

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1967
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    Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

    Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo

    7.5 1967 HD

    Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...

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  • 2009
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    Domingos

    Domingos

    2 2009 HD

    A look into the life and mind of Brazilian playwright and filmmaker Domingos Oliveira through his daily activities and artistic deeds.

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  • 1968
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    A Madona de Cedro

    A Madona de Cedro

    6 1968 HD

    Delfino, a quiet man who lives in Congonhas do Campo, a small historical town in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, is urged by his friend to steal...

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  • 1967
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    Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto

    Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto

    1 1967 HD

    Based on real-life Brazilian bandit "Mineirinho", the film follows the story of Zezé, a man falsely accused by sensasionalist press of being a...

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  • 1970
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    The Alienist

    The Alienist

    5.3 1970 HD

    Father Simão Bacamarte arrives in the small town of Serafim to investigate a certain phenomenon of madness.

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  • 1969
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    Os Paqueras

    Os Paqueras

    6 1969 HD

    Two ladykillers living in Rio de Janeiro know no limits when courting a beautiful woman. A problem arises when one of them starts coming on to a...

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  • 1968
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    Hunger for Love

    Hunger for Love

    5.2 1968 HD

    An extended research tour of US university film programs introduced dos Santos to the American avant-garde filmmakers, among them Jonas Mekas and...

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  • 1967
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    O Mundo Alegre de Helô

    O Mundo Alegre de Helô

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1978
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    Mulheres de Cinema

    Mulheres de Cinema

    1 1978 HD

    Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.

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  • 1967
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    Dangerous Game

    Dangerous Game

    5.2 1967 HD

    Two dark-comedy stories involving blackmail, murder and love triangles in Rio de Janeiro

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  • 2021
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    Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

    Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar

    1 2021 HD

    Conducted from interviews with personalities who lived with Leila Diniz (1945-1972), the documentary is a record of an era and, above all, it rescues...

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  • 1978
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    Mulheres de Cinema

    Mulheres de Cinema

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1967
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    Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino

    Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1965
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    Ilusões Perdidas

    Ilusões Perdidas

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Paixão de Outono

    Paixão de Outono

    1 1965 HD

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