Leila Diniz
Acting
1945-03-25 · Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
Filmography
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
2021 · Movie
Domingos
2009 · Movie
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997 · Movie
Mulheres de Cinema
1978 · Movie
Leila Para Sempre Diniz
1976 · Movie
Love, Carnival and Dreams
1972 · Movie
O Donzelo
1971 · Movie
Mãos Vazias
1971 · Movie
The Alienist
1970 · Movie
E Nós, Aonde Vamos?
1970 · Series
A Cama ao Alcance de Todos
1969 · Movie
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
1969 · Movie
Dez Vidas
1969 · Series
Os Acorrentados
1969 · Series
A Menina do Veleiro Azul
1969 · Series
Vidas em Conflito
1969 · Series
Os Paqueras
1969 · Movie
Hunger for Love
1968 · Movie
A Madona de Cedro
1968 · Movie
The Naked Man
1968 · Movie
O Direito dos Filhos
1968 · Series
Edu, Coração de Ouro
1968 · Movie
Fantasia para Ator e TV
1968 · Movie
Divertimento
1967 · Movie
Dangerous Game
1967 · Movie
Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino
1967 · Series
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
1967 · Movie
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Movie
A Rainha Louca
1967 · Series
O Mundo Alegre de Helô
1967 · Movie
A Public Opinion
1967 · Movie
O Sheik de Agadir
1966 · Series
Eu Compro Essa Mulher
1966 · Series
All the Women in the World
1966 · Movie
Um Rosto de Mulher
1965 · Series
Paixão de Outono
1965 · Series
Ilusões Perdidas
1965 · Series