Débora Duarte

Acting

Débora Duarte

Born January 2, 1950 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (age 76)

Débora Susan Sanches Duke, known as Débora Duarte (born January 2, 1950) is a Brazilian actress. Daughter of actress Marisa Sanches and a musician, her mother married Lima Duarte when her daughter was only one year old. Lima adopted her as a foster father and she adopted her father's stage name. She made her debut when she was five years old, around 1955, when she was cast by Vida Alves to act in…

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FatalidadeFatalidade
Fatalidade
Movie
Um Oitenta e Seis AvosUm Oitenta e Seis Avos · 2019
Um Oitenta e Seis Avos
4.52019
MovieDramaFantasy
(Talita Feuser), suffocated in her monotonous routine - sleeps, wakes up, works and, sometimes, helps her mother Amelia (Debora Duarte), shaken by the recent death of her bitch, with daily chores. A strange diagnosis causes Women to confront their own passivity: their organs are disappearing. The medical interest in the subject frightens the patient, who escapes any kind of treatment. The revelation, however, coincides with the arrival of a mysterious new neighbor (Luiza Lamoglia) to the building of Woman. The two give up the tide, cultivating a mutual curiosity and an eventual intimacy; recognition. Woman is torn between her mother and the new inhabitant.
The Girl Next DoorThe Girl Next Door · 1987
The Girl Next Door
5.61987
MovieDramaRomance
Middle-aged married journalist goes to the beach resort of Búzios, in Brazil, to write a book. Gradually, he falls in love with his neighbor's daughter, a beautiful teenager much younger than he, ignoring the social implications.
Romeu e JulietaRomeu e Julieta · 2003
Romeu e Julieta
8.02003
MovieComedy
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
CélesteCéleste · 1970
Céleste
7.01970
MovieDrama
Georges Cazenave, a " politically committed" French TV reporter leads a good life. Besides having a regular mistress in the person of Hélène, he is a ladies man with "a girl in every port". But this comfortable situation is challenged the day he hires Céleste as his housemaid. A Portuguese immigrant, she soon appears to be a Marxist-Leninist activist, engaged in political groups working against the regime of Salazar, the dictator of Portugal. Geoges and Céleste fall in love with each other, which brings adventure in the reporter's hitherto superficial life, upset by a breakup with Hélène, the interference of the French Secret Service and a touch of terrorism.
Domingo em FamíliaDomingo em Família · 1983
Domingo em Família
1983
MovieDrama
An elderly couple, Dona Lu and Seu Souza, live in the district of Paty do Alferes, in a simple little house where they raised their children. When the tenant dies, the landlord's heirs evicted the couple, and it is up to the four children to decide their future.
Pontal da SolidãoPontal da Solidão · 1976
Pontal da Solidão
8.01976
MovieDrama
A young woman, victim of violence, takes refuge with an old sailor.
Young HeartsYoung Hearts · 1995
Young Hearts
6.31995
SeriesSoapComedy
Malhação is a Brazilian television series for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remains the same, it is now set in the Múltipla Escolha High School.

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Hilda HurricaneHilda Hurricane · 1998
Hilda Hurricane
8.11998
SeriesDramaWar & Politics
After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.

Sãozinha (Conceição Drummond)

The TrapalhõesThe Trapalhões · 1977
The Trapalhões
8.01977
SeriesComedy
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, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.

Ela mesma (entregando a taça para a seleção carioca de basquete paralímpico)

Tropical ParadiseTropical Paradise · 2007
Tropical Paradise
8.22007
SeriesSoapDrama
The search for a successor provokes the beginning of a clash between two young and talented executives of his group: Daniel Bastos, a lad of simple origins and excellent character, who is not only handsome and charming, but also intelligent and skilled, and Olavo Novaes, an ambitious and unscrupulous man who is ready to fight for the position, at any cost. To fight against Olavo‘s treacherous plans, Daniel will have the help of the sweet and sensitive Paula, a young lady raised as an only child who founds, on the eve of her mother‘s death, that she is adopted and has a family. What Paula does not know is that she has an identical twin sister, the wicked Taís, who is as ambitious and unscrupulous as the man who becomes her main ally, Olavo Novaes. Antenor, for his part, decides on having an heir when he meets the headstrong and honest Lúcia, a woman who will make this cold businessman find true love is and a real reason to live.

Hermínia Vilela

The Enchanted CaveThe Enchanted Cave · 2024
The Enchanted Cave
5.72024
SeriesSoapFamily
A Caverna Encantada is a Brazilian children's telenovela produced by SBT in partnership with Disney and originally broadcast from July 29, 2024, to September 5, 2025. Created by Íris Abravanel, with collaboration from Andreza Porto, Denise Barbosa, Fany Higuera, Gustavo Braga, and Luiz Felipe Pereira Santos, and directed by Ricardo Mantoanelli, the telenovela is an adaptation of the books A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story follows Anna, a seven-year-old girl whose father, Paulo, a missionary doctor, leaves her at the Rosa dos Ventos boarding school before going on a dangerous mission. When he mysteriously fails to return, Anna begins searching for answers about his disappearance and discovers secrets about her past. At the boarding school, she forms friendships, faces challenges, and experiences adventures filled with mystery, fantasy, and hope.

Dona Clélia

Jogo da VidaJogo da Vida · 1981
Jogo da Vida
8.51981
SeriesDramaSoap
The cheerful and outgoing Jordana lived alongside Silas for 20 years, helping him become wealthy. Despite this, he abandons her to run away with the opportunistic Carla. After the separation, Jordana faces financial difficulties. She then meets Dona Mena, an eccentric and lonely old woman abandoned by her family. Jordana takes care of Dona Mena and, when she dies, inherits four bronze cupids containing a million dollars. The problem is that the cupids disappear without a trace. The cupids become the subject of a fight between Dona Mena's nephews, Loreta and Carlito. The two are the villains of the story. Jordana, however, ends up falling in love with Carlito. In the final chapters, Jordana manages to recover the cupids and rebuild her life. She has the help of her friend Vieira.

Beatriz Madureira

Cara a CaraCara a Cara · 1979
Cara a Cara
7.01979
SeriesSoapDrama

Regininha (Regina Mendes Carneiro Assunção Fonseca)