Elke Maravilha

Acting

Elke Maravilha

Born February 22, 1945 · Leutkirch im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg, German

Died August 16, 2016 · aged 71

Elke Grünupp, known by her stage name Elke Maravilha (Leutkirch im Allgäu, February 22, 1945 – Rio de Janeiro, August 16, 2016), was a German-Brazilian model, judge, presenter and actress. She began to act as a model and mannequin at the age of 24, working with famous stylists of the time and was considered an innovator on the catwalks. Initially discreet, over time she made room for her extravaga…

Known For

PixotePixote · 1980
Pixote
7.91980
MovieCrimeDrama
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Xuxa RequebraXuxa Requebra · 1999
Xuxa Requebra
3.61999
MovieMusicFamily
Nena, a journalist and former student of the Two Hearts dance academy, tries to stop the school from being sold to a group of drug dealers. She trains a group to win the Requebra dance contest that would give them the necessary money to carry their plans.
Amante LatinoAmante Latino · 1979
Amante Latino
6.51979
MovieDrama
Upon learning that the school where he learned music is going to be expropriated, a famous singer decides to do a show for the benefit of the institution.
Zuzu AngelZuzu Angel · 2006
Zuzu Angel
6.92006
MovieDramaHistory
Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.
Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria JoaquinaCarrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina · 2016
Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina
6.12016
MovieAdventureComedy
The children are invited by a Brazilian music star to one of his shows. But the trip turns into a nightmare when the villains Gonzales and Gonzalito, recently released from prison, decide to kidnap Maria Joaquina.
Gente Que TransaGente Que Transa · 1974
Gente Que Transa
5.01974
MovieComedy
Competing for the concession of a TV channel, one of the contenders throws an orgy to defeat the other candidate.
Prisoner of RioPrisoner of Rio · 1988
Prisoner of Rio
8.01988
MovieDramaThriller
The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.
Olhar de NiseOlhar de Nise · 2015
Olhar de Nise
2015
MovieDocumentary

Filmography

Sort
Meu Passado Me Condena: O FilmeMeu Passado Me Condena: O Filme · 2013
Meu Passado Me Condena: O Filme
6.42013
MovieComedy
The immature and cheap douche bag Fábio Clóvis marries the pseudo-intellectual Miá and they travel in a cruise to Europe on board of a fancy passenger vessel. Fabio and Miá are invited to have dinner with the wealthy Beto Assunção and his gorgeous wife Laura in a VIP restaurant on the vessel. Soon Fábio discovers that Beto was Miá's boyfriend and Miá learns that Fábio had a crush on Laura that was his classmate. Meanwhile the cynical chamber maid Suzana Mello and her estranged husband, the entertainer Wilson, make a bet that Fábio and Miá will split before the end of the trip and poison their relationship. When the ship arrives in Casablanca, Fábio meets his bothersome childhood friend Cabeça that affects their honeymoon.

Mirtes