Maria Bethânia

Acting

Maria Bethânia

Born June 18, 1946 · Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil (age 80)

Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"). Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single "Carcará", the artist became a star in Brazil. Bethânia is the sister of the singer-songwrit…

Known For

Maria Bethânia: Carta de Amor Ao VivoMaria Bethânia: Carta de Amor Ao Vivo · 2013
Maria Bethânia: Carta de Amor Ao Vivo
2013
MovieMusic
The show brings successes of his career, songs from the new CD and unpublished songs in his voice. In the script, songs from the new album as 'Casablanca' and 'Barulho' (both by. which inspired the album's title.
The EggThe Egg · 2003
The Egg
★ 10.02003
MovieDrama
Writer and poet Clarice Lispector investigates and develops the old question of what came first, the egg or the chicken.
A Última Ceia Segundo ZiraldoA Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo · 1968
A Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo
1968
MovieComedy
Cauby: Começaria Tudo Outra VezCauby: Começaria Tudo Outra Vez · 2015
Cauby: Começaria Tudo Outra Vez
★ 6.02015
MovieDocumentary
The film discusses decisive moments in the life and career of Cauby Peixoto. In addition to interviews and recordings of the singer's concerts, the film uses testimonials from fans and artists such as Maria Bethânia, Emílio Santiago, Agnaldo Timóteo and Agnaldo Rayol, in addition to researchers Ricardo Cravo Albin and Rodrigo Faour.
A GisA Gis · 2016
A Gis
★ 5.02016
MovieDocumentary
Gisberta was a Brazilian trans woman that lived as immigrant in Portugal. She was brutally murdered 10 years ago and since then became an icon for the transsexual rights cause. Piece by piece, this documentary offers a delicate portrait of a woman torn apart by an indifferent world.
26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia · 2015
26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia
★ 5.02015
MovieMusic
The Man Who Bought the WorldThe Man Who Bought the World · 1968
The Man Who Bought the World
★ 5.81968
MovieComedyFantasy
In a fictitious country, a civil servant receives the greatest inheritance in history (ten trillion dollars) and is confined by authorities to prevent a collapse of the world economy. But he manages to escape.
Maria Bethânia: Tempo Tempo Tempo TempoMaria Bethânia: Tempo Tempo Tempo Tempo · 2005
Maria Bethânia: Tempo Tempo Tempo Tempo
★ 10.02005
MovieMusicDocumentary

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Tropical ParadiseTropical Paradise · 2007
Tropical Paradise
★ 8.12007
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.

Theme Song Performance

Vila MadalenaVila Madalena · 1999
Vila Madalena
★ 7.51999
SeriesSoapDrama
Two couples have their destinies intertwined after their happiness is unexpectedly interrupted. This is the starting point of the telenovela, which shares the same name as the São Paulo neighborhood where the story takes place. Solano Xavier is a man of humble origins who never had the chance to obtain a formal education. Unemployed for months, he celebrates with his wife Eugênia the fact that he has landed a temporary job as a truck driver. She reciprocates the good news by telling him she is pregnant. Solano, however, falls victim to a trap: unknowingly, he is transporting contraband goods on one of his trips. Detained by the police, he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Throughout the telenovela, Solano discovers that Arthur is the main person responsible for the scheme that led to his imprisonment.

Theme Song Performance