--- name: "Glória Menezes" canonical: "https://film.one/person/gloria-menezes" fi1m_id: "gloria-menezes" imdb_id: "nm0579510" tmdb_id: 230264 wikidata_id: "Q1754317" roles: ["Actor"] born: "19 October 1934" died: "18 August 2026" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T14:32:47.939493+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Glória Menezes ## Identity Glória Menezes - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gloria-menezes - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** gloria-menezes - **IMDb ID:** nm0579510 - **TMDB ID:** 230264 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1754317 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%B3ria_Menezes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/230264 Actor. Born 19 October 1934 in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Died 18 August 2026. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 19 October 1934, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - **Died:** 18 August 2026 - **Also known as:** Глория Менессес, Глория Менезес, グロリア・メネゼス, 格罗里亚·梅内塞斯, 글로리아 메네제스, ग्लोरिया मेनेज़ेस - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%C3%B3ria_Menezes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/230264 ## Biography Glória Menezes was a Brazilian actress. Born Nilcedes Soares de Magalhães in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, on 19 October 1934, she trained at the University of São Paulo's School of Dramatic Art and began her professional career in theatre and on São Paulo television in 1959. She made her film debut as Rosa in *O Pagador de Promessas* (1962; English title *The Given Word*), the only Brazilian film to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Menezes became a leading figure in Brazilian television, appearing in more than forty telenovelas, often alongside her husband, actor Tarcísio Meira, whom she married in 1962. Their collaborations included *Irmãos Coragem* (1970) and *Guerra dos Sexos* (1983). She died in Rio de Janeiro on 18 August 2026. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, oglobo.globo.com, estadao.com.br.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Given Word* (1962), Fi1m 76, as Rosa — [page](https://film.one/film/the-given-word.md) ## Complete filmography (53) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *As Vilãs Que Amamos* (2019), series, Actor - *Total Dreamer* (2015), series, as Stela Carneiro de Alcântara (Stelinha) - *Precious Pearl* (2013), series, as Pérola (80 anos) - *Damas da TV* (2013), series, Actor - *Louco Por Elas* (2012), series, as Violeta - *Black Box* (2009), as Duquesa de York - *A Favorita* (2008), series, as Irene Fontini - *Pages of Life* (2006), series, as Lalinha - *If I Were You* (2006), as Vivinha - *Her Own Destiny* (2004), series, as Laura Correia de Andrade e Couto, Baronesa de Bonsucesso - *Shades of Sin* (2004), series, as Kiki - *Um Só Coração* (2004), series, as Camila Matarazzo - *Love Bites* (2002), series, as Zoroastra Marques - *Port of Miracles* (2001), series, as Clotilde Marimbás (Dona Coló) - *Leonardo Villar - Um Homem Só* (2001), Actor - *Tower of Babel* (1998), series, as Marta Leme Toledo - *Vira Lata* (1996), series, as Stella - *The Next Victim* (1995), series, as Júlia Braga - *Deus Nos Acuda* (1992), series, as Bárbara Silveira Bueno (Baby Bueno) - *Rainha da Sucata* (1990), series, as Laurinha Figueroa - *Tarcísio & Glória* (1988), series, as Ava Becker - *Brega & Chique* (1987), series, as Rosemere Fátima de Moraes (Alfa 2) - *Power Play* (1984), series, as Tereza Bastos Fraga Dantas - *Para Viver Um Grande Amor* (1984), as Olga - *Guerra dos Sexos* (1983), series, as Roberta Leone - *Jogo da Vida* (1981), series, as Jordana (Márcia Jordão Ramos Cruz) - *O Caçador de Esmeraldas* (1979), as Maria Betim - *Pai Herói* (1979), series, as Ana Maria Garcia (Ana Preta) - *Espelho Mágico* (1977), series, as Leila Lombardi / Maria Aparecida Assunção (Rosana) - *The Trapalhões* (1977), series, as Ela mesma (em Brasília) - *O Grito* (1975), series, as Marta - *O Semideus* (1973), series, as Ângela Santana - *O Descarte* (1973), as Cláudia - *Cavalo de Aço* (1973), series, as Miranda - *Independence or Death!* (1972), as Domitila, Marquesa de Santos - *Meu Primeiro Baile* (1972), as Marina - *Caso Especial* (1971), series, as Marina, Marina Duarte, Guida Figueiredo - *O Homem Que Deve Morrer* (1971), series, as Ester - *Irmãos Coragem* (1970), series, as Maria de Lara Barros Lemos (Lara) / Diana / Márcia - *Máscara da Traição* (1969), as Cristina Almeida - *Rosa Rebelde* (1969), series, as Rosa Malena Grandet (Rosa Rebelde) / Simone Grandet - *O Impossível Acontece* (1969), as Lucia - *Passo dos Ventos* (1968), series, as Vivian Chevalier - *Sangue e Areia* (1967), series, as Doña Sol - *O Grande Segredo* (1967), series, as Marta/Ana Célia - *As Minas de Prata* (1966), series, as Zana - *Almas de Pedra* (1966), series, as Cristina Ramalho/Cristiano - *A Deusa Vencida* (1965), series, as Cecília Maciel - *Pedra Redonda, 39* (1965), series, Actor - *Uma Sombra em Minha Vida* (1964), series, as Maria Rosa - *Lampião, King of the Badlands* (1963), as Açucena - *2-5499 Ocupado* (1963), series, as Emily - *The Given Word* (1962), as Rosa — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-given-word.md) ## Gallery - ![Atriz pt:Glória Menezes durante encontro com artistas em apoio à candidatura de pt:José Serra à presidência. SP, 21/09/2010](https://film.one/media/person/3908444/gallery-4012d652a54a.jpg) Atriz pt:Glória Menezes durante encontro com artistas em apoio à candidatura de pt:José Serra à presidência. SP, 21/09/2010 — {{subst:Foto Cacalos Garrastazu/ObritoNews#if:51061798@N08|José Serra|{{subst:Foto Cacalos Garrastazu/ObritoNews#if:|[{{{2}}} José Serra]|José Serra}}}} {{subst:Foto Cacalos Garrastazu/ObritoNews#if:|from {{{location}}}|}}{{subst:Foto Cacalos Garrastazu/ObritoNews#ifeq: File|File| }}, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Gloria_Menezes_2010.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Casal de atores brasileiros. (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/3908444/gallery-4381da1b105f.png) Casal de atores brasileiros. (2020) — Globoplay Novelas, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Tarc%C3%ADsio_Meira_e_Gl%C3%B3ria_Menezes_na_d%C3%A9cada_de_1960.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Atriz brasileira. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/3908444/gallery-d8494b3be157.jpg) Atriz brasileira. (2025) — Globoplay Novelas, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Gl%C3%B3ria_Menezes_em_Corpo_a_Corpo_%281984%29.jpg/1280px-Gl%C3%B3ria_Menezes_em_Corpo_a_Corpo_%281984%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Glória Menezes](https://film.one/media/person/3908444/gallery-7952970ea7e8.jpg) Glória Menezes — Image via TMDB - ![Glória Menezes](https://film.one/media/person/3908444/gallery-a64c5e985cb6.jpg) Glória Menezes — Image via TMDB - ![Glória Menezes](https://film.one/media/person/3908444/gallery-0fbb89cfd5ef.jpg) Glória Menezes — Image via TMDB - ![Glória Menezes](https://film.one/media/person/3908444/gallery-beb4e2119c80.jpg) Glória Menezes — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 2025: Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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