--- name: "Norma Bengell" canonical: "https://film.one/person/norma-bengell" fi1m_id: "norma-bengell" imdb_id: "nm0071034" tmdb_id: 39157 wikidata_id: "Q456952" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 September 1935" died: "9 October 2013" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T14:33:06.367280+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." --- # Norma Bengell ## Identity Norma Bengell - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/norma-bengell - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** norma-bengell - **IMDb ID:** nm0071034 - **TMDB ID:** 39157 - **Wikidata ID:** Q456952 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Bengell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456952, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39157 Actor. Born 21 September 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Died 9 October 2013. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 September 1935, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - **Died:** 9 October 2013 - **Also known as:** Norma Benguel, Norma Benguell, Норма Венжель, Норма Бенгелл, Норма Бенгель - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Bengell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456952, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071034/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39157 ## Biography Norma Bengell (born Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães d'Áurea Bengell) was a Brazilian actress, director, producer, singer and songwriter. She began her career in the early 1950s in revue theatre, launched by producer Carlos Machado, and made her film debut in 1959. She is known for her role as the prostitute Marly in Anselmo Duarte's *The Given Word* (1962), which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and for appearing in Ruy Guerra's *Os Cafajestes* (1962). Bengell worked extensively in Italy during the 1960s, appearing in films including *Mafioso* (1962), *Planet of the Vampires* (1965) and *The Hellbenders* (1967). She later directed features such as *Eternamente Pagu* (1987) and *The Guarani* (1996). Bengell was married to Italian actor Gabriele Tinti. She died in Rio de Janeiro on 9 October 2013. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, pt.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Given Word* (1962), Fi1m 76, as Marly — [page](https://film.one/film/the-given-word.md) ## Complete filmography (72) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus* (2023), Actor - *J. Carlos - O Cronista do Rio* (2015), as Ela mesma · Director - *As Mulheres no Cinema Brasileiro* (2008), as Apresentadora · Idea - *Anabazys: O Terceiro Testamento de Glauber Rocha* (2007), Actor - *Toma Lá, Dá Cá* (2007), series, as Deise Coturno - *Infinitivamente Guiomar Novaes* (2003), Director - *Banquete* (2002), Actor - *O Guarani* (1996), Director, Executive Producer - *Vagas para Moças de Fino Trato* (1993), as Gertrudes - *O Sexo dos Anjos* (1989), series, as Vera - *Anos 30: Entre Duas Guerras, Entre Duas Artes* (1989), Thanks - *The Colour of His Destiny* (1987), as Laura - *Fonte da Saudade* (1987), Actor - *Eternamente Pagu* (1987), as Elsie Houston · Director, Writer - *No Tempo de Glauber* (1987), Actor - *Running Out of Luck* (1987), as Lola - *The Femme Fatale Meets the Ideal Man* (1987), Actor - *Tensão no Rio* (1984), as Dona Dolores - *Partido Alto* (1984), series, as Irene Bessa - *O Filho Adotivo* (1984), as Maria Rosa - *Tabu* (1983), as Madame Xavier - *Parabéns pra Você* (1983), series, as Mara - *Rio Babilonia* (1982), as Solange - *Nuclear Shelter* (1981), as Lix - *Eros, the God of Love* (1981), as Ada - *Os Imigrantes* (1981), series, as Nena Coutinho - *The Age of the Earth* (1980), as Amazon Queen - *Maria Gladys, Uma Atriz Brasileira* (1979), as (voice) · Writer, Director - *Na Boca do Mundo* (1979), as Clarisse - *Freedom of Inês Etienne Romeu* (1979), Director, Director of Photography - *Sea of Roses* (1977), as Felicidade - *The Abyss* (1977), as Madame Zero · Producer - *Paranóia* (1976), Actor - *Assim Era a Atlântida* (1975), Actor - *Cinéma 16 Une vieille maîtresse* (1975), as Vellini - *Défense de savoir* (1973), as Juditte - *The Suns of Easter Island* (1972), as Norma - *The Demiurge* (1972), Actor - *As Confissões de Frei Abóbora* (1971), as Paula - *Paixão na Praia* (1971), Actor - *O Capitão Bandeira Contra o Dr. Moura Brasil* (1971), as Mensageira - *The Murdered House* (1971), as Nina - *Of Gods and the Undead* (1970), as Soledad - *The Palace of Angels* (1970), as Dorothy - *OSS 117 Takes a Vacation* (1970), as Anne - *The Angel Was Born* (1969), as Mulher - *O Último Homem* (1969), Actor - *Before, the Summer* (1968), as Maria Clara - *I Do Not Forgive... I Kill!* (1968), as Fedra/Wanda - *Desesperato* (1968), Actor - *Juventude e Ternura* (1968), Actor - *Edu, Coração de Ouro* (1968), as Matilde - *A Espiã que Entrou em Fria* (1967), Actor - *Mar Corrente* (1967), as A Singer - *A Sombra de Rebecca* (1967), series, as Diana - *The Hellbenders* (1967), as Claire - *As Cariocas* (1966), as Paula Ribeiro de Castro - *Planet of the Vampires* (1965), as Sanya - *The Captain from Toledo* (1965), as Myriam - *Violence and Love* (1965), as Anna - *The Reckless* (1965), as Luciana - *The Constancy of Reason* (1964), as Ivana - *Men and Women* (1964), as Mara - *I cuori infranti* (1963), as Milena (segment "E vissero felici") - *The Ballad of Husbands* (1963), Actor - *Mafioso* (1962), as Marta - *Carnival of Crime* (1962), as Model - *The Given Word* (1962), as Marly — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-given-word.md) - *The Unscrupulous Ones* (1962), as Leda - *Mulheres & Milhões* (1961), Actor - *Conceição* (1960), as Dalva - *O Homem do Sputnik* (1959), as Bê Bê, espiã da França ## Gallery - ![Norma Bengell](https://film.one/media/person/3908451/gallery-f3ab2d93b3d1.jpg) Norma Bengell — Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Norma_Bengell%2C_1966_-_Restoration.jpg/1280px-Norma_Bengell%2C_1966_-_Restoration.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Norma Bengell e Nino Manfredi in una scena del film italiano I cuori infranti (1963).](https://film.one/media/person/3908451/gallery-6b6d36349006.png) Norma Bengell e Nino Manfredi in una scena del film italiano I cuori infranti (1963). — Gianni Puccini (director), Ima Film, Incei Film (production), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/I_cuori_infranti_%281963%29_Bengell_e_Manfredi.png/1280px-I_cuori_infranti_%281963%29_Bengell_e_Manfredi.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Norma Bengell](https://film.one/media/person/3908451/gallery-4d317e3a7662.jpg) Norma Bengell — Image via TMDB - ![Norma Bengell](https://film.one/media/person/3908451/gallery-ed13c0a6089d.jpg) Norma Bengell — Image via TMDB - ![Norma Bengell](https://film.one/media/person/3908451/gallery-ba63497d2f82.jpg) Norma Bengell — Image via TMDB - ![Norma Bengell](https://film.one/media/person/3908451/gallery-9bf010d24988.jpg) Norma Bengell — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/norma-bengell