Zeni Pereira
Acting
Biography
Zenith Pereira de Castro (Salvador, December 9, 1924 – Rio de Janeiro, March 21, 2002) was a Brazilian actress. She stood out as Tia Nastácia in the Rio version of the first Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo, Januária in Escrava Isaura, Maria José in Vale Tudo and Donana in Carinhoso, becoming one of the first and most relevant black references on television.
Born: December 19, 1924
Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Known For
O Picapau Amarelo
The Viscount of Sabugosa is locked in the library writing an encyclopedia about the characters in children's fables. Dona Benta receives a letter from little Thumb, written on a rose petal, in which he, realizing that the inhabitants of the world of fables are forgotten in the books on the shelves, requests that everyone live in Sítio do Picapau Amarelo. Emília and the children love the idea, and Dona Benta says yes. They move
Irmãos Coragem
The fight for freedom and against oppression is the central theme of this soap opera that tells the story of the Coragem brothers: João, Jerônimo and Duda, in the city of Coroado.
Corpo a Corpo
Eloá and Osmar's marriage is thrown into crisis when a mysterious man crosses their path. With a thirst for prestige and power, Eloá will face the consequences of her ambition.
Carinhoso
Cecília is in love with Eduardo, a millionaire who doesn't care about their relationship. Ready for a new direction in life, she ends the relationship and goes to work as a flight attendant in New York. Later, she returns to win back her love, but things are not the same anymore.
Dona Beija
Vale Tudo
Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever.
Anos Rebeldes
Mini series about the 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, when a politically engaged student falls in love with a left wing journalist's daughter who doesn't care for politics. The romance follows 15 years of Brazilian history, since President João Goulart deposition by military reactionary forces, until the first signs of restoration of democracy, in the 1980s.
Dona Xepa
Véu de Noiva
Pátria Minha
Filmography
as Mãe Maria de Iansã
as Isaura Lopes dos Santos
as Dalila
as Mercedes
as Maria José
as Matriarch
as Maria
as Odete Jardim
as Mother of the Bride
as Zefa
as Mãe Dora
as Corina
as Januária
as Braulina
as Donana
as Tia Anastácia
as Basília
as Cuíca's mother
as Dora
as Conceição (Ma. da Conceição)
as Virgínia
as Dona Marocas
as Trinidad