Leila Diniz
Born
March 25, 1945
Died
June 14, 1972 (27 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leila Roque Diniz (25 March 1945 – 14 June 1972) was a Brazilian television, movie and theatre actress, whose liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s.
Born in a middle-class family and the daughter of a communist activist, Leila worked as a kindergarten teacher at age 15. At age 17, she met movie director Domingos de Oliveira, with whom she lived until age 21. Between 1962 and 1964 she had minor roles on stage. In 1965, Diniz started working in television, where she made several telenovelas and various commercials. In 1967, she also started to make movies.
She died on 14 June 1972, aged 27, at the peak of fame, coming back from a movie festival in Australia, where she won a Best Actress award for the movie Mãos Vazias ("Empty Hands"), in the Japan Airlines Flight 471 crash in India.
Known For
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self (archive footage)
2021
Domingos
(archive footage)
2009
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
1997
Mulheres de Cinema
Self (archive footage)
1978
Leila Para Sempre Diniz
Self (archive footage)
1976
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Pirata
1972
O Donzelo
Leila
1971
Mãos Vazias
Ida
1971
The Alienist
Eudóxia
1970
E Nós, Aonde Vamos?
Sônia Monteiro · (80 episodes)
1970
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
Dadá
1969
Dez Vidas
Pompom (2ª versão) · (209 episodes)
1969
Os Acorrentados
Irmã Amparo de Fátima · (127 episodes)
1969
A Menina do Veleiro Azul
Ester · (285 episodes)
1969
Os Paqueras
Ela mesma
1969
Hunger for Love
Ulla
1968
A Madona de Cedro
Marta
1968
The Naked Man
Mariana
1968
Edu, Coração de Ouro
Tatiana
1968
Fantasia para Ator e TV
1968
Dangerous Game
Servant (segment "Divertimento")
1967
Divertimento
1967
Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino
Anastácia/Henriette/ Rose · (1 episode)
1967
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
1967
O Mundo Alegre de Helô
1967
A Public Opinion
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self (archive footage)
1967
Eu Compro Essa Mulher
Úrsula · (85 episodes)
1966
All the Women in the World
Maria Alice
1966
Paixão de Outono
Maria Luísa · (50 episodes)
1965
Ilusões Perdidas
(56 episodes)
1965