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Helena Ignez
Born · May 23, 1942 (82 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Salvador - Bahia - Brazil
Bio
Helena Ignez (Salvador, May 23, 1939) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Helena was born in Salvador, Bahia and was attending her second year of law school when she fell in love with theater and decided to study the Dramatic Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. At the time, the Bahian theater scene was breaking with traditional Brazilian theater and experiencing strong influence from the young vanguard. She first appeared on the screen in Glauber Rocha's short film "Pátio". Helena acted in a few films associated with the Cinema Novo movement, such as "A Grande Feira" (1961), "Assalto ao Trem Pagador" (1962), and "O Padre e a Moça" (1966) before playing Janete Jane in O Bandido da Luz Vermelha by Rogério Sganzerla. After this film, she would perform in some most significant films in the Cinema Marginal movement, which directly opposed the critically acclaimed Cinema Novo -- the most remarkable being her role as Ângela Carne e "Osso in A Mulher de Todos" (1969). She also was a financial partner of Rogério Sganzerla and fellow Cinema Marginal filmmaker Júlio Bressane in the short-lived, although prolific, Belair production company. Between 1968 and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and were also married and had two children -- one of which would become actress Djin Sganzerla. As a filmmaker, Ignez has directed 7 films, the most notable being "Luz das Trevas" (2010), a sequel to Sganzerla's debut feature "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (1968).
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
Dra. Marina Consiglio
0.0
2025
Deuses da Peste
0.0
2025
A Última Vanguarda
Self
0.0
2024
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
Arlete
0.0
2024
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
Self
0.0
2023
Helena de Guaratiba
Helena
0.0
2023
O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
6.0
2023
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
9.0
2023
Joy Is the Acid Test
Jarda Ícone
0.0
2023
The Mother
Dulce
7.0
2022
The Welles Raft
Herself
0.0
2022
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
Voiceover
0.0
2021
Um Documentário Brasileiro
Self
0.0
2021
The Good Cinema
0.0
2021
Subterrânea
Senhora Ônibus
0.0
2021
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
Mother
0.0
2020
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
5.0
2020
Mulher Oceano
Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
5.5
2020
Race Antenna
Self
8.2
2020
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
6.0
2020
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
0.0
2020
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
0.0
2020
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
8.0
2020
Natureza Morta
2.0
2020
Rio de Topless
Self
0.0
2020
Extracts
0.0
2019
Flesh
(voice)
7.2
2019
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
0.0
2019
A Mulher da Luz Própria
Self
8.0
2019
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2019
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
Diretora
8.0
2019
My Calendar Girl
Palestrante (voz)
2.3
2018
O Desmonte do Monte
5.0
2018
Antes do Fim
5.5
2018
Inaudito
Voice
6.2
2017
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Self
6.3
2017
Febre
10.0
2017
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self
0.0
2017
Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
Narração
3.0
2017
O Cinema Foi à Feira
Ela mesma
0.0
2016
Ralé: The Lower Depths
Sonia Silk
6.2
2016
Love Film Festival
Herself
7.5
2014
The End of an Age
(voz)
7.3
2014
Estátua!
Mãe (voz)
6.0
2014
Paixão e Virtude
4.6
2014
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
Self
0.0
2014
Ossos
Voz Off
3.0
2014
Desculpa, Dona Madama
Patroa
0.0
2013
Ugly, Me?
Jarda
5.0
2013
Poder dos Afetos
Ritual Xamânico
0.0
2013
Terno
Mãe
0.0
2013
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
8.0
2013
A Balada do Provisório
Provisório's Mother
5.0
2012
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
3.5
2012
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
5.2
2012
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
0.0
2010
Belair
0.0
2009
Hotel Atlântico
Dona da Pousada
6.8
2009
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
0.0
2009
Embodiment of Evil
Cabíria
5.2
2008
A Bela P...
0.0
2008
Meu Mundo em Perigo
Mãe de Isis
5.7
2007
Helena Zero
0.0
2006
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
0.0
2005
A Miss e o Dinossauro
Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
5.0
2005
Retrato da Terra
Ela mesma
0.0
2004
The Sign of Chaos
Guida
6.9
2003
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self
5.8
2003
Abry
Self
0.0
2003
Reinvenção da Rua
Herself
0.0
2003
B2
6.0
2001
São Jerônimo
Marcela
6.2
1999
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
0.0
1997
Flying Geraldo
0.0
1994
Scent of Gardenias
Bandida
5.8
1992
Oswaldianas
0.0
1992
Perigo Negro
Tiafa
5.0
1992
Anônimo e incomum
6.0
1990
It's Not All True
6.6
1986
Spray Jet
Bossy Lady
0.0
1986
Mulheres de Cinema
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1978
A Man and His Cage
Aeromoça
5.5
1974
Um Intruso no Paraíso
0.0
1973
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
Archive Footage
8.5
1971
A Familia do Barulho
Prostituta
6.0
1970
No Way, Spider
6.2
1970
Carnaval na Lama
0.0
1970
Copacabana Mon Amour
Sônia Silk
7.1
1970
Watch Out, Madame
6.0
1970
The Monsters of Babaloo
6.1
1970
The Woman of Everyone
Ângela Carne e Osso
7.7
1969
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
Isabel
4.8
1969
The Red Light Bandit
Janete Jane
7.6
1968
The Outsiders
0.0
1968
Face To Face
Luciana
5.2
1967
O Engano
Mulher do médico
0.0
1967
The Priest and the Girl
Mariana
7.3
1966
Grito da Terra
Mariá
0.0
1964
Assault on the Pay Train
Marta
8.0
1962
A Grande Feira
Ely
8.2
1961
O Pátio
The woman
6.8
1959
Flesh
0.0
Trópico de Leão
Medéia
0.0