Regina Duarte

Regina Duarte

Born: February 5, 1947
in Franca, São Paulo, Brazil
Regina Blois Duarte (February 5, 1947) is a Brazilian actress and theater director. She debuted in 1965 on TV Excelsior, where she started in minor roles until becoming the protagonist of soap operas such as Anjo Marcado, Legião dos Esquecidos and O Primeiro Pecado. In 1969, due to the financial crisis at the broadcaster which led to bankruptcy shortly afterwards, she transferred to TV Globo and played dozens of notable characters, such as Irmãos Coragem, Selva de Pedra, Sétimo Sentido, Roque Santeiro, Vale Tudo, Rainha da Sucata, O Astro (2011) and Malu Mulher, in addition to the Helenas trilogy in works by Manoel Carlos – História de Amor, Por Amor and Páginas da Vida.

Movies for Regina Duarte...

Brasileiríssima - A história da telenovela
Title: Brasileiríssima - A história da telenovela
Released: June 9, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: Tempo de Amar
Character: Madame Lucerne / Catarina do Espírito Santo
Released: September 26, 2017
Type: TV
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Show 50 Anos
Title: Show 50 Anos
Character: Viúva Porcina
Released: April 25, 2015
Type: Movie
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Title: Sete Vidas
Character: Esther
Released: March 9, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Empire
Character: Maria Joaquina Braga
Released: July 21, 2014
Type: TV
Heartbreak forever changed the fate of the young and humble José Alfredo. Years later, he became the Lord Alfredo, a successful owner of a jewelry empire and a man obsessed with power. Temperamental and cunning, he tries to balance his turbulent marriage, an extramarital love affair, and the dispute between his children over succession in his business. One day, however, the unexpected appearance of a possible daughter, of whom he was unaware, causes upheaval in his life and takes his familial conflicts to a whole new level.
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Never Too Old to Meow
Title: Never Too Old to Meow
Character: Gloria Polk
Released: May 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Gloria Polk is a decadent writer who decided to return to writing a fiction book after 17 years of absence. One day, she decides to open her home to Carol, a young journalist who lives in his building and is married to her former husband. Excited about the opportunity, Carol realizes that Gloria has an obscure facet which meant that she had great difficulty in relating to other people over the years.
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Title: Tá no Ar: A TV na TV
Character: Regina Duarte
Released: April 10, 2014
Type: TV
A sketch show satirizing Brazilian television programs.
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Fora do Figurino - As Medidas do Jeitinho Brasileiro
Title: Fora do Figurino - As Medidas do Jeitinho Brasileiro
Released: March 22, 2013
Type: Movie
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Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de Janeiro
Title: Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de Janeiro
Character: Neighbour
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: The Illusionist
Character: Clotilde Hayalla "Clô"
Released: July 12, 2011
Type: TV
The illusionist is mysterious, captivating and mesmerizes all those around him. But is he really a swindler or a man with extraordinary powers? This fascinating telenovela tells the story of seductive Herculano Quintanilha, who exerts significant influence over his great love Amanda, the Hayalla family and his friends. These and other enigmas can be found in The Illusionist, a telenovela where seduction is the great secret.
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Title: As Cariocas
Character: Malu
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: TV
"The Cariocas", a series in ten stand-alone episodes, tells the story of ten modern-day women against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro and its stunning urban landscapes. Our protagonists are uninhibited, adulterous, vindictive, suicidal, envious, brides, betrayed, deluded. Women with distinct beauty and quaint peculiarities, each one has a particular way of life.
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Title: Alta Definição
Character: Self
Released: September 12, 2009
Type: TV
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
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Title: Três Irmãs
Character: Waldete Maria do Nascimento Bezerra / Verônica Ramos
Released: September 15, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Pages of Life
Character: Helena Camargo Varela
Released: July 10, 2006
Type: TV
Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.
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Title: Desejos de Mulher
Character: Andréa Vargas
Released: January 21, 2002
Type: TV
Fashion designer Andréa Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her sister Júlia had always been difficult, since childhood, and the antagonism grew when Júlia came between Andréa and her first true love, Diogo. But the worst is still to come: her first assistant in her atelier, Selma, is having an affair with her husband Bruno.
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Um Anjo Trapalhão
Title: Um Anjo Trapalhão
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: Chiquinha Gonzaga
Character: Chiquinha Gonzaga
Released: January 12, 1999
Type: TV
It tells the story of Chiquinha Gonzaga, a revolutionary musician who marked the history of music in Brazil, and challenged the social standards of her time. Chiquinha was raised very comfortably and had an excellent education provided by his father, Jose Basileu, who expected his daughter to be a lady of the imperial court. But after listening to songs played in a black yard and influenced by friends, such as composer Joaquim Callado, Chiquinha begins to make compositions mixing polka and lundu. By imposition of her father, Chiquinha is forced to marry Jacinto, with whom she has three children. However, Jacinto forbids her to play, and she decides to separate from her husband, going against social standards. Chiquinha, then, fights for his freedom to play and will live with the great love of his youth, João Batista de Carvalho Jr., with whom he has a daughter, Alice.
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Title: O Belo e as Feras
Released: January 6, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Anything for Love
Character: Helena Viana Greco
Released: October 13, 1997
Type: TV
Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experiencing difficulties in her marriage with Marcelo because of his renewed interest in a formoe girlfriend. Marcelo‘s mother deslikes Helena and would like nothing better to see her son‘s marriage destroyed. Helena starts her life over again when she falls in love at first sight with Atilio, whom she marries. Although of poor health, her daughter wants to have a baby, believing that by fulfiling her husband‘s dream, she can save her marriage. As fate would have it, mother and daughter fall pregnant at the same time, each giving birth to a boy.
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Title: Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
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Title: História de Amor
Character: Helena Soares
Released: July 3, 1995
Type: TV
Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.
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Title: Incidente em Antares
Character: Shirley Teresinha
Released: November 29, 1994
Type: TV
In 1963, in the fictitious city of Antares in South of Brazil, the workers decide to strike, fighting for better salaries and working conditions. Meanwhile, seven locals die: the conservative and Catholic matriarch and very powerful lady, Quitéria Campolargo; the corrupt lawyer Cícero Branco; the Spanish anarchist shoemaker Barcelona; the drunkard Pudim de Cachaça; the prostitute Erotildes; the student João da Paz; and the pianist Menandro Olinda. Once their bodies remain unburied due to the general strike, they decide to claim to the local authorities the right of being buried. The Major Vivaldino Brazão, the judge Quintiliano do Vale, the "Colonel" Tibério Vacariano and the local sheriff are not able to force the workers to return to their normal activities, so the dead citizens disclose dark secrets about corruption of the leaders and the dwellers. Once they are corpses, they are not subject to the laws of the living and they can freely speak about the sordid hidden secrets.
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Title: Retrato de Mulher
Character: Diversos personagens
Released: April 20, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Rainha da Sucata
Character: Maria do Carmo Pereira
Released: April 2, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Vale Tudo
Character: Raquel Accioli
Released: May 16, 1988
Type: TV
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.
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Happily Ever After
Title: Happily Ever After
Character: Fernanda
Released: January 12, 1986
Type: Movie
A housewife begins a passionate relationship with a bisexual transvestite. Unwittingly, she is pulled into his dangerous and criminal world.
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Title: Roque Santeiro
Character: Porcina da Silva ("Viúva Porcina")
Released: June 24, 1985
Type: TV
In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.
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São Bernardo
Title: São Bernardo
Released: June 11, 1984
Type: Movie
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O Cangaceiro Trapalhão
Title: O Cangaceiro Trapalhão
Character: Aninha
Released: August 19, 1983
Type: Movie
Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson Xavier) and his band of cangaceiros of an ambush armed by the lieutenant Zé Bezerra (Jose Dumont), its eternal persecutor. Captain escapes taking with him the mysterious box that he removed from the interior of the assaulted train in the city of Cajarana. Seeking to escape the shooting, Severino ends up finding himself in the cangaceiros' camp, along with the mishap friends Mussum and Zacarias who, taking advantage of the confusion, fled the chain.
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Title: Sétimo Sentido
Character: Luana Camará / Priscilla Capricce
Released: March 29, 1982
Type: TV
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The Brazilwood Man
Title: The Brazilwood Man
Character: Lalá
Released: February 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.
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Mulher 80
Title: Mulher 80
Character: Self / Presenter
Released: October 19, 1979
Type: Movie
Mulher 80 emerged as a result of the success of 'Malu Mulher' (1979), a miniseries starring Regina Duarte, which addressed the female situation in Brazilian society at that time. The main focus of the special was the female presence in music, honouring the singers and songwriters of MPB with musical numbers and testimonials.
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Title: Malu Mulher
Character: Malu
Released: May 24, 1979
Type: TV
Malu Mulher was a TV series broadcast by Rede Globo from May 24, 1979 to December 22, 1980, written and directed by Daniel Filho. The theme song, Começar de novo, was a great hit in the voice of one of Brazil's greatest popular female singer, Simone.
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Daniel, Capanga de Deus
Title: Daniel, Capanga de Deus
Released: July 13, 1978
Type: Movie
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Stop 88
Title: Stop 88
Character: Ana
Released: February 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Residents of the city of Parada 88, contaminated in 1994 due to the explosion of a chemical industry reactor, live in plastic tunnels, the only way of life that can guarantee their survival, since oxygen, which has become a good consumption, used needs to be reused so as not to generate more expenses. One day, Joaquim wins a lottery that gives him enough money to pay for his and his family's oxygen; but to claim the prize, he'll need to go to the ruins of the factory to collect news from a group of contamination experts adventurers posted there.
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Chão Bruto
Title: Chão Bruto
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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Title: Pecado Capital
Character: Mila
Released: November 24, 1975
Type: TV
Carlão is a taxi driver who lives a drama of conscience after bank robbers on the run leave a suitcase with the stolen money in his car: he doesn't know whether to hand it over to the police, running the risk of being accused of being an accomplice in the robbery, or if you use the money to solve your problems.
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Title: Fogo Sobre Terra
Character: Bárbara Gonzaga
Released: May 8, 1974
Type: TV
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Dibuk - O Demônio
Title: Dibuk - O Demônio
Character: Leah
Released: July 28, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Selva de Pedra
Character: Simone Marques / Rosana Reis
Released: April 10, 1972
Type: TV
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Title: Irmãos Coragem
Character: Rita de Cássia Maciel (Ritinha)
Released: June 8, 1970
Type: TV
Irmãos Coragem is a Brazilian soap opera produced and shown since 2 January 1º of July 1995 to the 18 hours in 155 chapters. Adaptation of Dias Gomes and Marcílio Moraes, with the contribution of Ferreira Gullar and Lilian Garcia, direction of Luiz Fernando Carvalho, substituted for Reynaldo Boury and Carlos Araújo and artistic direction of Pablo Ubiratan. Remake of the original novel of Janete Clair shown in 1970 to 20h.
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Quelé do Pajeú
Title: Quelé do Pajeú
Character: Cesídio's Bride
Released: April 21, 1969
Type: Movie
A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long way and bears its surprises.
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A Compadecida
Title: A Compadecida
Character: A Compadecida
Released: January 22, 1969
Type: Movie
João Grilo is a backwoodsman who tries to get along at the expense of the powerful in the city, who pretend to be respectful of morals and good customs and hide their sins. But when a band of cangaceiros attacks the small town, everyone has to settle accounts with God and the Devil.
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Lance Maior
Title: Lance Maior
Character: Cristina
Released: January 2, 1968
Type: Movie
University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.