Leila Diniz
Encyclopedia
Leila Diniz was a Brazilian television
, movie and theatre
actress. She died young, at the peak of fame, in an air accident in New Delhi
, India
. Her liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists
and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s.
middle-class family , Leila worked as a teacher
at age 15. At age 17, she met the movie director Domingos de Oliveira, with whom she lived until age 21. Between 1962 and 1964 she had minor roles on stage.
In 1965, Leila started working in television, where made several telenovela
s (12 in total), and various commercials
. In 1967, she also started to make movies (14 in total).
In 1969, she gave an interview to the satirical
newspaper O Pasquim
in which, among other things, said: "It's possible to love one person and go to bed with another. It happened to me". The article provoked anger to the military , and Alfredo Buzaid, Minister of Justice of president Emílio Garrastazu Médici
's government, has decreed censorship
to all newspapers and magazines in Brazil. The law was known as "Leila Diniz decree"
Leila had her contract terminated with TV Globo
, with the excuse of 'moral problems", but in 1970 she was contracted as juror at the show of TV host Flávio Cavalcanti, at TV Tupi
(Cavalcanti, curiously, was a "right-wing" man).
In 1971, Leila had a short participation as a burlesque
star (theatral genre in decline) and she married the movie director Ruy Guerra
, father of her only daughter, Janaína. Once more, she offended the conservative society going to the beach in bikini
, with eight months of pregnancy.
In 1972,coming back from a movie festival in Australia
, where she won a Best Actress award by the movie «Mãos Vazias», Leila died in the Japan Airlines Flight 471
air crash, in India
.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, movie and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actress. She died young, at the peak of fame, in an air accident in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Her liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s.
Biography
Born in a communistCommunism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
middle-class family , Leila worked as a teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
at age 15. At age 17, she met the movie director Domingos de Oliveira, with whom she lived until age 21. Between 1962 and 1964 she had minor roles on stage.
In 1965, Leila started working in television, where made several telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
s (12 in total), and various commercials
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
. In 1967, she also started to make movies (14 in total).
In 1969, she gave an interview to the satirical
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
newspaper O Pasquim
O Pasquim
O Pasquim is the name of a Brazilian periodical which was the first and most important to resist against the Brazilian military dictatorship. The idea for the periodical began in 1968 after a meeting of cartoonist Jaguar with journalists Tarso de Castro and Sérgio Cabral .They were looking for an...
in which, among other things, said: "It's possible to love one person and go to bed with another. It happened to me". The article provoked anger to the military , and Alfredo Buzaid, Minister of Justice of president Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Emílio Garrastazu Médici, was a Brazilian military leader and politician. His rightist rule from 1969 to 1974, marked the apex of military governments in Brazil.-Early life:...
's government, has decreed censorship
Censorship
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to all newspapers and magazines in Brazil. The law was known as "Leila Diniz decree"
Leila had her contract terminated with TV Globo
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
, with the excuse of 'moral problems", but in 1970 she was contracted as juror at the show of TV host Flávio Cavalcanti, at TV Tupi
Rede Tupi
Rede Tupi or TV Tupi was the first television network in South America...
(Cavalcanti, curiously, was a "right-wing" man).
In 1971, Leila had a short participation as a burlesque
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
star (theatral genre in decline) and she married the movie director Ruy Guerra
Ruy Guerra
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira is a film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor in Brazil. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques in Moçambique, when it was still a colony of Portugal....
, father of her only daughter, Janaína. Once more, she offended the conservative society going to the beach in bikini
Bikini
The bikini is typically a women's two-piece swimsuit. One part of the attire covers the breasts and the other part covers the crotch and part of or the entire buttocks, leaving an uncovered area between the two. Merriam–Webster describes the bikini as "a woman's scanty two-piece bathing suit" or "a...
, with eight months of pregnancy.
In 1972,coming back from a movie festival in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, where she won a Best Actress award by the movie «Mãos Vazias», Leila died in the Japan Airlines Flight 471
Japan Airlines Flight 471
Japan Airlines Flight 471 was a Japan Airlines flight from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand to Palam International Airport in New Delhi, India...
air crash, in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Filmography
- 1967 - O Mundo Alegre de Helô - (Luisinha)
- 1967 - Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto - (Maria)
- 1967 - Todas as Mulheres do Mundo - (Maria Alice)
- 1967 - Juego peligroso
- 1968 - Edu, Coração de Ouro - (Tatiana)
- 1968 - O Homem Nu - (Mariana)
- 1968 - A Madona de Cedro - (Marta)
- 1968 - Hunger for LoveHunger for LoveHunger for Love is a 1968 Brazilian drama film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Arduíno Colassanti - Felipe* Manfredo Colassanti* Olga Danitch...
- (Ulla) - 1969 - Corisco, o Diabo Loiro - (Dadá)
- 1969 - Os Paqueras - (as herself)
- 1970 - The AlienistThe Alienist (film)The Alienist is a 1970 Brazilian comedy film directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Nildo Parente - Father Simão Bacamarte* Isabel Ribeiro - D...
- (Eudóxia) - 1970 - O Donzelo - (cameoCameo appearanceA cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
as herself) - 1971 - Mãos Vazias
- 1972 - Amor, Carnaval e Sonhos
External links
- IMDb page
- Leila Diniz (in Portuguese)
- A revolução pela alegria (in Portuguese))
- Leila Diniz (1945-1972) (in Portuguese)