Tamara Taxman

Acting

Tamara Taxman

Born 1947-02-24 · Woodstock, Illinois, USA

Tamara de Braga Taxman (born February 24, 1947) is an American actress, singer, presenter, and writer who lives in Brazil. She is the daughter of an American father from Rock Island, United States, and a Brazilian mother from Varginha, Minas Gerais.

Acting credits

Hour of the Star poster
7.3

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of becoming a congressman.

Hour of the Star

1986

Os Campeões poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Os Campeões

1983

Cabaret Mineiro poster
4.7

An adventurer travels by train through the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, meeting old and new lovers and remembering love affairs of his youth.

Cabaret Mineiro

1981

Discretion Assured poster
4.5

Three American businessmen have a problem with their Brazilian company: someone is embezzling millions of dollars. Michael is having an affair with Frank's wife Paige, but wants to end it. Paige is not so accommodating, and causes trouble with Michael's wife Kitty and his new interest, local artist Miranda. When someone is murdered Michael becomes a suspect, and must try to find the murderer and catch the embezzler while sorting out the wreckage of his personal life.

Discretion Assured

1994

Till Luck Do Us Part poster
6.4

Check out the hilarious story of luck and misadventures of Tino, a family man whose life is transformed after he wins the lottery. Dazzled by wealth, this boaster spends all his money on a life of luxury and ostentation. But after finding out that he is bankrupt, he faces comical situations: besides not telling his wife he is broke because she is pregnant and cannot get upset, Tino must accept help from his neighbor who is an extremely thrifty financial adviser and the only one capable of getting him out of the rut.

Till Luck Do Us Part

2012

A Wolf at the Door poster
7.2

Love turns to hate and panic breeds suspicion as two parents deal with the kidnapping of their child.

A Wolf at the Door

2013

The Story of Fausta poster
6.5

An unhappily married cleaning woman in the slums of Rio entices all the money and gifts she can out of an elderly widower.

The Story of Fausta

1988

Flor do Desejo poster
4.7

In the portuary zone of Santos, São Paulo, a prostitute teams up with an unemployed stevedore while looking for a better life.

Flor do Desejo

1983

Luz Del Fuego poster
5.1

Biography of a Brazilian dancer who lived on an island and practiced nudism when it was forbidden by law.

Luz Del Fuego

1982

Batalha dos Guararapes poster
9.0

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fernandes Vieira, sees himself in the middle of a conflict, torn between joining his friend Mauricio de Nassau alongside the ruling Dutch and siding with his lover Ana Paes in the fight to free his homeland.

Batalha dos Guararapes

1978

Pitanga poster
5.6

This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.

Pitanga

2016

D.P.A. Detetives do Prédio Azul - O Filme poster
7.3

The Detetives do Prédio Azul are faced with the biggest case of their lives: saving the building itself from destruction. Pippo, Sol and Bento infiltrate Dona Leocádia's party, the terrible manager who is literally a witch. There they witness a "magical" crime, which condemns the Blue Building to an emergency demolition.

D.P.A. Detetives do Prédio Azul - O Filme

2017

Sweet Thieves poster
7.0

After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira.

Sweet Thieves

1977

The Adventures of a Paraíba poster
4.5

Young guy from the poor Northeast region of Brazil comes to Rio de Janeiro to try his luck. Naturally, he is faced with many adversities along the way.

The Adventures of a Paraíba

1982

A Noiva da Cidade poster
8.0

When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.

A Noiva da Cidade

1978

Com Minha Viúva, Não! poster
4.0

Beto is unemployed and gets involved in making a porn film, where he ends up mixing his own story with that of the character he plays.

Com Minha Viúva, Não!

1981

Maresia poster
5.3

Where do you draw the line between fact and fiction in one man's life? That's the issue confronting an art expert delving into the biography of a painter who drowned 50 years ago, whose presence suddenly makes itself felt through the appearance of a contemporary friend.

Maresia

2016

Banana Split poster
5.6

In Petrópolis in the 1950s, the group of Nei, Cabelinho, Bambolê, Laura and Carminha is excited about the arrival of the cariocas, who symbolize the highest level of modernity.

Banana Split

1988