
Acting
Eliana
Born — Died
1926-09-21 — 1990-07-18
Place of birth
Itaocara - RJ - Brasil
Known for
Acting
Credits
29 titles
Ely Macedo de Souza, (Itaocara, September 21, 1926 – Rio de Janeiro, July 18, 1990), better known by her stage name Eliana Macedo or just Eliana, was a Brazilian actress and singer. Considered one of the great stars of national cinema, she was the winner of the Saci Award in 1954 – the biggest cinematographic award at the time – for her work on A Outra Face do Homem and the main artist of Atlântida Cinematográfica, the largest producer of Brazilian films at the time. In 1964, after 26 films, she abandoned her film career at the height of her stardom when musical comedies began to lose ground to the realistic dramas of Cinema Novo, claiming that she would leave the genre before it was exhaus…
Known for
9.4Romantic and dreamy, Eliana works at a five-star hotel and becomes involved with unrequited love, a bumbling gang, and a complex police story.
Feijão Maravilha
1979
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Musicalíssima
1965
9.0This story begins with Marcelo's funeral. His family, his fiancée Lúcia and three suspicious men are the only people accompanying the coffin. By night, at home, Rosa, Ricardo and Lúcia notice something strange: Marcelo's room has been completely ransacked. Suddenly, the phone rings. Rosa answers and hears the voice of her son who had just died. The shock is too strong for the poor lady, who dies of a syncope. To understand these sinister events, we have to go back three days...
The Dead at the Phone
1963
8.0Maria is a young woman who becomes a well-known crook in the bohemian district of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. She earns her living with little scams and tricks. Nevertheless, she is good-hearted, and that's why her latest cheat doesn't work at all.
Maria 38
1959
NR"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Here Comes the Baron
1951
Film credits
1970s · 2 titles
1960s · 3 titles
9.0This story begins with Marcelo's funeral. His family, his fiancée Lúcia and three suspicious men are the only people accompanying the coffin. By night, at home, Rosa, Ricardo and Lúcia notice something strange: Marcelo's room has been completely ransacked. Suddenly, the phone rings. Rosa answers and hears the voice of her son who had just died. The shock is too strong for the poor lady, who dies of a syncope. To understand these sinister events, we have to go back three days...
The Dead at the Phone
1963
6.0The project of urbanization of a shantytown is endangered by lack of money. To get the necessary sum, three friars start to sing in plain clothes, incognito, also recording records and doing shows in nightclubs.
Três Colegas de Batina
1961
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Samba em Brasília
1960
1950s · 19 titles
8.0Maria is a young woman who becomes a well-known crook in the bohemian district of Lapa, in Rio de Janeiro. She earns her living with little scams and tricks. Nevertheless, she is good-hearted, and that's why her latest cheat doesn't work at all.
Maria 38
1959
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Here Comes the Baron
1951
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Carioca Symphony
1955
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Malandros em Quarta Dimensão
1954
10.0No synopsis available yet.
A Outra Face do Homem
1954
No synopsis available yet.
Titio Não é Sopa
1959
10.0No synopsis available yet.
A Doutora é Muito Viva
1956
8.0A drama about double personality
The Shadow of Another
1950
5.9Barber likes to help everybody in town. Now, he's trying to help a young couple in love defeat the girl's tutor, who is against the romance.
O Barbeiro Que Se Vira
1958
6.3Barber's jeep crash against crazy scientist's house, where the latter was building a time-machine. The crash triggers the machine, taking them to Gaza kingdom, circa 1153 B.C., where they get involved in many funny situations. Spoof of Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah
Nem Sansão Nem Dalila
1955
10.0No synopsis available yet.
E o Espetáculo Continua
1959
5.8The boss of Gilberto, an exemplary employee, wants to marry him with his daughter, Elisabeth. But her cousin, an unattractive girl, appears to meet him. Gilberto, who leads a hectic life, knows Betty, independent girl by whom one falls in love. In the end, she discovers that she is the boss's daughter.
Joy of Living
1958
7.1Movie producer Cecílio B. de Milho is intent on filming an epic about Helen of Troy, while some of the crew would rather turn it into a musical comedy.
Carnaval Atlântida
1952
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Vamos com Calma
1956
8.5Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.
Rio Fantasia
1956
7.0In Buenos Aires, Frederico hides in a ship going to Rio de Janeiro to travel for free. But Azulão, the cook, finds him and blackmails him into working in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Alberto, the captain, receives a radio message saying that there was a dangerous international spy on board. Things get worse when some passports are mixed-up.
Aviso aos Navegantes
1950
No synopsis available yet.
Guerra ao Samba
1956
7.0Intent on offering his fiancée a better life, countryman heads for Rio de Janeiro in search of a place in the sun...
I Loved a Bookie
1952
10.0Zé da Bomba dreams of being rich, and his neighbour dreams of being an artist and having an affair with him.
Depois Eu Conto
1956
1940s · 2 titles
6.0No synopsis available yet.
... E o Mundo Se Diverte
1949
10.0A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other. The janitor Serafim receives a letter from his unknown American brother, who will come to Rio to spend the carnival and meet him, and asks Eliana for a chance in the show, since his brother believes he is an artist. When Ricardo finds the cigarette case lost by Anjo in the entrance of the hotel, he is misidentified by the thieves, and this is the beginning of lots of confusion and fun.
Carnaval no Fogo
1949


