Eliana

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

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

1950s · 19 titles

Maria 38 poster
8.0

Maria 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

Here Comes the Baron poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Here Comes the Baron

1951

Carioca Symphony poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Carioca Symphony

1955

Malandros em Quarta Dimensão poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Malandros em Quarta Dimensão

1954

A Outra Face do Homem poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Outra Face do Homem

1954

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Titio Não é Sopa

1959

A Doutora é Muito Viva poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

A Doutora é Muito Viva

1956

The Shadow of Another poster
8.0

A drama about double personality

The Shadow of Another

1950

O Barbeiro Que Se Vira poster
5.9

Barber 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

Nem Sansão Nem Dalila poster
6.3

Barber'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

E o Espetáculo Continua poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

E o Espetáculo Continua

1959

Joy of Living poster
5.8

The 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

Carnaval Atlântida poster
7.1

Movie 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

Vamos com Calma poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vamos com Calma

1956

Rio Fantasia poster
8.5

Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.

Rio Fantasia

1956

Aviso aos Navegantes poster
7.0

In 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 artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Guerra ao Samba

1956

I Loved a Bookie poster
7.0

Intent 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

Depois Eu Conto poster
10.0

Zé 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

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