Rossana Ghessa

Acting

Rossana Ghessa

Born

1943-01-24 (83)

Place of birth

Carbonia, Sardegna, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

Rossana Ghessa (January 24, 1943) is an Italian-Brazilian actress. Throughout her career, she acted in more than 40 films. Born in Italy, Rossana made her career in Brazilian cinema. She arrived in Brazil when she was only seven years old and in the country she built an extensive career in cinema, initially as an actress and from the 1980s also as a producer.

Known for

Pureza Proibida poster
9.0

Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls in love with a black fisherman, who practices a Afro-Brazilian religion called Umbanda.

Pureza Proibida

1975

The Love Bug poster
4.4

According to an Amazonian indigenous legend, a certain insect, Anophelis sexualis, has aphrodisiac properties: one who is bitten by it will surely die if it does not have sex within two hours. Knowing this news, Hans Muller, a scientist, moves to the habitat of the insect and collects several specimens for research in his laboratory in the city of Ilha Bela, on the coast of São Paulo. There, besides the local administration and the population, there are several tourists. By an accident, the insects flee and attack the world.

The Love Bug

1980

Divertimento poster
NR

Mario is a playboy who is married to Lucía, a millionaire who has fallen on hard times, and he also maintains an adulterous relationship with one of her friends, the temperamental and libertine millionaire Lena Anderson.

Divertimento

1967

Snuff, Victims of Pleasure poster
5.7

After producing a successful underground snuff movie, were the lead actress is raped and killed, the Brazilian Miguel returns to São Paulo pretending to be the American director Michael Tracey and convinces his partner Bob Channing to cast and hire a crew to produce another movie. With attractive salaries, they hire the broken cinema technician Edson Lima and his assistant Juarez. Together, they cast the stripper and hooker Lia de Souza; the decadent and former famous actress Taty Ibanez; the aspirant actress Glória Verdi; the candidate of Miss Contest, the Miss São Paulo Maria Rosa; and an actor interned in a mental institution, Sérgio Bandeira. The group believes that they are going to secretly shoot porn, and moves to the small town of Limeira. When Bob falls in love for Lia, he tries to convince Michael to forget the snuff and avoid her death. But Michael is reluctant and does not want to give up his project. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Snuff, Victims of Pleasure

1977

Moments of Pleasure and Agony poster
3.0

A small-town school teacher leads an apparently normal life, including a longtime boyfriend. But she secretly has several lesbian affairs until the women in her life start being brutally murdered.

Moments of Pleasure and Agony

1983

Adágio ao Sol poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Adágio ao Sol

1996

Film credits

1980s · 13 titles

The Love Bug poster
4.4

According to an Amazonian indigenous legend, a certain insect, Anophelis sexualis, has aphrodisiac properties: one who is bitten by it will surely die if it does not have sex within two hours. Knowing this news, Hans Muller, a scientist, moves to the habitat of the insect and collects several specimens for research in his laboratory in the city of Ilha Bela, on the coast of São Paulo. There, besides the local administration and the population, there are several tourists. By an accident, the insects flee and attack the world.

The Love Bug

1980

Moments of Pleasure and Agony poster
3.0

A small-town school teacher leads an apparently normal life, including a longtime boyfriend. But she secretly has several lesbian affairs until the women in her life start being brutally murdered.

Moments of Pleasure and Agony

1983

Me Deixa de Quatro poster
7.0

A father finds out his son is gay and does everything he can to turn him back to heterosexuality.

Me Deixa de Quatro

1981

Invitation to Pleasure poster
6.6

Two friends discuss their love adventures, and the emptiness ensuing each new conquest.

Invitation to Pleasure

1980

Fantasias Sexuais poster
10.0

Erotic drama composed of three episodes: The Cáften, The Hitchhikers and The Bee Woman.

Fantasias Sexuais

1982

As Intimidades de Duas Mulheres poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

As Intimidades de Duas Mulheres

1980

O Bordel: Noites Proibidas poster
4.6

André is the powerful owner of an illegal casino and popular gambling ("Jogo de Bicho") on the streets. His gang is in war against the gang of Fiore that is trying to steal the gambling establishments of André. When the prostitute Margot sees her old friend and ex-con Sarja working as a waiter in the casino where she tricks clients, she invites him to stay with her in her apartment. When André, who is gay, sees the handsome Sarja, he falls in love with his employee that becomes his protégée. Meanwhile, Sarja and Margot plot to steal the high stakes on St George's Day and they invite André's henchman Lobão and two gangsters to participate in the heist. Meanwhile Fiore also plots to steal André's money with his gang.

O Bordel: Noites Proibidas

1980

Estranhas Relações poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Estranhas Relações

1983

A Virgem e o Bem-Dotado poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

A Virgem e o Bem-Dotado

1980

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

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jorge Amado

1989

Mulheres Liberadas poster
3.8

Segment 1 - THE TIRE (O Pneu)-(20'): Pietro carries a folder full of money with him on his journey. On the road, he meets Luiza who had a flat tire of her car. He spends the night with her in a motel. Segment 2 - THE TELEPHONE (O Telefone)-(20'): Elisa is a dissatisfied woman with her marriage and engages with a stranger on the phone. On the other side of the line, the man tells her erotic things, making her imagine herself living the situations narrated. Segment 3 - THE CURRENT (A Curra)-(40'): A newly married couple from the United States seeks to revive their erotic knowledge in ...

Mulheres Liberadas

1982

Women in Fury poster
5.8

The young, pretty and shy Angela Duvall is jailed for murder in some Latin American country. In the prison she gets brutally "initiated" by the other inmates. The nice, honest and handsome prison doctor believe she's innocent and tries to help her out.

Women in Fury

1984

1970s · 20 titles

Pureza Proibida poster
9.0

Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls in love with a black fisherman, who practices a Afro-Brazilian religion called Umbanda.

Pureza Proibida

1975

Snuff, Victims of Pleasure poster
5.7

After producing a successful underground snuff movie, were the lead actress is raped and killed, the Brazilian Miguel returns to São Paulo pretending to be the American director Michael Tracey and convinces his partner Bob Channing to cast and hire a crew to produce another movie. With attractive salaries, they hire the broken cinema technician Edson Lima and his assistant Juarez. Together, they cast the stripper and hooker Lia de Souza; the decadent and former famous actress Taty Ibanez; the aspirant actress Glória Verdi; the candidate of Miss Contest, the Miss São Paulo Maria Rosa; and an actor interned in a mental institution, Sérgio Bandeira. The group believes that they are going to secretly shoot porn, and moves to the small town of Limeira. When Bob falls in love for Lia, he tries to convince Michael to forget the snuff and avoid her death. But Michael is reluctant and does not want to give up his project. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Snuff, Victims of Pleasure

1977

Ana Terra poster
9.5

Rio Grande do Sul, 18th century. In between the arduous work on the land aiming for the prosperity of her family's farm and the constant attacks from bandits that the militias can't control, a young lady matures amidst the struggles of life. However, after saving the life of a semi-Indian, the wind brings in love, as well as tragic events to her and her family.

Ana Terra

1971

Amantes, Amanhã Se Houver Sol poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Amantes, Amanhã Se Houver Sol

1975

O Filho do Chefão poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Filho do Chefão

1974

Um Marido Sem... É Como um Jardim Sem Flores poster
8.0

A private detective is hired to spy a married woman and ends up falling in love with her.

Um Marido Sem... É Como um Jardim Sem Flores

1972

No artwork available
8.0

Erotic comedy divided in three episodes.

As Secretárias... Que Fazem de Tudo

1975

Memoirs of a Gigolo poster
4.2

Man raised in a brothel tries to earn his living as a pimp, but gets in trouble when his girlfriend cheats on him with an older man.

Memoirs of a Gigolo

1970

Lua de Mel e Amendoim poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lua de Mel e Amendoim

1971

The Palace of Angels poster
5.8

Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends transform a small apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", at first securing money and success, but...

The Palace of Angels

1970

A Pantera Nua poster
5.3

Norma is a low middle class young woman trying to find a rich husband to have comfortable life. She poses naked for a men magazine expecting to be known in the upper class. She engages the gay Marcelinho, who is imposed by his father to get married to have the right to his inheritance, but when Marcelinho's father dies, he calls their deal off. Meanwhile, Norma meets the opportunist and gigolo Lincoln, who pretends to be a tycoon farmer, and they have a torrid affair. But Lincoln believes she is a rich woman from a wealthy family and he intends to marry her to have money.

A Pantera Nua

1979

The Vampire of Copacabana poster
7.0

Carlos and Suely are a normal couple. He has some extramarital adventures and she's a standard housewife. During a Carnival, when he goes out wearing a vampire costume, Suely decides to follow a friend's advice and go for it. On Ash Wednesday, he finds her with an odalisk costume on and happier than usual.

The Vampire of Copacabana

1976

Quando as Mulheres Querem Provas poster
3.8

No synopsis available yet.

Quando as Mulheres Querem Provas

1975

OSS 117 Takes a Vacation poster
4.6

OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double.

OSS 117 Takes a Vacation

1970

As Borboletas Também Amam poster
5.0

Monica, a naive schoolgirl from a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, meets Virginia, a former neighbor, now living in Copacabana. Influenced by her, she decides to take on a double life: in the morning she is the suburban girl, in the afternoon she attends a brothel in the South Zone. One day she meets Flávio, a friend and eventual lover of Virginia. Flávio falls in love with the purity of Monica and wants to drive away her friends, for considering Virginia a bad company for her beloved.

As Borboletas Também Amam

1979

Lucíola - O Anjo Pecador poster
6.3

Recently arrived from Recife, bachelor Paulo goes to a party in Rio de Janeiro and there he meets Lucíola, with whom he falls in love. Despite his friend Sá having announced that Lucíola is a prostitute, Paulo begins to experience great love with her, but cannot avoid being jealous.

Lucíola - O Anjo Pecador

1975

Noiva da Noite - O Desejo de 7 Homens poster
9.0

As revenge against the big landowner who killed his brother, a convict escapes and rapts the man's daughter.

Noiva da Noite - O Desejo de 7 Homens

1974

Violência e Sedução poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Violência e Sedução

1979

Tem Alguém na Minha Cama poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tem Alguém na Minha Cama

1976

Obsessão poster
5.0

A small town in Brazil is the background for this thriller about a murder, disclosing corruption among the leaders of the region.

Obsessão

1973

1960s · 7 titles

Behind the camera