Acting

Monah Delacy

Born 1929-03-22 · Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Monah Delacy, stage name of Lacy Corrêa dos Santos Torloni (Belo Horizonte, March 22, 1929) is a Brazilian actress. She began her artistic career in theater, in 1950, in the plays O Demorado Adeus, Treze à Mesa and A Moratória. She made her film debut in 1960, in the film Esse Rio que Eu Amo, directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen. In the 1960s, she also began dedicating herself to painting, even holding an individual exhibition, with 19 oils, in 1980. From her marriage to actor Geraldo Matheus Torloni, she had two children, Marcio Torloni, who did not pursue an artistic career, and actress Christiane Torloni. She is the grandmother of actor Leonardo Torloni Carvalho. She teaches acting at Casa de Arte das Laranjeiras.

Acting credits

5.0

The youngest daughter of a rich man has been raped by five black men in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and her father arranges her marriage to one of his employees in order to save the family’s honor.

Cute but Ordinary

1981

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds poster

7.0

Created by his son Leonardo, this portrait of Adolfo Celi reconstructs his personal and artistic journey between Italy and Brazil. Through interviews, film clips, testimonials, photos, and extraordinary footage from the Celi family's personal archive, we will revisit the places that shaped his life.

Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

2006

8.0

Three men who never met each other are hired by a mysterious client to carry out a daring bank robbery.

Mulheres & Milhões

1961

5.8

Glorinha, a middle-class 15 year old girl, always thought her mother Judite had killed herself, and that her father Gilberto has gone crazy as result. Her friend Nair takes her to a high-class bordello, where she wants to work. When uncle Raul, who raised her, discovers her prostitution, he decides to finally tell her all the truth about her parents' story.

Perdoa-Me Por Me Traíres

1983

9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Esse Rio que Eu Amo

1962

7.0

A young couple uses creativity to escape the rules of the girl's father, a conservative Italian, and her grandmother. Even under the patriarch's watch, the roguish boyfriend manages to fulfill his desires.

Eu Dou o Que Ela Gosta

1975

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.