Mara Rúbia

Acting

Mara Rúbia

Born 1919-02-03 · Ilha de Marajó, Pará, Brazil

Osmarina Lameira Colares Cintra (Belém, February 3, 1918 – Rio de Janeiro, May 15, 1991) was a Brazilian actress, dancer, and showgirl, better known by her stage name Mara Rúbia. She established herself in revue theater during the 1940s and 1950s. By 1953, she was earning 46,000 cruzeiros per month as a contract worker for TV Tupi in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Four years later, she began hosting an exclusive program on the Rio de Janeiro station. At that time, she decided to abandon theater to dedicate herself to other artistic pursuits, but was forced to return at the request of admirers and managers. Her career also included film work—Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Os Deuses e os Mortos —and television— soap operas such as Sinal de Alerta and Feijão Maravilha, on Rede Globo.

Acting credits

Bububu no Bobobó poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Bububu no Bobobó

1980

Aventuras d'um Detetive Português poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aventuras d'um Detetive Português

1975

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands poster
6.8

After the death of her handsome but good-for-nothing husband Vadinho, Flor, a widow, marries Dr. Teodoro, a respectable gentleman. Hilarity ensues when Vadinho's spirit returns into her life.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

1976

That's What I'm Gonna Do poster
7.0

A hard working man goes to São Paulo to look for his twin brother unaware that he's famous for his lazyness.

That's What I'm Gonna Do

1948

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

Fantasma por Acaso poster
8.0

A man dies and in heaven receives the mission of helping his former boss love life.

Fantasma por Acaso

1946

No Trampolim da Vida poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

No Trampolim da Vida

1946

Loucos por Música poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Loucos por Música

1945

Of Gods and the Undead poster
6.0

In the 1930s, in the South of State of Bahia, Brazil, an adventurer with no name or history, who has already been shot seven times, gets involved in the battle for land and cacao plantations. His plan is to take the place of "Colonel" Santana, taking his wife and money. He starts a bloody conflict, in which many simple people and landowners die.

Of Gods and the Undead

1970

The Wedding poster
4.6

On the eve of her wedding, Glorinha finds herself looking back at her life and confronting the injustices, sexual perversions, adultery and crimes that are hidden under the happy bourgeoise facade.

The Wedding

1976

Toda a Vida em 15 Minutos poster
7.0

Passengers aboard a seemingly doomed plane reminisce about their lives, questioning the façade of their daily social activities. Once safe at Santos Dumont Airport, they go back to their old hypocritical selves.

Toda a Vida em 15 Minutos

1954

O Padre Que Queria Pecar poster
8.0

Shortly before becoming a priest, a young man decides to run away from the seminary and goes to Rio de Janeiro. There he will face a series of problems, most of them related to carnal temptations.

O Padre Que Queria Pecar

1975

Como nos Livrar do Saco poster
8.0

Cícero and Samantha are lovers who are going to spend a "honeymoon" in Teresina. However, the girl dies suddenly and Cicero calls his friend Edgar to help him hide the body. The already complicated situation gets even worse when the car that holds the body is stolen.

Como nos Livrar do Saco

1973

O Donzelo poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

O Donzelo

1971