
Acting
Ângela Maria
Born — Died
1929-05-13 — 2018-09-29
Place of birth
Conceição de Macabu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Known for
Acting
Credits
23 titles
Angela Maria, stage name of Abelim Maria da Cunha (Macaé, May 13, 1929 – São Paulo, September 29, 2018), was a Brazilian singer, composer and actress, exponent of the Radio Era, considered to have one of the best voices in MPB and elected Queen of Radio in 1954.
Known for
8.0Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
The Trapalhões
1977
9.0Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom.
Brasileiras e Brasileiros
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Som do Vinil
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Grandes Nomes
1980
6.0A poor girl must find the money to pay for her blind sister's eyesight operation.
Rua sem Sol
1954
8.5Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.
Rio Fantasia
1956
Film credits
2010s · 3 titles
NRA documentary that follows the life of Serguei - flight-commissioner-turned-rockstar, hippie guru, rockstar and Janis Joplin's lover - chronicling his life from the early 60s until present day.
Serguei - The Last Psychedelic
2017
6.0“Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to recreate through archive’s images in counterpoint with the current production of the artist, thirty-five years of career marked for inventive and transgressing spectacles, always symphonize with its time. Through a coherent boarding with its intransigent trajectory, the film intends to translate the language musical-corporal of Ney Matogrosso, trying audiovisuals resources that express signs evoked poetical politicians and in the repertoire of the singer. A film-song that that looks for to, ultimately, embody the voices of an artist who searches for a nation.
Naked Eye
2014
7.0Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought about his Bahia, even far from it. His family, partners, friends and fans remember his history, which made him one of the pillars of Brazilian culture.
Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018
1970s · 2 titles
1960s · 3 titles
5.2The Syndicate of Brazilian Thieves tries to steal the world's greatest diamond, owned by the international star Iraya, who comes to spend the carnival in Rio. Interpol kicks in.
Carnaval Barra Limpa
1967
6.0When his town is devastated by a flood, a young boy takes it upon himself to seek the help of the president. He meets a variety of characters along the way, not all of whom are eager to help. The road to salvation for his little community becomes one of discovery as he learns to distinguish truth from deceit in director Mauricio de la Serna's charming fable. Antonio Aguilar, Antonio Carlos Pereira and Angela Maria star.
Rumbo a Brasilia
1961
5.2British secret agent 007½ is sent to Rio de Janeiro to recover the plans stolen from a new metal alloy. His contact is a taxi driver, who ends up being murdered by enemy agents.
007½ no Carnaval
1966
1950s · 10 titles
6.0A poor girl must find the money to pay for her blind sister's eyesight operation.
Rua sem Sol
1954
8.5Quartet from Northeast Brazil arrive in Rio de Janeiro, to try their luck in the big city.
Rio Fantasia
1956
6.0Somebody is selling songs for two recording companies, simultaneously. The owner of one of them hires a detective to find out the swindler's identity. But the private-eye is clumsy, and messes things up even more.
Quem Roubou Meu Samba?
1959
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Fuzileiro do Amor
1956
10.0Simple-minded young woman cherishes the dream of becoming a TV star. But during the tests she gets inhibited, being helped backstage by a couple of clowns and her boyfriend, who trust her potential.
Com Água na Boca
1956
8.2A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him.
Rio, Northern Zone
1957
5.6Clementino is a postman who doesn't have much talent for the job and is six months behind in the payment of his apartment. While delivering a correspondence, he is kidnapped by a masked bandit, but manages to escape, and ends up helping the police in the capture of the whole gang, getting a lot of money as reward.
O Rei do Movimento
1955
8.0No synopsis available yet.
O Feijão é Nosso
1955
A woman impressed by news reports about flying saucers, gets hit on the head by a vase, passes out and dreams that she is the 'Queen of Mars', from where she sends an expedition to Earth in order to bring back Rio's Carnaval to the planet.
Carnival on Mars
1955
4.0A group of explorers travels the unexplored regions of the Amazon.
Naked Amazon
1954
Series credits
8.0Os Trapalhões was a Brazilian comedy group and also a Brazilian television series created by Wilton Franco. Its members were Dedé Santana, Zacarias, Mussum and their leader Didi Mocó, that was played by Renato Aragão. The name Trapalhões is derived from the Portuguese verb atrapalhar, which means the opposite of helping, to do something the wrong way or to Those that confuse. The name is translated "Tramps" in English DVD subtitles. It was aired by Rede Globo from 1977 to 1999. On March 18, 1990, Zacarias died due to respiratory failure, but the group and the series didn't come to an end until July 29, 1994, when Mussum died due to an unsuccessful heart transplant.
The Trapalhões
1977
9.0Brasileiros e Brasileiras is a Brazilian telenovela shown in some schedules SBT between November 5, 1990 and May 14, 1991. Writing for the show was done by Carlos Alberto Sofredini and Walter Avancini, who also directed it. The show was a co-production of the Miksom.
Brasileiras e Brasileiros
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
O Som do Vinil
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Grandes Nomes
1980



