Leila Diniz
Leila Roque Diniz (25 March 1945 – 14 June 1972) was a Brazilian television, movie and theatre actress, whose liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s.
Born in a middle-class family and the daughter of a communist activist, Leila worked as a kindergarten teacher at age 15. At age 17, she met movie director Domingos de Oliveira, with whom she lived until age 21. Between 1962 and 1964 she had minor roles on stage. In 1965, Diniz started working in television, where she made several telenovelas and various commercials. In 1967, she also started to make movies.
She died on 14 June 1972, aged 27, at the peak of fame, coming back from a movie festival in Australia, where she won a Best Actress award for the movie Mãos Vazias ("Empty Hands"), in the Japan Airlines Flight 471 crash in India.
Known for
Hunger for Love
Ulla
Mineirinho, Vivo ou Morto
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self (archive footage)
Corisco, o Diabo Loiro
Dadá
The Alienist
Eudóxia
Love, Carnival and Dreams
Pirata
Os Acorrentados
Irmã Amparo de Fátima
A Menina do Veleiro Azul
Ester
Divertimento
Dangerous Game
Servant (segment "Divertimento")
Os Paqueras
Ela mesma
Dez Vidas
Pompom (2ª versão)
Eu Compro Essa Mulher
Úrsula
A Madona de Cedro
Marta
Edu, Coração de Ouro
Tatiana
Ilusões Perdidas
Paixão de Outono
Maria Luísa
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
E Nós, Aonde Vamos?
Sônia Monteiro
A Public Opinion
Domingos
(archive footage)
Anastácia, a Mulher sem Destino
Anastácia / Henriette / Rose
Já que Ninguém me Tira Para Dançar
Self (archive footage)
All the Women in the World
Maria Alice
O Donzelo
Leila
Mãos Vazias
Ida
A Rainha Louca
Lorenza
The Naked Man
Mariana
Mulheres de Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Fantasia para Ator e TV
O Mundo Alegre de Helô
Leila Para Sempre Diniz
Self (archive footage)