Vera Nunes

Vera Nunes, stage name of Isaura Nunes Martins Henriques (12 August 1928 – 2 February 2021), was a Brazilian actress.

Vera Nunes
Born	Isaura Nunes Martins Henriques 12 August 1928 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	2 February 2021(2021-02-02) (aged 92) Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1947–2008

Biography

Henriques studied accounting in her youth, although she had a passion for the arts. She became a radiographer at the age of 13 for the Ministry of Education, working alongside José Vasconcelos and Fernanda Montenegro. She spent some time in Argentina to film *No me digas adiós*, and later returned to Brazil to shoot *Falta alguém no manicômio*. She also founded a theatre company at the Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo.

Nunes was hired by TV Paulista in 1951, which would soon end her film career. She last appeared in a film in the 1957 flick Dorinha no soçaite, and subsequently focused on television. She married actor Altamiro Martins in 1961, who died in 2005.

Vera Nunes died in Campinas on 2 February 2021, at the age of 92.^[1]

Filmography

Cinema

• Não Me Digas Adeus (1948)
• Falta Alguém no Manicômio (1948)
• Uma Luz na Estrada (1948)
• Mãe [pt] (1948)
• Também Somos Irmãos (1949)
• Pinguinho de Gente (1949)
• Garota Mineira (1950)
• Um Beijo Roubado (1950)
• Susana e o Presidente [pt] (1951)
• Presença de Anita [pt] (1951)^[2]
• Custa Pouco a Felicidade (1952)
• Armas da Vingança (1955)
• Dorinha no Soçaite (1957)
• A Quarta Parada (2003)
• Tal Pai Tal Filho (2004)
• Autofagia (2007)
• O Profeta (2008)

Television

• Grande Teatro Tupi [pt] (1952)
• Helena [pt] (1952)
• As Aventuras de Suzana (1953)
• O Casal Mais Feliz do Mundo (1955)
• Estúdio 13 (1959)
• A Ponte de Waterloo [pt] (1959)
• O Pintor e a Florista [pt] (1964)
• As minas de prata (1966)
• Os Fantoches (1967)
• Legião dos Esquecidos [pt] (1968)
• A Menina do Veleiro Azul [pt] (1969)^[3]
• Os Estranhos [pt] (1969)
• Dez Vidas [pt] (1969)
• O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (1970)
• Um Dia, o Amor [pt] (1975)
• O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima (1980)
• Avenida Paulista [pt] (1982)
• Jogo do Amor [pt] (1985)