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Vera Nunes

Brazilian actress (1928–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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]

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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)
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