Regina Duarte

Regina Blois Duarte (February 5, 1947) is a Brazilian actress and theater director. She debuted in 1965 on TV Excelsior, where she started in minor roles until becoming the protagonist of soap operas such as Anjo Marcado, Legião dos Esquecidos and O Primeiro Pecado. In 1969, due to the financial crisis at the broadcaster which led to bankruptcy shortly afterwards, she transferred to TV Globo and played dozens of notable characters, such as Irmãos Coragem, Selva de Pedra, Sétimo Sentido, Roque Santeiro, Vale Tudo, Rainha da Sucata, O Astro (2011) and Malu Mulher, in addition to the Helenas trilogy in works by Manoel Carlos – História de Amor, Por Amor and Páginas da Vida.

Works

Pages of Life

Nanda must rethink her plansof studying in Amsterdam when she discovers she is pregnant. After losing the support of her boyfriend Léo, the young girl decides to return home, where she suffers a serious accident and dies.However, Helena, her doctor, is able to save her new-born twins: Francisco and Clara. Unfortunately, Clara suffers from Downs Syndrome. Helena feels a strong emotional tie to Clara and adopts her.Years later, the twins’father Léo, a young and wealthy businessman, returns to the scene, wanting to gain custody of the children.However, Helena and Alex fight to the end to retain guardianship of the twins, whom they have raised with such love.

Release Date2006-07-10

Charactersd Helena Camargo Varela

Episode Count203

Vote Count15

Empire

Heartbreak forever changed the fate of the young and humble José Alfredo. Years later, he became the Lord Alfredo, a successful owner of a jewelry empire and a man obsessed with power. Temperamental and cunning, he tries to balance his turbulent marriage, an extramarital love affair, and the dispute between his children over succession in his business. One day, however, the unexpected appearance of a possible daughter, of whom he was unaware, causes upheaval in his life and takes his familial conflicts to a whole new level.

Release Date2014-07-21

Charactersd Maria Joaquina Braga

Episode Count4

Vote Count18

Vale Tudo

Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family's house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever.

Release Date1988-05-16

Charactersd Raquel Gomes Accioli

Episode Count204

Vote Count27

Roque Santeiro

In the tiny poor town of Asa Branca, in the middle of Brazilian Northeast, Roque Santeiro is worshiped as a saint. He was supposedly killed by a bandit, 18 years ago, trying to save the local church. After his disappearance, local leaderships such as landowner Sinhozinho Malta and mayor Florindo, took profit on that to control the humble population. They even make up a widow, Porcina, who should have married Roque secretly before his death. What they don't expect is that Roque is alive, and he's back to, allegedly, "save his people". Now Malta, Florindo, Porcina, and others must hold him down and explain the "truth" to their commoners, in a desperate attempt to save their own bottoms. Meanwhile, mysterious facts surround Asa Branca, such as a Werewolf, a film crew who are trying to shoot a movie about Roque's story, and violent murderers.

Release Date1985-06-24

Charactersd Porcina da Silva ("Viúva Porcina")

Episode Count209

Vote Count22

The Bunglers

Os 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.

Release Date1977-03-13

Charactersd Ela mesma (em São Paulo)

Episode Count1

Vote Count15

Tá no Ar: A TV na TV

A sketch show satirizing Brazilian television programs.

Release Date2014-04-10

Charactersd Regina Duarte

Episode Count10

Vote Count12

Anything for Love

Helena is an independendent woman with strong emotions. More than a dedicated mother, she is also a friend to her daughter. Her daughter is experiencing difficulties in her marriage with Marcelo because of his renewed interest in a formoe girlfriend. Marcelo‘s mother deslikes Helena and would like nothing better to see her son‘s marriage destroyed. Helena starts her life over again when she falls in love at first sight with Atilio, whom she marries. Although of poor health, her daughter wants to have a baby, believing that by fulfiling her husband‘s dream, she can save her marriage. As fate would have it, mother and daughter fall pregnant at the same time, each giving birth to a boy.

Release Date1997-10-13

Charactersd Helena Vianna

Episode Count191

Vote Count19

Três Irmãs

Release Date2008-09-15

Charactersd Waldete Maria do Nascimento Bezerra / Verônica Ramos

Episode Count179

Vote Count6

Tempo de Amar

Release Date2017-09-26

Charactersd Madame Lucerne / Catarina do Espírito Santo

Episode Count148

Vote Count5

Rainha da Sucata

Release Date1990-04-02

Charactersd Maria do Carmo Pereira

Episode Count179

Vote Count8

Pecado Capital

Carlão is a taxi driver who experiences a drama of conscience after fleeing bank robbers leave a suitcase with stolen money in his car: he doesn't know whether to hand it over to the police, running the risk of being accused of being an accomplice in the robbery, or whether to use the money to solve his problems.

Release Date1975-11-24

Charactersd Mila

Episode Count167

Vote Count3

Sete Vidas

Release Date2015-03-09

Charactersd Esther

Episode Count106

Vote Count4

Selva de Pedra

Release Date1972-04-10

Charactersd Simone Marques / Rosana Reis

Episode Count243

Vote Count7

Desejos de Mulher

Fashion designer Andréa Vargas finds out the hard way she is adopted. The relationship with her sister Júlia had always been difficult, since childhood, and the antagonism grew when Júlia came between Andréa and her first true love, Diogo. But the worst is still to come: her first assistant in her atelier, Selma, is having an affair with her husband Bruno.

Release Date2002-01-21

Charactersd Andréa Vargas

Episode Count185

Vote Count2

O Outro

O Outro

Release Date1987-03-23

Charactersd Participação Especial (juíza no julgamento de Paulo Della Santa)

Episode Count173

Brava Gente

Brava Gente was a television series aired by TV Globo in Brazil between 2000 and 2003, initially as a special year-end. The program was adapted from stories and national stories, and plays by famous playwrights, screenwriters and signed by a number represented by several actors and actresses. The genres of the stories varied each week with the style of each director or author. Brava Gente in the stories ranged from comedies and dramas. In all 53 episodes were shown, broadcast on Tuesday nights.

Release Date2000-12-26

Charactersd feiticeira

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

Guerra dos Sexos

Release Date1983-06-06

Charactersd Alma

Episode Count3

Vote Count10

Minha Doce Namorada

Minha Doce Namorada

Release Date1971-04-19

Charactersd Patrícia

Episode Count242

História de Amor

Helena is a sweet, honest, sensitive and a warrior woman who faces the premature pregnancy of her daughter Joyce, who in turn is abandoned by her boyfriend, the irresponsible Caio. The biggest problem is the girl's father, Assunção, Helena's ex-husband, who does not accept the situation. Lonely and alone, Helena awakens a passion for the endocrinologist Carlos Alberto, and has her feelings matched. But Carlos is committed to the possessive Paula. The girl's parents, Zuleika and Rômulo, anxiously await their daughter's wedding with Carlos, who will save the family from financial decay. But Carlos is the type of man that women don't really forget. Even married to Paula and in love with Helena, he is still harassed by ex-wife Sheyla, who is not satisfied with having lost him and dreams of a rapprochement.

Release Date1995-07-03

Charactersd Helena Soares

Episode Count209

Vote Count7

Sétimo Sentido

Release Date1982-03-29

Charactersd Luana Camará / Priscilla Capricce

Episode Count166

Vote Count5

As Cariocas

"The Cariocas", a series in ten stand-alone episodes, tells the story of ten modern-day women against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro and its stunning urban landscapes. Our protagonists are uninhibited, adulterous, vindictive, suicidal, envious, brides, betrayed, deluded. Women with distinct beauty and quaint peculiarities, each one has a particular way of life.

Release Date2010-10-19

Charactersd Malu

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Os Estranhos

Os Estranhos

Release Date1969-03-24

Charactersd Melissa

Episode Count115

Our Lady of Compassion

João Grilo is a backwoodsman who tries to get along at the expense of the powerful in the city, who pretend to be respectful of morals and good customs and hide their sins. But when a band of cangaceiros attacks the small town, everyone has to settle accounts with God and the Devil.

Release Date1969-01-22

Charactersd A Compadecida

Vote Count6

Caso Especial

Release Date1971-09-10

Charactersd Rosana

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Never Too Old to Meow

Gloria Polk is a decadent writer who decided to return to writing a fiction book after 17 years of absence. One day, she decides to open her home to Carol, a young journalist who lives in his building and is married to her former husband. Excited about the opportunity, Carol realizes that Gloria has an obscure facet which meant that she had great difficulty in relating to other people over the years.

Release Date2014-05-15

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Charactersd Gloria Polk

Vote Count7

The Puppets

The Puppets

Aníbal is a millionaire, knowing that he is going to die, invites a group of relatives and friends to stay at his luxury hotel. They are all linked to a mystery of their past. Some will be rewarded with inclusion in the will; others will be punished. To know who was his real friend and who harmed him, Aníbal starts to manipulate everyone, as if they were puppets.

Release Date1967-07-10

Charactersd Bete Viana

Episode Count173

Chiquinha Gonzaga

It tells the story of Chiquinha Gonzaga, a revolutionary musician who marked the history of music in Brazil, and challenged the social standards of her time. Chiquinha was raised very comfortably and had an excellent education provided by his father, Jose Basileu, who expected his daughter to be a lady of the imperial court. But after listening to songs played in a black yard and influenced by friends, such as composer Joaquim Callado, Chiquinha begins to make compositions mixing polka and lundu. By imposition of her father, Chiquinha is forced to marry Jacinto, with whom she has three children. However, Jacinto forbids her to play, and she decides to separate from her husband, going against social standards. Chiquinha, then, fights for his freedom to play and will live with the great love of his youth, João Batista de Carvalho Jr., with whom he has a daughter, Alice.

Release Date1999-01-12

Charactersd Chiquinha Gonzaga

Episode Count38

Vote Count4

Malu Mulher

Malu Mulher

Malu Mulher was a TV series broadcast by Rede Globo from May 24, 1979 to December 22, 1980, written and directed by Daniel Filho. The theme song, Começar de novo, was a great hit in the voice of one of Brazil's greatest popular female singer, Simone.

Release Date1979-05-24

Charactersd Malu

Episode Count43

Irmãos Coragem

The fight for freedom and against oppression is the central theme of this soap opera that tells the story of the Coragem brothers: João, Jerônimo and Duda, in the city of Coroado.

Release Date1970-06-08

Charactersd Rita de Cássia Maciel (Ritinha)

Episode Count328

Vote Count1

Dez Vidas

Dez Vidas

Release Date1969-08-04

Charactersd Pompom (1ª versão)

Episode Count50

Lance Maior

University student who works in a bank experiences a personal crisis: he is torn between his ambitions and the temptation to engage in the armed movement against the military dictatorship of the time, in Brazil. At the same time, his love life is also confusing: he is unable to choose between two girls: an apolitical rich one, whose main interest is her own sexual liberation; and a working girl with family problems.

Release Date1968-01-02

Charactersd Cristina

Vote Count5

The Illusionist

The illusionist is mysterious, captivating and mesmerizes all those around him. But is he really a swindler or a man with extraordinary powers? This fascinating telenovela tells the story of seductive Herculano Quintanilha, who exerts significant influence over his great love Amanda, the Hayalla family and his friends. These and other enigmas can be found in The Illusionist, a telenovela where seduction is the great secret.

Release Date2011-07-12

Charactersd Clotilde Hayalla "Clô"

Episode Count64

Vote Count10

Quelé do Pajeú

A man seeks revenge after his sister get raped by an unknown foreign, identified only by scar and a missing finger. But his payback journey is a long way and bears its surprises.

Release Date1969-04-21

Charactersd Cesídio's Bride

Vote Count8

Stop 88

Residents of the city of Parada 88, contaminated in 1994 due to the explosion of a chemical industry reactor, live in plastic tunnels, the only way of life that can guarantee their survival, since oxygen, which has become a good consumption, used needs to be reused so as not to generate more expenses. One day, Joaquim wins a lottery that gives him enough money to pay for his and his family's oxygen; but to claim the prize, he'll need to go to the ruins of the factory to collect news from a group of contamination experts adventurers posted there.

Release Date1978-02-27

Charactersd Ana

Vote Count1

Nina

Nina

Release Date1977-06-27

Charactersd Nina

Episode Count145

As Minas de Prata

As Minas de Prata

Release Date1966-11-28

Charactersd Inesita

Episode Count203

Carinhoso

Cecília is in love with Eduardo, a millionaire who doesn't care about their relationship. Ready for a new direction in life, she ends the relationship and goes to work as a flight attendant in New York. Later, she returns to win back her love, but things are not the same anymore.

Release Date1973-07-02

Charactersd Cecília

Episode Count9

Vote Count1

Fogo Sobre Terra

The plot takes place in a fictional city called Vale do Café, where two powerful families, the Toledo and Fontes, are locked in an intense dispute for power and land ownership. Conflicts are marked by betrayals, forbidden loves and dark secrets. The soap opera addresses themes such as ambition, revenge, romance and conflicts between families, showing the fire that consumes the land and human relationships.

Release Date1974-05-08

Charactersd Bárbara Gonzaga

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Dybbuk: The Demon

Hannan is a brilliant Talmudic scholar who is constantly searching for something that not even he knows exactly what it is, living in the anguish of constant existential crises. He delves into the mystical arts of Kabbalah, seeking answers to his questions, in addition to traveling to countless places.

Release Date1972-07-28

Charactersd Leah

Vote Count1

Incidente em Antares

In the fictional town of Antares, a general strike prevents seven corpses from being buried in the local cemetery. The corpses then come back to life to demand the authorities the right to be buried.

Release Date1994-11-29

Charactersd Shirley Teresinha

Episode Count12

Vote Count2

Retrato de Mulher

Release Date1993-04-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenstory

Charactersd

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

O Terceiro Pecado

O Terceiro Pecado

Release Date1968-02-12

Charactersd Carolina Diniz

Episode Count126

A Grande Viagem

A Grande Viagem

Release Date1965-11-01

Charactersd Isabel

Episode Count101

A Deusa Vencida

A Deusa Vencida

Release Date1965-07-01

Charactersd Malu (Maria Luísa)

Episode Count106

Véu de Noiva

Release Date1969-11-10

Charactersd Andreia Madeira / Roberta / Maria Célia

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Anjo Marcado

Anjo Marcado

Release Date1966-07-13

Charactersd Lílian

Episode Count101

Happily Ever After

Fernanda is content with her life until she meets Miguel, a drug addict, bisexual male prostitute. She becomes captivated by him and leaves her family behind in favor of a new life filled with sex and debauchery.

Release Date1985-05-13

Charactersd Fernanda

Vote Count8

Despedida de Casado

Release Date1977-01-03

Charactersd Stela

The Brazilwood Man

Fantasy comedy about Brazilian writer Oswald de Andrade, one of the most important icons of Modernism in Brazil. In the film, Oswald is played by two actors: Ítala Nandi, as his feminine anima, and Flávio Galvão, as the masculine half.

Release Date1982-02-22

Charactersd Lalá

Vote Count10

O Cangaceiro Trapalhão

Severino do Quixadá (Renato Aragão), a humble northeastern shepherd of goats, rescues Captain Virgulano or simply Captain (Nelson Xavier) and his band of cangaceiros of an ambush armed by the lieutenant Zé Bezerra (Jose Dumont), its eternal persecutor. Captain escapes taking with him the mysterious box that he removed from the interior of the assaulted train in the city of Cajarana. Seeking to escape the shooting, Severino ends up finding himself in the cangaceiros' camp, along with the mishap friends Mussum and Zacarias who, taking advantage of the confusion, fled the chain.

Release Date1983-08-19

Charactersd Aninha

Vote Count30

Show 50 Anos

Release Date2015-04-25

Charactersd Viúva Porcina

Vote Count2

Astro: An Urban Fable in a Magical Rio de Janeiro

An urban fable that portrays the process of adaptation of Astro, the protagonist, to the city of Rio de Janeiro. The daughter of a Brazilian mother and a Swedish father, Astro comes to Brazil to receive an inheritance and ends up staying longer than she expected when she meets Alice. ART and the CITY are narrative elements that work in the transformation of the character. A positive history and vibrant rapture of self built on the border between reality and unconsciousness. An rapture of self built on the border between reality and unconsciousness.

Release Date2012-09-27

Charactersd Neighbour

Alta Definição

In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.

Release Date2009-09-12

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Mulher 80

Mulher 80 emerged as a result of the success of 'Malu Mulher' (1979), a miniseries starring Regina Duarte, which addressed the female situation in Brazilian society at that time. The main focus of the special was the female presence in music, honouring the singers and songwriters of MPB with musical numbers and testimonials.

Release Date1979-10-19

Charactersd Self / Presenter

Vote Count1

Fernando Collor: The Maharajah Hunter

The rise and fall of Fernando Collor de Mello, Brazil's youngest president and the first president in the Americas to be impeached.

Release Date2025-10-16

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Show 60 Anos

Release Date2025-04-28

Charactersd Self

Vote Count4

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."

Release Date1997-01-01

Charactersd Self

Chão Bruto

Release Date1976-01-01

The Underground Man

Set in 1930, a tormented man and his butler live in an old house in Adrogué, where pornographic films are filmed in the basement following the grandfather’s testament.

Release Date1981-09-03

Vote Count3

O Belo e as Feras

Release Date1999-01-06

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

São Bernardo

Release Date1984-06-11

Daniel, Capanga de Deus

Release Date1978-07-13

Press Awards

The Press Awards, also known as the Troféu Imprensa, are presented annually by SBT, to honor the best Brazilian television productions, including telenovelas.

Release Date1961-01-01

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Hoje tem Futebol

Release Date1976-01-01

Brasileiríssima - A história da telenovela

Release Date2022-06-09

Vote Count1

Para Sempre Teu, Caio F.

Inspired by the book of the same name by Paula Dip, this is a biography of the Brazilian writer Caio Fernando Abreu. With a mixture of languages inherent to Caio F.'s work - cinema, theater, music and literature -, the narrative line is conducted through testimonies from family, friends, editors and scholars who maintained a relationship with the author. And actors who interpret their texts.

Release Date2014-10-05

Vote Count4

Um Anjo Trapalhão

Release Date2000-12-08

Vote Count2

Fora do Figurino - As Medidas do Jeitinho Brasileiro

Release Date2013-03-22

Vote Count1