Helena Ignez
Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil — May 23 1939
Biography
Helena Ignez (Salvador, May 23, 1939) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker. Helena was born in Salvador, Bahia and was attending her second year of law school when she fell in love with theater and decided to study the Dramatic Arts at the Federal University of Bahia. At the time, the Bahian theater scene was breaking with traditional Brazilian theater and experiencing strong influence from the young vanguard. She first appeared on the screen in Glauber Rocha's short film "Pátio". Helena acted in a few films associated with the Cinema Novo movement, su…
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Tereza Batista
Maricota
Fakir
Narrator
Era Preciso Voltar
Regina
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
Self
Meu Mundo em Perigo
Mãe de Ísis
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
Self (archive footage)
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Self
Gravidade
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
Self
The Good Cinema
Scent of Gardenias
Bandida
Embodiment of Evil
Cabíria
The Mother
Dulce
The Priest and the Girl
Mariana
Love Film Festival
Herself
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
Terno
Mãe
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
Isabel
Assault on the Pay Train
Marta
Oswaldianas
O Engano
Mulher do médico
Extracts
A Grande Feira
Ely
Abry
Self
The Red Light Bandit
Janete Jane
Flying Geraldo
São Jerônimo
Marcela
Belair
Mulher Oceano
Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
Ossos
Voz Off
Eclipse
The Woman of Everyone
Ângela Carne e Osso
Face to Face
Luciana
Perigo Negro
Tiafa
Hotel Atlântico
Dona da Pousada
A Miss e o Dinossauro
Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
The Hullabaloo Family
Prostituta
Febre
Nosferatu
Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados
Self
A Última Vanguarda
Self
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
Self
The Monsters of Babaloo
Helena de Guaratiba
Helena
Natureza Morta
Narradora 3
Joy Is the Acid Test
Jarda Ícone
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
Dra. Marina Consiglio
Mulheres de Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Estátua!
Mãe (voz)
Reinvenção da Rua
Herself
The Sign of Chaos
Guida
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
Self
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
No Way, Spider
A Bela P...
Watch Out, Madame
Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
Narração
Rio de Topless
Self
My Calendar Girl
Helena / Palestrante (voz)
Subterrânea
Senhora Ônibus
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
The End of an Age
(voz)
Copacabana Mon Amour
Sônia Silk
It's Not All True
Um Intruso no Paraíso
Grito da Terra
Mariá
Ralé: The Lower Depths
Sonia Silk
Race Antenna
Self
Spray Jet
Bossy Lady
Retrato da Terra
Ela mesma
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Antes do Fim
Canção de Baal
Directing
B2
O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
O Desmonte do Monte
The Welles Raft
Herself
The Outsiders
Trópico de Leão
Medéia
Carnaval na Lama
A Mulher da Luz Própria
Self
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
Diretora
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
Self
Poder dos Afetos
Ritual Xamânico
Um Documentário Brasileiro
Self
A Man and His Cage
Aeromoça
Paixão e Virtude
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
Mother
O Cinema Foi à Feira
Ela mesma
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
Inaudito
Voice
Anônimo e incomum
Flesh
Ugly, Me?
Jarda
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Deuses da Peste
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
O Pátio
The woman
Flesh
(voice)
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
A Balada do Provisório
Provisório's Mother
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
Arlete
Message from Sergipe
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
Desculpa, Dona Madama
Patroa
América: O Grande Acerto de Vespúcio
Editing
Helena Zero
Lost Media
A Colecionadora
A Film to Remind Us of Utopia
Self (archive footage)
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
Voiceover