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Helena Ignez

Born
1939-05-23
Birthplace
Salvador,
Bahia
Brazil
Born
1939-05-23
Birthplace
Salvador, Bahia
Brazil
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 d......

Profile of Helena Ignez

Helena Ignez

Born
1939-05-23
Birthplace
Salvador, Bahia
Brazil
Born
1939-05-23
Birthplace
Salvador, Bahia
Brazil
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, such as "A Grande Feira" (1961), "Assalto ao Trem Pagador" (1962), and "O Padre e a Moça" (1966) before playing Janete Jane in O Bandido da Luz Vermelha by Rogério Sganzerla. After this film, she would perform in some most significant films in the Cinema Marginal movement, which directly opposed the critically acclaimed Cinema Novo -- the most remarkable being her role as Ângela Carne e "Osso in A Mulher de Todos" (1969). She also was a financial partner of Rogério Sganzerla and fellow Cinema Marginal filmmaker Júlio Bressane in the short-lived, although prolific, Belair production company. Between 1968 and 1970, Sganzerla and Ignez made almost a dozen films together and were also married and had two children -- one of which would become actress Djin Sganzerla. As a filmmaker, Ignez has directed 7 films, the most notable being "Luz das Trevas" (2010), a sequel to Sganzerla's debut feature "O Bandido da Luz Vermelha" (1968).

117 titles with 153 credits

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The Red Light Bandit poster

1968

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Embodiment of Evil poster

2008

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The Priest and the Girl poster

1966

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Assault on the Pay Train poster

1962

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Copacabana Mon Amour poster

1970

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No Way, Spider poster

1970

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O Pátio poster

1959

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Face to Face poster

1967

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It's Not All True poster

1986

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Tereza Batista poster

1992

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The Woman of Everyone poster

1969

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The Sign of Chaos poster

2003

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Hotel Atlântico poster

2009

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Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes poster

1971

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Flesh poster

2019

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The Monsters of Babaloo poster

1970

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Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth poster

2003

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A Grande Feira poster

1961

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Baron Olavo, The Horrible poster

1969

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Watch Out, Madame poster

1970

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Paixão e Virtude poster

2014

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Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit poster

2012

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São Jerônimo poster

1999

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Scent of Gardenias poster

1992

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All Paulos in the World - Paulo José poster

2017

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The Hullabaloo Family poster

1970

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A Man and His Cage poster

1974

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Ralé: The Lower Depths poster

2016

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Love Film Festival poster

2014

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The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus poster

2023

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The End of an Age poster

2014

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My Calendar Girl poster

2018

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Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans poster

2025

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A Miss e o Dinossauro poster

2005

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Meu Mundo em Perigo poster

2007

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Ossos poster

2014

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Mulher Oceano poster

2020

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Natureza Morta poster

2020

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A Balada do Provisório poster

2012

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The Mother poster

2022

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Mulheres de Cinema poster

1978

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Canção de Baal poster

2007

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Estátua! poster

2014

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Race Antenna poster

2020

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Perigo Negro poster

1992

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Inaudito poster

2017

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Era Preciso Voltar poster

1969

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Candango: Memoirs from a Festival poster

2020

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Oswaldianas poster

1992

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Abry poster

2003

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The Outsiders poster

1968

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A Mulher da Luz Própria poster

2019

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Grito da Terra poster

1964

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Antes do Fim poster

2018

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Carnaval na Lama poster

1970

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O Desmonte do Monte poster

2018

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Febre poster

2017

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B2 poster

2001

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Um Intruso no Paraíso poster

1973

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O Engano poster

1967

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Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy poster

2017

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The Lady Who Died in the Trailer poster

2020

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Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz poster

2012

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Anônimo e incomum poster

1990

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O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue poster

2023

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Bring me the Head of Carmen M. poster

2019

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Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade poster

2013

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Ugly, Me? poster

2013

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Spray Jet poster

1986

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Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso poster

2020

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Eclipse poster

2026

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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional poster

1997

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Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century poster

2017

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Nosferatu poster

2025

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A Última Vanguarda poster

2024

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Memórias do Grupo Opinião poster

2019

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The Welles Raft poster

2022

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The Good Cinema poster

2021

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Helena de Guaratiba poster

2023

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Trópico de Leão poster

2025

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Belair poster

2009

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Terno poster

2013

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Joy Is the Acid Test poster

2023

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Poder dos Afetos poster

2013

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Flying Geraldo poster

1994

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Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração poster

2014

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A Film to Remind Us of Utopia poster

2026

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Deuses da Peste poster

2025

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O Cinema Foi à Feira poster

2016

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Helena Zero poster

2006

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Subterrânea poster

2021

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Avacalha e se Esculhamba poster

2010

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Retrato da Terra poster

2004

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Fakir poster

2019

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Primavera nos Dentes – A História do Secos & Molhados poster

2025

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Rio de Topless poster

2020

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Um Documentário Brasileiro poster

2021

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Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy poster

2023

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Extracts poster

2019

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Gravidade poster

2025

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Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico poster

2020

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In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador poster

2019

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Reinvenção da Rua poster

2003

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A Vermelha Luz do Bandido poster

2009

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Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú poster

2021

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Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral poster

2020

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Luz-Lux-Lúcia poster

2005

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Lost Media poster

TBD

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Message from Sergipe poster

2025

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América: O Grande Acerto de Vespúcio poster

1992

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Desculpa, Dona Madama poster

2013

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Helena! Cinema! poster

2026

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A Bela P... poster

2008

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Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes poster

2020

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Cartas Para Rian poster

2026

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If I'm Here It Is by Mystery poster

2024

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Flesh poster

TBD

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