Elke Maravilha

Actress

February 22, 1945 (71 years)

† August 16, 2016

Leutkirch im Allgäu, Baden-Württemberg, German

Biography

Elke Grünupp, known by her stage name Elke Maravilha (Leutkirch im Allgäu, February 22, 1945 – Rio de Janeiro, August 16, 2016), was a German-Brazilian model, judge, presenter and actress. She began to act as a model and mannequin at the age of 24, working with famous stylists of the time and was considered an innovator on the catwalks. Initially discreet, over time she made room for her extravagance.

Filmography

8.0

Celebrity

Self

A successful businesswoman in the music industry sees her life fall apart after a young and mysterious woman starts work as her secretary. The scheming girl is totally obsessed by the famous businesswoman and she tries to steal everything from her, including her career.

9.0

The Return Of The Rockefeller

Rovana

The big shot Albert returns after three years, reuniting with his family — his parents and his sister. And he gets in touch with some acquaintances, such as his old friend Vitório and a decadent high society woman. And once again Albert, the Rockefeller gets involved with millionaires and opportunists.

7.5

As Canalhas

Cacala

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8.0

Memórias de um Gigolô

Madame Yara

The story takes place in São Paulo, in the late 1920s, and has Mariano's memories as its starting point. Orphaned, he loses the aunt who raised him and ends up in Madame Iara's brothel, where he meets two people who transform his life: Esmeraldo, a gigolo who loves the good life who becomes his master; and the prostitute Guadalupe, known as Lu, a sweet and extremely sensual woman. Esmeraldo is Lu's boyfriend, whom he loves unconditionally. Mariano enters the couple's lives and ends up falling in love with her, thus forming the love triangle that drives the entire narrative.

7.9

Pixote

Débora

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.

10.0

Ferdinando Show

Talk Show with Ferdinando

3.6

Xuxa Requebra

Iara Macedo (Macedão)

Nena, a journalist and former student of the Two Hearts dance academy, tries to stop the school from being sold to a group of drug dealers. She trains a group to win the Requebra dance contest that would give them the necessary money to carry their plans.

7.0

Xica

Hortência

The romanced story of Xica da Silva, a slave that used her "feminine atributes" in order to get power.

N/A

Show de Calouros

Self - Judge

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5.0

Desire Machine: 60 Years of Teatro Oficina

Self

In six decades, Teatro Oficina has done more than revolutionize theatrical language in the country: the aesthetic influence of José Celso Martinez Corrêa's company extends from Tropicalism to the renewal of Brazilian audiovisual languages from the 1960s onwards. The film revisits a story that it involves personalities such as Caetano Veloso, Glauber Rocha, Lina Bo Bardi, Chico Buarque and Zé do Caixão, brings together scenic art, ecology, architecture and sexuality, and mixes art and life in the search for a Brazilian based language.

6.5

Amante Latino

Elke

Upon learning that the school where he learned music is going to be expropriated, a famous singer decides to do a show for the benefit of the institution.

8.0

Prisoner of Rio

Frank

The story of the great train robber Ronald Biggs.

6.1

When Carnaval Comes

French Actress

Music manager has to get three of his artists together for a special show, but soon finds out it isn't an easy task.

6.9

Zuzu Angel

Lieselotte

Covering the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice, Zuzu Angel follows the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder, and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in early 1970s Rio de Janeiro, during the darkest era of Brazilian military regime and media censorship.

7.7

Dzi Croquettes

Self

A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.

8.0

A Noiva da Cidade

Daniela

When Daniela, a famous actress, decides to return to her hometown to reconnect with a simpler lifestyle, local politicians decide to exploit her influence in order to get ambiguous deeds done.

6.1

Carrossel 2: O Sumiço de Maria Joaquina

Dona Lelé

The children are invited by a Brazilian music star to one of his shows. But the trip turns into a nightmare when the villains Gonzales and Gonzalito, recently released from prison, decide to kidnap Maria Joaquina.

7.5

Pixote In Memoriam

Self

A tribute documentary on Fernando Ramos da Silva, the famous child star of the acclaimed film by Hector Babenco, "Pixote, a Lei do Mais Fraco" (1981). 20 years after his assassination by the police, his co-stars and Babenco talk about Fernando's contributions to the film, his troubled life when his acting works didn't took off as expected (since he was typecast) and which made him turn back to his past life of poverty and crimes. The project also presents that film's influence to many directors and artists around the world.

5.3

Mato Sem Cachorro

Dona Nora

The day a man almost runs-over a puppy, he meets the love of his life. The couple and their dog live the dream, until she wants out.

9.0

O Milagre - O Poder da Fé

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