Cast
Helena Ignez
Acting
Cast
Helena Ignez
Known for
Acting
Born
1939-05-23
From
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Also known as Helena Ignês, Helena Inês, Helena Inez
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).
Eclipse
as Dona da Kitnet
Copacabana Mon Amour
as Sônia Silk
Embodiment of Evil
as Cabíria
Hotel Atlântico
as Dona da Pousada
The Priest and the Girl
as Mariana
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes
as Multiple Characters (Archive Footage)
Antes do Fim
Oswaldianas
Memórias do Grupo Opinião
as Self (archive footage)
Face to Face
as Luciana
The Red Light Bandit
as Janete Jane
Scent of Gardenias
as Bandida
Nosferatu
Candango: Memoirs from a Festival
as Self
Brazilian Cinema in the 20th Century
as Self
A Grande Feira
as Ely
A Última Vanguarda
as Self
No Way, Spider
Ralé: The Lower Depths
as Sonia Silk
Terno
as Mãe
The Outsiders
Estátua!
as Mãe (voz)
Flying Geraldo
The Hullabaloo Family
as Prostituta
Glauber Rocha - The Movie, Brazil's Labyrinth
as Self
Helena! Cinema!
The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus
My Calendar Girl
as Helena / Palestrante (voz)
Watch Out, Madame
It's Not All True
All Paulos in the World - Paulo José
Bring me the Head of Carmen M.
as Diretora
São Jerônimo
as Marcela
Light in Darkness: The Return of Red Light Bandit
A Mulher da Luz Própria
as Self
A Miss e o Dinossauro
as Herself (archive footage) / (Voz em Off)
Benjamim Zambraia e o Autopanóptico
as Mother
The Lady Who Died in the Trailer
Avacalha e se Esculhamba
Baron Olavo, The Horrible
as Isabel
Rio de Topless
as Self
The Mother
as Dulce
Helena de Guaratiba
as Helena
Assault on the Pay Train
as Marta
O Cinema Foi à Feira
as Ela mesma
Nelson Carneiro: Knight of Democracy
as Self
Mulher Oceano
as Mulher Caminhando de Costas (uncredited)
The Good Cinema
Meu Mundo em Perigo
as Mãe de Ísis
A Vermelha Luz do Bandido
Ugly, Me?
as Jarda
O Pátio
as The woman
Flesh
as (voice)
Not Even God Is As Fair As Your Jeans
as Dra. Marina Consiglio
Fakir
as Narrator
Venus – Filly the Lesbian Little Fairy
as Narração
Love Film Festival
as Herself
The Welles Raft
as Herself
B2
The End of an Age
as (voz)
Abry
as Self
A Man and His Cage
as Aeromoça
Grito da Terra
as Mariá
The Monsters of Babaloo
Um Documentário Brasileiro
as Self
Copacabana, Mon Amour: A Restauração
as Self
Cartas Para Rian
as Nair de Tefé
The Sign of Chaos
as Guida
Mulheres de Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Carnaval na Lama
Ossos
as Voz Off
The Woman of Everyone
as Ângela Carne e Osso
A Bela P...
Trópico de Leão
as Medéia
Desculpa, Dona Madama
as Patroa
Belair
Extracts
O Mel é Mais Doce Que o Sangue
Um Intruso no Paraíso
Lost Media
as A Colecionadora
O Desmonte do Monte
Spray Jet
as Bossy Lady
Febre
O Engano
as Mulher do médico
Poder dos Afetos
as Ritual Xamânico
A Balada do Provisório
as Provisório's Mother
Joy Is the Acid Test
as Jarda Ícone
Gravidade
Retrato da Terra
as Ela mesma
Flesh
If I'm Here It Is by Mystery
as Arlete
Subterrânea
as Senhora Ônibus
Helena Zero
Fogo Baixo, Alto Astral
Inaudito
as Voice
Natureza Morta
as Narradora 3
Sinais de Cinza, A Peleja de Olney Contra o Dragão da Maldade
Mr. Sganzerla: Os Signos da Luz
Race Antenna
as Self
Paixão e Virtude
Deuses da Peste
In Memoriam: O Roteiro do Gravador
Perigo Negro
as Tiafa
Ensaio Sobre o Fracasso
Luz-Lux-Lúcia
Anônimo e incomum
Esse fim de semana vou me dedicar as paredes
A Film to Remind Us of Utopia
as Self (archive footage)
Message from Sergipe
Reinvenção da Rua
as Herself
Nova Pasta, Antigo Baú
as Voiceover