Maria Pompeu (Rio de Janeiro, October 27, 1936) is a Brazilian actress and former vedette. Maria acted in more than 25 films. The only child of separated parents, Maria was very controlled by her mother, due to the standards of the time. Maria Pompeu's passion for theater was discovered almost by chance in childhood, in classes taught by Paschoal Carlos Magno at the Teatro Duse. In adolescence, she had to face her mother's resistance to continue acting. She worked in a bank to pay for a course at the Brazilian Theater Federation, where she took classes with Dulcina de Moraes and Henriette Morineau. She began acting in amateur theater in 1952, under the direction of Pascoal Carlos Magno. In 1955, Maria made her professional stage debut in Diálogo das Carmelitas, directed by Flaminio Bollini Cerri. In 1958, she joined the cast of the Teatro Brasileiro de Comédia (TBC) and, the following year, secured a one-year contract with TV Tupi. Maria Pompeu became president of the Union of Artists and Technicians of Rio de Janeiro in 1981 and fought for the consolidation of the regulation of the actor's profession. Maria lives in the Copacabana neighborhood. (Wikipedia)

Filmography

• 2021There's Something About Mario — Gerusa
• Perdido — Dona Idalina
• 2018Minha Vida em Marte — Senhora do velório
• Helena's Shadow — Wanda
• Sparkling Girls — Voleide Lopes
• The Illusionist — Dalva
• Ciranda de Pedra — Joaquina
• Belíssima — Vedete
• Estrela-Guia — Nenzinha
• 1998Traveller — Mulher do Farmacêutico
• 1997The Naked Man — Heloísa
• 1982Ao Sul do Meu Corpo
• O Homem Proibido — Amélia Nesval
• 1981A Mulher Sensual — Hilda
• Marina — Matilde
• 1979A Rainha do Rádio
• Nina — Clorinda
• À Sombra dos Laranjais — Fátima
• Pecado Capital — Djanira
• O Espigão — Leda
• 1973O Judoka
• 1972Som, Amor e Curtição
• 1971O Bolão
• Assim na Terra Como no Céu — Madame X
• 1970Pais Quadrados, Filhos Avançados
• 1970Simeão, o Boêmio
• 1969América do Sexo — (segment "Balanço")
• Rosa Rebelde — Soledad Navarro
• Verão Vermelho — Teresa
• A Grande Mentira — Gina
• 1968A Um Pulo da Morte
• 1968As Aventuras de Chico Valente
• 1968O Diabo Mora no Sangue
• 1968O Rei da Pilantragem — Married woman
• 1965Crime de Amor — Marlí
• 1965No Tempo dos Bravos
• 1963Crime no Sacopã
• 1963Golden Mouth — Grã-fina

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2002Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino — Self