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      • Bete Mendes (born Elizabeth Mendes de Oliveira; 11 May 1949) is a Brazilian actress and politician.


      Biography




      = Early life

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      Bete Mendes was born Elizabeth Mendes de Oliveira in Santos, São Paulo. She is the daughter of Osmar Pires de Oliveira, a Sub-Lieutenant of the Brazilian Air Force, and Maria Mendes de Oliveira. She acted in school plays since she was 5.
      However, her artistic career really began at age 15, in her hometown of Santos, in the role of bunny Naná in the play A Árvore que Andava, by Oscar Von Phull.
      Mendes has a degree in performing arts by the University of São Paulo (USP), and was pursuing a degree in Sociology when she was arrested by the political police of the military dictatorship.
      She performed by the first time in theatre with the play A Cozinha (The kitchen) on 1968. At that same year, she had a prominent role in the popular TV Tupi soap opera Beto Rockfeller.


      = Arrest

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      On 1970, Mendes was arrested by the DOI-CODI, being held as prisoner for four years. Between September and October 1974, she was once again detained, this time being tortured. She was acquitted by the Superior Tribunal Militar (Superior Military Court), being released after spending 30 days in prison. Upon her release, she decided to quit the Sociology School.


      = Political career

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      Mendes actively participated in several social movements, such as for the professional regulation of artists (achieved in 1978) and the movement for the amnesty. She supported the strikes of metalworkers in the ABC Region, where she became familiar with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, then a growing figure in the Brazilian political scene. Along with Lula, Mendes was one of the founding members of the Workers' Party, by which she was elected Congresswoman for the 1983-87 term.
      On 15 January 1985, Mendes was expelled from the Workers' Party for having voted, in the Electoral college (indirect election system), for Tancredo Neves as President. She was re-elected for the Congress by the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, but this time she was a member of the National Constituent Assembly. Mendes was also Secretary of Culture in the state of São Paulo between 15 March 1987 and 21 December 1988, and president of the Fundação de Artes do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Arts Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro) in 1999.


      = Brilhante Ustra case

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      When exercising her second term as congresswoman, Mendes joined the entourage of President José Sarney on an official visit to Uruguay. On 17 August 1985, she discovered that among the officers of the Brazilian Embassy in Uruguay were Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, the man who tortured her in prison.


      Filmography




      = Film

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      2006 - Brasília 18%
      2004 - Vestido de Noiva
      1981 - Eles Não Usam Black-tie
      1980 - Insônia
      1980 - J.S. Brown, o último herói
      1979 - Os Amantes da Chuva
      1974 - As Delícias da Vida
      1968 - Sandra Sandra


      = Television

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      2017 - Tempo de Amar as Irmã Imaculada
      2013 - Flor do Caribe as Olívia Soares
      2012 - Gabriela as Florzinha Reis
      2011 - Insensato Coração as Zuleica Alencar
      2009 - Caras e Bocas as Piedade Batista
      2008 - Faça Sua História as Iracema
      2008 - Casos e Acasos as Hilda
      2007 - Sítio do Picapau Amarelo as Dona Benta
      2006 - Páginas da Vida as Sister Natércia
      2005 - América as Fátima
      2004 - Seus Olhos sa Edite
      2003 - A Casa das Sete Mulheres as Dona Ana Joaquina
      2000 - Aquarela do Brasil as Olga
      1999 - Terra Nostra as Ana Esplendore
      1998 - Brida as Diva
      1996 - O Rei do Gado as Donana
      1994 - Pátria Minha as Zuleica
      1994 - Memorial de Maria Moura as Maria Moura's mother
      1994 - Quatro por Quatro as Fatima
      1993 - O Mapa da Mina as Carmem Rocha
      1992 - Anos Rebeldes as Carmem Damaceno
      1990 - Lua Cheia de Amor as Emília
      1989 - Tieta as Aída
      1985 - O Tempo e o Vento as Maria Valéria Terra
      1985 - De Quina pra Lua as Patrícia
      1981 - Floradas na Serra as Elza
      1980 - Dulcinéa Vai à Guerra as Jerusa
      1980 - Pé de Vento as Terezinha
      1978 - Sinal de Alerta as Vera
      1977 - Sinhazinha Flô as Flor
      1976 - O Casarão as Vânia
      1975 - Bravo! as Lia di Lorenzo
      1974 - O Rebu as Sílvia
      1973 - Divinas & Maravilhosas as Carolina
      1973 - A Volta de Beto Rockfeller as Renata
      1972 - A Revolta dos Anjos as Stela
      1972 - Na Idade do Lobo as Carina
      1971 - Nossa Filha Gabriela as Catarina
      1970 - O Meu Pé de Laranja Lima as Godóia
      1970 - Simplesmente Maria as Angélica
      1969 - Super Plá as Titina
      1968 - Beto Rockfeller as Renata
      1966 - Águias de Fogo


      References




      External links


      Bete Mendes at IMDb

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