Zeni Pereira
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1924-12-19
Day of Death
2002-03-21 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Zeni Pereira
Biography
Zenith Pereira de Castro (Salvador, December 9, 1924 – Rio de Janeiro, March 21, 2002) was a Brazilian actress. She stood out as Tia Nastácia in the Rio version of the first Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo, Januária in Escrava Isaura, Maria José in Vale Tudo and Donana in Carinhoso, becoming one of the first and most relevant black references on television.
Known For
Acting
(2015)
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: O Pagador de Promessas - O Filme
as Mãe Maria de Iansã
(1987)
Running Out of Luck
as Matriarch
(1984)
Blame It on Rio
as Mother of the Bride
(1976)
(1975)
(1975)
(1973)
(1973)
O Picapau Amarelo
as Tia Anastácia
(1972)
(1972)
When Carnaval Comes
as Cuíca's mother
(1972)
(1971)
(1970)
(1968)
(1965)
Samba
as Trinidad
(1963)
(1961)
(1959)