Glória Menezes

Known for

Acting

Born

October 19, 1934

Birthplace

Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Died

August 18, 2026 (aged 91)

Biography

Nilcedes Soares de Magalhães, known as Glória Menezes (née Guimarães; Pelotas, October 19, 1934 – Rio de Janeiro, August 18, 2026), was a Brazilian actress. Throughout her career in television and cinema, she received four Press Trophies, an APCA Award and a Mambembe Award, among others. In 2004, she was awarded the Mário Lago Trophy for her work as a whole.

She was married for 59 years to actor Tarcísio Meira, until his death in 2021; they are the parents of actor Tarcísio Filho.

Best known work

If I Were You

2006

The Given Word

1962

Total Dreamer

2015

A Favorita

2008

Shades of Sin

2004

The Next Victim

1995

Her Own Destiny

2004

The Trapalhões

1977

Pages of Life

2006

Precious Pearl

2013

Filmography

2025
Tributo: Glória Menezes
as Self
2019
As Vilãs Que AmamosTV
2015
Total DreamerTV
as Stela Carneiro de Alcântara (Stelinha) (175 episodes)
2014
Tá no Ar: A TV na TVTV
as Self (1 episode)
2013
Precious PearlTV
as Pérola (80 anos) (1 episode)
2013
Damas da TVTV
2013
Mario Wallace Simonsen, Entre a Memória e a História
as Self
2012
Louco Por ElasTV
as Violeta (44 episodes)
2009
Black Box
as Duquesa de York
2009
Cat's CradleTV
as Self (1 episode)
2008
A FavoritaTV
as Irene Fontini (197 episodes)
2006
Pages of LifeTV
as Lalinha (11 episodes)
2006
If I Were You
as Vivinha
2004
Her Own DestinyTV
as Laura Correia de Andrade e Couto, Baronesa de Bonsucesso (221 episodes)
2004
As Cartas de Chico Xavier
as Self
2004
Shades of SinTV
as Kiki (185 episodes)
2004
Um Só CoraçãoTV
as Camila Matarazzo (53 episodes)
2002
Love BitesTV
as Zoroastra Marques (215 episodes)
2001
Port of MiraclesTV
as Clotilde Marimbás (Dona Coló) (7 episodes)
2001
Leonardo Villar - Um Homem Só
1998
Tower of BabelTV
as Marta Leme Toledo (203 episodes)
1997
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
1996
Vira LataTV
as Stella (152 episodes)
1995
The Next VictimTV
as Júlia Braga (203 episodes)
1992
Deus Nos AcudaTV
as Bárbara Silveira Bueno (Baby Bueno) (179 episodes)