Maria Barroso
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Self
In Alta Definição, Daniel Oliveira interviews one guest every week with an intimate approach.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A theatre having national as part of its name, at the top of a square, reflecting a country’s history. But which one? This is a voyage through the various narratives about D. Maria II National Theatre, forged through the intentions of the several regimes that intended to convey their own ideologies within the theatre’s mission. This is also the story of those who fought against it, opposed the institution and became part of it. How can one become heir of these stories, even if never having set foot inside.
Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes • as Madre Superiora, tia de Teresa
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives. Based on the novel of the same name by Portuguese writer Camilo Castelo Branco.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Genoveva, the house-keeper
A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy is a miracle; however, her distressed bourgeois family decides that Benilde has lost her mind.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • as Júlia
After completing his military service in the Angolan War of Independence, Adelino goes back to the Portuguese fishing village he calls home, only to find that the woman he loves has married his brother. Overcome by bitterness, he sets off to find work in the countryside where he meets Albertina, a free-spirited young woman who challenges him to change his life.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Abadessa de Monchique
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Seventeen experts on history and arts deliver brief lessons on their favorite subjects, considered the most relevant to cover nine hundred years of Portuguese culture. The camera shows from a distance, or in minute detail, the monuments or art pieces considered, or even the texts discussed by the narrators, reenacted on stage or recited by actors.