From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Norma Aparecida Almeida Pinto Guimarães DÁurea Bengell born September 21 1935 in Rio de Janeiro October 9 2013 best known as Norma Bengell was a Brazilian film and television actress singer director producer and screenwriter Active in the film industry since 1959 Bengell has appeared in numerous international productions including an extended period during the mid1960s costarring in Italian productions in which she was usually cast as the protagonists romantic interest She is possibly best known for starring with Barry Sullivan in Mario Bavas Planet of the Vampires 1965 and in Sergio Corbuccis spaghetti western The Hellbenders 1967 She had a major role as a prostitute in Anselmo Duartes Keeper of Promises 1962 a Brazilian drama that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1963 and won the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival in 1962 Earlier that same year she caused major controversy after appearing fully nude in a scene of the Ruy Guerra film Os Cafajestes For that she is regarded as the first mainstream actress of her country to appear fully naked on film On 1996 she directed her first film an adaptation of José de Alencars masterpiece The Guarani Description above from the Wikipedia article Norma Bengell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia