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Leila Diniz
Acting
25 Mar 1945
† 14 Jun 1972
Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
Leila Roque Diniz (25 March 1945 – 14 June 1972) was a Brazilian television, movie and theatre actress, whose liberal ideas and attitudes about sex had raised the discontent of both the feminists and the Brazilian military government of the 1960s. Born in a middle-class family and the daughter of a communist activist, Leila worked as a kindergarten teacher at age 15. At age 17, she met movie director Domingos de Oliveira, with whom she lived until age 21. Between 1962 and 1964 she had minor rol...
Also Known As
Leila Roque Diniz, レイラ・ディニス





























