- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Place of Birth
- Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil
Maria Bethânia
Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"). Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single "Carcará", the artist became a star in Brazil. Bethânia is the sister of the singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso and of the writer-songwriter Mabel Velloso, as well as being aunt of the singers Belô Velloso and Jota Velloso. The singer has released 50 studio albums in 47 years of career, and is among the 10 best-selling music artists in Brazil, having sold more than 26 million records. Bethânia was ranked in 2012, by Rolling Stone Brasil magazine, as the fifth-biggest voice of Brazilian music. Bethânia is the sixth out of eight children born into the family of José Telles Veloso (Seu Zec…
Filmography
movieTodo Mundo no Rio com Shakira
2026 · Self
movieCaetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo
2025 · Self
movieBethânia e as Palavras
2025 · Self
movieRitas
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieLuiz Melodia - Within the Heart of Brazil
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieNas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024 · Self
movieOs Afro-Sambas: The Brazil of Baden and Vinicius
2024 · Self
movieToquinho Maravilhoso
2024 · Self
movieMoacyr Luz, O Embaixador Dessa Cidade
2024 · Self
movieMaria: Ninguém Sabe Quem Sou Eu
2022 · Self
movieEspecial Caetano Veloso 80 Anos
2022 · Self
tvPantanal
2022 · Theme Song Performance
tvO Canto Livre de Nara Leão
2022 · Self
movieFerreira Gullar: Arqueologia do Poeta
2019 · Self
movieMemórias do Grupo Opinião
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieFevereiros
2019 · Self
movieExtrafísico - Jorge Vercillo
2019 · Self
movieMaria Bethânia e Zeca Pagodinho: De Santo Amaro a Xerém
2018 · Intérprete
movieCom a Palavra, Arnaldo Antunes
2018 · Self
movieDê Lembranças a Todos
2018 · Self
movieA Imagem da Tolerância
2017 · Self
movieThe Next Samba
2017 · Herself
tvO Nome Dela é Gal
2017 · Self
movieEu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas
2017 · Self
movieKaringana - Licença para contar
2017 · Self
movieAbraçar e Agradecer
2016 · Herself, Writer
movieA Gis
2016 · Music
moviePitanga
2016 · Self
Zeca Apresenta - o Quintal do Pagodinho ao Vivo - Vol. 3
movieZeca Apresenta - o Quintal do Pagodinho ao Vivo - Vol. 3
2016 · Participante
Ruin
movieRuin
2016
movieChico: Brazilian Artist
2015 · Self
movie26º Prêmio da Música Brasileira - Homenagem a Maria Bethânia
2015 · ela mesma
movieCauby: Começaria Tudo Outra Vez
2015
movieMaria Bethânia: Carta de Amor Ao Vivo
2013 · Intérprete
movieMaria Bethânia - Caderno de Poesia
2013
movieTropicália
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieAlcione - Duas Faces
2011 · Self - Guest
movieRio Sonata: Nana Caymmi
2011
movieAna Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1
2010 · Self
movieDuetos
2010 · Self
Maria Bethânia: Dentro do Mar Tem Rio
movieMaria Bethânia: Dentro do Mar Tem Rio
2009
movieMultishow Registro: Pode Entrar
2009 · Self
moviePalavra (En)Cantada
2009 · Self
movieThe Man Who Bottled Clouds
2008 · Self
movieMaria Bethânia e Omara Portuondo
2008
movieJards Macalé - Um Morcego na Porta Principal
2008 · Self
movieMaria Bethânia: Pedrinha de Aruanda
2007 · Self
tvTropical Paradise
2007 · Theme Song Performance
movieVento Bravo
2007 · Self
movieGal - from Tropicalism to the Present Day
2006
movieMaria Bethânia: Tempo Tempo Tempo Tempo
2005 · , Script
movieVinicius de Moraes
2005 · Self
movieViva Volta
2005 · Self
movieMaria Bethânia: Música é Perfume
2005 · Self
moviePhono 73: A Country and its Music
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieMaria Bethânia: Brasileirinho Ao Vivo
2004 · Self
movieMPB dos Tempos da Repressão
2004 · Self
movieAna Carolina - Estampado
2003
movieThe Egg
2003 · Narrator
movieOutros (Doces) Bárbaros
2002 · Self
movieBrazil's Maria Bethânia
2001 · Self
Maria Bethânia: Noite Luzidia
movieMaria Bethânia: Noite Luzidia
2001
tvVila Madalena
1999 · Theme Song Performance
movieChico e as Cidades
1999 · Self
movieEntangling Shadows
1998 · Self
movieMaria Bethânia: As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim
1994 · Self
tvFera Ferida
1993 · Theme Song Performance
tvRetrato de Mulher
1993 · Theme Song Performance
tvCriança Esperança
1986 · Self
tvChico & Caetano
1986
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieBrasil
1981 · Self
movieCertas Palavras com Chico Buarque
1980 · Self
movieMulher 80
1979 · Self
moviePanorama with Clarice Lispector
1977 · Self
movieOs Doces Bárbaros
1977 · Self
movieWhen Carnaval Comes
1972 · Rosa
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
Bahia - Stadt aller Heiligen
movieBahia - Stadt aller Heiligen
1971 · Herself
movieSaravah
1969 · Self
movieThe Man Who Bought the World
1968 · , Songs
movieA Última Ceia Segundo Ziraldo
1968
movieThe Girl from Ipanema
1967
movieImprovised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Self
movieBethânia Bem de Perto: A Propósito de um Show
1966 · Self
movieThe Dare
1965 · Self