Teuda Magalhães Fernandes (1 January 1941 – 25 December 2025), better known by the stage name Teuda Bara, was a Brazilian actress, one of the founders of the theater company Grupo Galpão.
Life and career Teuda Magalhães Fernandes was born in Belo Horizonte on 1 January 1941. Her father was a fire department major and trombone player, and her mother a nurse and singer; she never attended any formal theater training. She studied Social Sciences at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, where she participated in newspaper theater practices with the academic directorate of the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences. In the 1960s, she left university and embraced the hippie lifestyle.
She worked with director Eid Ribeiro and founded the Fulias Bananas group. He moved to São Paulo, where he acted with José Celso Martinez Correa. In 1982, back in Belo Horizonte, she joined a theater workshop directed by two members of the , George Froscher and Kurt Bildstein, which would become the seed of Grupo Galpão .
In addition to performing in most of the Galpão's shows, she participated in the Cirque du Soleil show K.A. and acted in films such as O Menino Maluquinho, by Helvécio Ratton, Vinho de Rosas, by Elza Cataldo, O Contador de Histórias, by Luiz Villaça, and O Palhaço, by Selton Mello.
Bara died from complications of septicaemia in Belo Horizonte, on 25 December 2025, at the age of 84. The actress had been hospitalized since 14 December, at the Madre Tereza Hospital.
Filmography
Television YearTitleCharacterNotes2017Filhos da PátriaCiganaA VilaDona Fausta2014Meu Pedacinho de ChãoMãe Benta2008Toma Lá, Dá CáDona JubaEpisode: "Uma epidemia politicamente correta"
Cinema YearTitleCharacter2025Quem Ficou Fui EuHelenir2024Nação ComprimidoFrancisca2023As Órfãs da RainhaDonanaPeixe AbissalDona Luzia2022FebreMulher na piscina2021Noites de AlfaceIolanda2020Éramos em BandoEla mesma2019ÂngelaÂngela2017As Duas IrenesMadalenaAs FormigasCassandra2015HipócratesPaciente2013Abrigo ao SolMulher2011O PalhaçoDona ZairaTill - A Saga de um Herói Torto 2010Ponto OrgD. ZildaTranseunteMetileneRevertere Ad Locum Tuum2009O Contador de HistóriasJudith2008Os Filmes que Não FizBeata2007O Crime da AtrizAtriz da trupe2005Vinho de RosasIrmã Arcanja2004 Irreconhecível2002Samba CançãoDona Martírio1999Outras Estórias1994Menino Maluquinho - O FilmeServente da escola1985Ela e os Homens1984Dois Homens para MatarProstituta1983Idolatrada
Stage 1975 – Bar e Café São Tomé, Criação Coletiva 1976 – Viva Olegário, directed by Eid Ribeiro 1977 – Triptolemo XVII - José Antônio de Souza, directed by Adir Assunção 1978 – A Conquista do Dia - Criação Coletiva, directed by Carlos Rocha 1979 – Ensaio Geral do Carnaval do Povo, directed by José Celso Martinez Corrêa 1979 – Corre Terra - Teatro de Bonecos 1983 – De Olhos Fechados, de João Vianney, directed byFernando Linares 1984 – Ó Prô Cê Vê na Ponta do Pé - Criação Coletiva 1984 – O Agiota, directed by Eduardo Rodrigues 1985 – Arlequim, Servidor de Dois Amores, de Carlo Goldoni, directed by Fernando Linares e Eduardo Moreira 1986 – A Comédia da Esposa Muda que Falava mais que Pobre na Chuva, direção de Paulinho Polika 1986 – Triunfo, Um Delírio Barroco, directed by Carmen Paternostro 1987 – Foi Por Amor, roteiro de Antônio Edson Soares e Eduardo Moreira, directed by Antônio Edson Soares 1988 – Corra Enquanto é Tempo, written and directed by Eid Ribeiro 1990 – Álbum de Família, de Nelson Rodrigues, directed de Eid Ribeiro 1992 – Romeu e Julieta, directed by Gabriel Villela 1994 – A Rua da Amargura, directed by Gabriel Villela 1994 – Um Molière Imaginário, directed by Eduardo Moreira 1999 – Partido, directed by Cacá Carvalho 2001 – Um Trem Chamado Desejo, directed by Chico Pelúcio 2003 – O Inspetor Geral, directed by Paulo José 2009 – Till, a Saga de um Herói Torto, directed by Júlio Maciel
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryNominanted byResult1996Prêmio Shell de TeatroBest Actress 2013Festival de Cinema de Santa RosaBest Actress Festival de Cinema de MaringáBest Actress 8° Encontro Nacional de Cinema e Vídeo dos SertõesBest Actress Prêmio MuBe Vitrine IndependenteSpecial acting prize 2014FECIN – Festival de TV e Cinema do InteriorBest Actress 2016Prêmio Cenym de TeatroBest Supporting Actress 2017Prêmio Questão de CríticaHomage to Culture Award 2019Prêmio Cenym de TeatroSpecial Honorary Prize Prêmio ClaudiaCulture Festival Internacional de Cinema de BrasíliaBest Actress in a Short Film
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External links Teuda Bara at Teatropedia