
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Zenith Pereira de Castro (Salvador, December 9, 1924 – Rio de Janeiro, March 21, 2002) was a Brazilian actress. She stood out as Tia Nastácia in the Rio version of the first Sítio do Pica-Pau Amarelo, Januária in Escrava Isaura, Maria José in Vale Tudo and Donana in Carinhoso, becoming one of the first and most relevant black references on television.
as Maria José

1977

as Isaura Lopes dos Santos
1994

as Maria José
1988

as Virgínia
1970

as Mercedes
1990

as Odete Jardim
1984

as Braulina
1975

as Basília
1972

as Januária
1976

as Corina
1977

as Zefa
1983

as Dora
1972
as Mother of the Bride
1984

as Mãe Maria de Iansã
2015

as Matriarch
1987

as Mother of the Bride
1984

1976

1975

as Jurema
1975

as Geralda
1973

as Tia Anastácia
1973

as Cuíca's Mother
1972

1972

1972

1971

1970

1968

as Dona Marocas
1965

as Trinidad
1965

1963

1961

1959
as Maria José
204 ep.

464 episodes

as Isaura Lopes dos Santos
203 episodes

as Maria José
204 episodes

as Virgínia
328 episodes

as Mercedes
3 episodes

as Odete Jardim
179 episodes

as Braulina
199 episodes

as Basília
106 episodes

as Januária
100 episodes

as Corina
132 episodes

as Zefa
167 episodes

as Dora
167 episodes

as Conceição (Ma. da Conceição)
258 episodes

221 episodes

as Mãe Dora
65 episodes

as Donana
174 episodes

as Dalila
20 episodes

209 episodes

as Maria
89 episodes