RIP Claudete Joubert

 

Claudete Joubert, star of Boca do Lixo, dies at 73

Actress marked an era in pornochanchadas and faced depression and financial difficulties before dying of pneumonia in São Paulo

Popcorn Modern

June 23, 2025

 

Death was discreet and marked by difficulties

Actress Claudete Joubert, a reference in the Boca do Lixo cinema, died in May at the age of 73, victim of pneumonia, after about 15 days hospitalized in a hospital in the capital of São Paulo. Director Pedro Lacerda confirmed the information and revealed details of the artist’s last days, who had been facing a condition of deep depression and financial difficulties. According to Lacerda, Claudete’s health deteriorated quickly due to inadequate nutrition and the abandonment experienced.

The director said that he only learned of his colleague’s death after being contacted by a film distributor who sought contact with the actress. When he tried to talk to Claudete’s daughter, he received the news of the death. “I was shocked and very sad when I learned that she had passed away,” he told Metrópolis.

How was the end of Claudete Joubert’s life?

Pedro Lacerda highlighted the abandonment experienced by Claudete, who according to him, was left without support by her two ex-husbands, filmmakers Tony Vieira and Affonso Brazza. "They left her without money, only with debts. She died bitter about the forgetfulness of friends and people. Only a firefighter's soldier's pension remained, which Affonso Brazza left her", reported the director.

What is Claudete Joubert's legacy in Brazilian cinema?

Born Creodete de Carvalho Moreira, Claudete Joubert was an actress, producer and model, becoming one of the best-known names in pornochanchadas and action cinema in Boca do Lixo, a São Paulo film hub in the 1970s and 1980s.

Claudete was already working as a photographic model when she was discovered on the streets of São Paulo by singer Agnaldo Rayol, who decided to introduce her to filmmaker friends. Director Fauzi Mansur launched her career in 1972 in the film "Red Light – The Females", in which she starred with Vera Fischer. Then, Claudete married director Tony Vieira and began a creative partnership as the star of his western, action, horror and pornochanchada films.

The partnership with Tony Vieira

From "Desejo Proibido" (1973), the actress began to stamp all the posters of Vieira's releases. There were 11 feature films until 1978, most of the time opposite her own husband. "He said I was exclusive," she said in a 2007 interview with Mulheres do Cinema Brasileiro.

In the late 1970s, the two separated and Claudette found herself free to work with other directors, such as Mansur in "The Insect of Love" (1980), Jean Garret in "The Photographer" (1980), Clery Cunha in "The King of the Mouth" (1982) and Ozualdo Candeias in "The Belles of Billings" (1987).

The last phase with Affonso Brazza

A decade after their separation, Claudette Joubert once again became the muse of a filmmaker, Affonso Brazza, a professional firefighter and former assistant to her ex-husband. The two married and began shooting very low-budget action films in Brasilia, starting with "Santhion Never Dies" (1988) and the popular "Inferno No Gama" (1993), which won critical acclaim for its creativity in the face of precariousness.

The couple made four more feature films until Brazza's death in 2003, from cancer at the age of 48. The last one, "Fuga sem Destino", won a version finished by Pedro Lacerda, with production by Selton Mello, which was only released in theaters in Brasilia.

"After Brazza died, my career was buried with him," said the actress, who after much sex on screen became a Jehovah's Witness and lived anonymously for the past two decades.

JOUBERT, Claudete (Creodete de Carvalho Moreira)

Born: 11/1951, Londrina Paraná, Brazil

Died: 6/22/2025, Brazil

 

Claudete Joubert’s westerns – actress:

Gringo, o Matador Erótico - 1972

A filha do padre - 1975

Os Violentadores – 1978

O Cangaceiro do Diabo - 1980

A Pistola Que Elas Gostam – 1981