| Genre: | Telenovela |
| Creator: | Gilberto Braga |
| Director: | Daniel Filho |
| Opentheme: | "Luiza" by Tom Jobim |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Num Episodes: | 155 |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes |
| Network: | TV Globo |
Brilhante is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 28 September 1981 and ended on 26 March 1982, with a total of 155 episodes. It's the twenty seventh "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. It is created and written by Gilberto Braga and directed by Daniel Filho.[1]
| Actor | Character | |
|---|---|---|
| Luiza Sampaio | ||
| Paulo César Carvalho | ||
| Sidney Ribeiro/Osvaldo Mesquita | ||
| Francisca (Chica) Newman | ||
| Denis Carvalho | Inácio Newman | |
| Maria Isabel Newman Carvalho | ||
| Leonor Negreiros Newman | ||
| Bruno Newman | ||
| Cláudio Marzo | Carlos Andrade | |
| Vírginia Sampaio | ||
| Kadu Moliterno | Afonso Negreiros | |
| Vânia Cardoso | ||
| Alda Sampaio | ||
| Vítor Newmann | ||
| Edith Negreiros | ||
| Galeno Sampaio | ||
| Célia Helena | Regina Newman | |
| Buza Ferraz | Cláudio | |
| Suzana Faini | Renée Toledo Sampaio | |
| Ernani Sampaio | ||
| Leonel Toledo | ||
| Rosita Thomaz Lopes | Leticia Cardoso | |
| Nilza | ||
| Edvaldo | ||
| Renato Pedrosa | Ulisses | |
| Graziela Di Laurentis | Heloísa | |
| Osmar | ||
| Dinalva | ||
| Márcia Rodrigues | Yara | |
| Janser Barreto | Lino | |
| Sônia Newmann | ||
| Caíque Ferreira | Fred (Frederico Toledo Sampaio) | |
| Fábio Villa Verde | Silvio | |
| Anselmo Vasconcelos | Detetive Tavares | |
| Marília Newmann Carvalho |