Dercy Gonçalves

Dolores Gonçalves Costa (23 June 1905 – 19 July 2008), known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, becoming famous by her humorous use of vulgar language. In 1991, at the age of 85, she caused controversy by exposing her breasts while parading with a Samba school in Rio de Janeiro's Carnaval.

Dercy Gonçalves
Gonçalves in 2004
Born
Dolores Gonçalves Costa

(1905-06-23)23 June 1905
Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died19 July 2008(2008-07-19) (aged 103)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Years active1922–2008
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Children1

Gonçalves is recognized by Guinness World Records as having the longest acting career ever having acted from 1922 to 2008.[1]

Biography
Dercy Gonçalves and Ribeiro Fortes, 1966

Dercy Gonçalves was biographed in 1994 by Maria Adelaide Amaral. The book was titled Dercy de Cabo a Rabo (a popular expression in Portuguese that means "from the beginning to the end", and in this particular case, "The complete Dercy").[2] Amaral also adapted her book into the 2012 miniseries Dercy de Verdade ("The true Dercy"). Dercy Gonçalves was portrayed by Luiza Périssé (teen), Heloísa Périssé (young) and Fafy Siqueira (older).[3]

She died on 19 July 2008 from pneumonia at the age of 103. She was buried in her birth town Santa Maria Madalena in Rio de Janeiro. Her mausoleum, designed by herself in 1991, has the shape of a glass pyramid. The conception is similar to Louvre Pyramid.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1943Samba in Berlin
1944Romance ProibidoDercy
1944Abacaxi azul
1946Caídos do CéuRita Naftalina
1948Folias Cariocas
1955Feitiço do Amazonas
1956Depois Eu ContoOfélia Canabrava
1957Uma Certa LucréciaLucrécia
1957Absolutamente CertoBela
1957A Baronesa TransviadaGonçalina / The Baroness
1958Cala a Boca, EtelvinaEtelvina
1958A Grande VedeteJanete
1959Entrei de GaiatoAnanásia da Emancipação / Singer in musical number
1960Dona Violante MirandaViolante Miranda
1960Só Naquela Base
1960Minervina Vem AíMinervina
1960Com Minha Sogra em Paquetá
1960A Viúva ValentinaValentina
1963Sonhando com MilhõesAgripina
1970Se Meu Dólar FalasseBisisica
1980Bububu no Bobobó
1980Cavalo AmareloDulcinéa
1980Dulcinéa Vai à GuerraDulcinéa
1983O Menino Arco-Íris
1989Que Rei Sou Eu?Baronesa Eknésia
1992Deus nos AcudaCelestina
1993Oceano Atlantis
1996Sai de BaixoLeopoldina
2008Nossa Vida Não Cabe Num OpalaVovó no Opala(final film role)

References
  1. "Longest career as an actress". Guinness World Records.
  2. "Dercy de cabo a rabo em livro e na tevê (in Portuguese)". Tribuna do Norte. 4 January 2012.
  3. "Heloisa Perissé e Fafy Siqueira falam sobre a minissérie "Dercy de Verdade" (in Portuguese)". Quem magazine. 16 December 2011.
  4. "Burial of Dercy Gonçalves (in Portuguese)". Abril.com. 22 July 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2008.


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