Dercy Gonçalves
Actor, Film actor
1907 – 2008
Who was Dercy Gonçalves?
Dercy Gonçalves, stage name of Dolores Gonçalves Costa, was a Brazilian comedienne. She stood 4' 11" tall. In her 80-year long career, Dercy Gonçalves worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, becoming famous by her humorous use of vulgar language. In 1991, at the age of 83, she caused controversy by exposing her breasts while parading with a Samba school in Rio de Janeiro's Carnaval.
She died on July 19, 2008 from pneumonia at the age of 101. She was buried in her birth town, in stand up position. Her mausoleum, designed by herself in 1991, has the shape of a glass pyramid. The conception is similar to Louvre Pyramid.
Dercy Gonçalves currently holds the record for Longest Career as an Actress with Guinness World Records.
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- Born
- Jun 23, 1907
Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro - Also known as
- Dolores Gonçalves Costa
- Parents
- Spouses
- Danilo Bastos
(1943 - 1963)
- Danilo Bastos
- Children
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 19, 2008
Rio de Janeiro
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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