| Dercy Gonçalves | |
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Dercy Gonçalves in 2004 |
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| Born | Dolores Gonçalves Costa June 23, 1907 Santa Maria Madalena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | July 19, 2008 (aged 101) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Years active | 1929 – 2008 |
| Height | 4' 11" (1.50 m) |
| Spouse | Danilo Bastos (1943–63) |
Dercy Gonçalves, stage name of Dolores Gonçalves Costa, (June 23, 1907 – July 19, 2008) was a Brazilian comedienne. She stood 4' 11" (1.50 m) 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.[1]
Her life was pictured in the miniseries Dercy de Verdade. Dercy Gonçalves is portrayed by Heloísa Périssé (younger) and Fafy Siqueira (older). [2]