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Dercy Gonçalves

Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian actress and singer (died 2008)

Born
June 23, 1907
Died
July 19, 2008
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1907

About Dercy Gonçalves

Dolores Gonçalves Costa, 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 84, she caused controversy by exposing her breasts while parading with a Samba school in Rio de Janeiro's Carnaval. Dolores Gonçalves Costa (23 June 1907 – 19 July 2008), known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. Dercy Gonçalves was biographed in 1994 by Maria Adelaide Amaral. Gonçalves is recognized by Guinness World Records as having the longest acting career ever having acted from 1922 to 2008. 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").

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Dercy Gonçalves timeline

  1. Dolores Gonçalves Costa (23 June 1907 – 19 July 2008), known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer.
  2. Gonçalves is recognized by Guinness World Records as having the longest acting career ever having acted from 1922 to 2008.
  3. Dercy Gonçalves was biographed in 1994 by Maria Adelaide Amaral.

The world when Dercy Gonçalves was born

Dercy Gonçalves was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Dercy Gonçalves's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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