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Dulce Nunes

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Dulce Nunes
Birth nameDulce Pinto Bressane
Born(1929-06-11)June 11, 1929
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DiedJune 4, 2020(2020-06-04) (aged 90)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GenresMPB
InstrumentVocals
Years active1964–1968
LabelsCBS Records International, Forma

Dulce Pinto Bressane (11 June 1929 – 4 June 2020), known professionally as Dulce Nunes or Dulce Bressane, was a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter of the genre MPB.

Career

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As a singer-songwriter, Nunes released three studio albums between 1964 and 1968, one of them alongside Carlos Lyra.[1][2][3] She also collaborated as special guest in several albums by her then husband Egberto Gismonti.[4]

Outside her musical career, Nunes also ventured into cinema, acting in four Feature films between 1949 and 1967.[5][6]

Nunes was also an architect and owned Bressane Arquitetura & Interiores, an architecture firm in Rio de Janeiro.[7]

Personal life and death

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Nunes was married two times. First to pianist Bené Nunes, which union ended in 1965. Later, she wed fellow musician Egberto Gismonti between 1968 and 1976.[8]

On 4 June 2020, Nunes died from complications of COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, at age 90, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.[9]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Year Album Album details
1964 Pobre Menina Rica[1]
(With Carlos Lyra)
1966 Dulce[2]
  • Label: Forma
  • Format: Vinyl
1968 Samba do Escritor[3]
  • Label: Forma
  • Format: Vinyl

Filmography

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Cinema

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Year Title Notes
1949 A Mulher de Longe
1950 Morning Star
1950 O noivo de Minha Mulher
1967 The ABC of Love Segment O Pacto

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pobre Menina Rica". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Dulce". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "A Poesia de Caymmi na voz de Carlos José". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  4. ^ "Dulce Nunes". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  5. ^ "Dulce Nunes". IMDb. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  6. ^ "Dulce Bressane". IMDb. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  7. ^ "CORONAVÍRUS MATA CANTORA DULCE NUNES, DE POBRE MENINA RICA". O Fuxico. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Vítima da COVID-19, morre Dulce Nunes, cantora que marcou anos 1960". Portal UAI. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Morre cantora Dulce Nunes por complicações pulmonares após contrair covid". UOL. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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