Aracy Balabanian (born February 22, 1940) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Balabanian was born in Campo Grande
Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed ''Cidade Morena'' ("Swarthy City" in Portuguese) because of the reddish-brown colour o ...
, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Her parents were Armenians
Armenians ( hy, հայեր, '' hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diasp ...
Raphael and Esther Balabanyans. They emigrated from Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
to Brazil, fleeing from the genocide
Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Lat ...
promoted in that country by the Ottoman Turks.
At the age of fifteen, she moved to São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
with her parents and helped raise her seven younger brothers. She passed the entrance exam for Social Sciences and for the Escola de Arte Dramática, coming to abandon the studies of Sociology, another entrance exam that she had taken and had been accepted, to devote herself to the theater. She said that she lived in a time when it was considered ugly for a woman to do theater, since women were formerly educated to be housewives and obey their husbands.
Filmography
Television series
* ''Vila Sésamo
''Vila Sésamo'' (formerly known as ''Sésamo'' from 2016 to 2022) is a Brazilian co-production of the first preschool television programme ''Sesame Street''. As of 2009 it airs on TV Rá-Tim-Bum.Você Decide
''Você Decide'' (''You Decide'' / ''It's Your Call'') was an interactive television program broadcast on the Brazilian TV network Rede Globo from 1992 to 2000. During each episode special cases were presented, and viewers would decide the ending ...
'' (1994)
* ''Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados'' (1995).... Dona Geninha
* ''Sai de Baixo
''Sai de Baixo'' (a Brazilian Portuguese slang roughly translated as "get out of the way") is a Brazilian sitcom that first aired on Rede Globo from 1996 to 2002. It followed the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the ...
'' (1996-2013).... Cassandra Mathias Salão
* ''Brava Gente'' (2001)
* ''Linha Direta Justiça'' (2003)
* '' Casos e Acasos'' (2008).... Amélia
* ''Queridos Amigos'' (2008).... Teresa Fernandes Moretti
* ''Toma Lá, Dá Cá
''Toma Lá, Dá Cá'' (English: ''Give-and-Take'') is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Maria Carmem Barbosa and Miguel Falabella, which aired on Rede Globo from August 7, 2007, to December 22, 2009, over three seasons. It started as a year ...
'' (2008).... Shafika Sarakutian
* '' Louco por Elas'' (2012).... Cândida
* ''Juntos a magia acontece'' (2019)
Telenovelas
* ''Marcados Pelo Amor'' (1964)
* ''O Amor Tem Cara de Mulher'' (1966)
* ''Um Rosto Perdido'' (1966)
* ''Angústia de Amar'' (1967)
* ''Meu Filho, Minha Vida'' (1967)
* ''Sublime Amor'' (1967)
* ''Antônio Maria'' (1968)
* ''Nino, o Italianinho'' (1969)
* ''A Fábrica'' (1971).... Isabel
* '' O Primeiro Amor'' (1972)
* '' Corrida do Ouro'' (1974)
* ''Bravo!'' (1975)
* '' O Casarão'' (1976)
* ''Locomotivas
''Locomotivas'' (Eng: Locomotives) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, la ...
'' (1977).... Miena Cabral
* '' Pecado Rasgado'' (1978)
* '' Coração Alado'' (1980).... Maria Faz-Favor
* '' Brilhante'' (1981)
* ''Elas Por Elas'' (1982)
* ''Guerra dos Sexos
''Guerra dos Sexos'' (''Fight or Love?'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and aired by Rede Globo, from 1 October 2012 to 26 April 2013, replacing ''Cheias de Charme'' and later replaced by ''Sangue Bom''. It is written by Silvio de Abreu an ...
'' (1983)
* ''Transas e Caretas'' (1984)
* ''Ti Ti Ti'' (1985)
* ''Mania de Querer'' (1986)
* ''Helena'' (1987)
* ''Que Rei Sou Eu?
''Que Rei Sou Eu?'' (English: ''What King Am I?'') is a 1989 Brazilian telenovela created by Cassiano Gabus Mendes. It stars Edson Celulari and Giulia Gam in the lead roles.
Cast
* Edson Celulari as Jean-Pierre
* Giulia Gam as Aline
* Tato G ...
'' (1989).... Maria Fromet/Lenore Gaillard
* ''Rainha da Sucata
''Rainha da Sucata'' (Portuguese for ''Queen of Scrap'') is a Brazilian telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''nov ...
'' (1990).... Dona Armênia (Arakel Tchobanian Giovani)
* '' Felicidade'' (1991)
* ''Deus Nos Acuda'' (1992).... Dona Armênia (Arakel Tchobanian Giovani)
* ''Pátria Minha
''Pátria Minha'' (English: ''My Homeland'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 18 July 1994, replacing ''Fera Ferida
''Fera Ferida'' (''English: The Injured Beast'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced a ...
'' (1994)
* ''A Próxima Vítima
''A Próxima Vítima'' (English: ''The Next Victim'') is a Brazilian telenovela that was produced and aired by TV Globo from March 13, 1995, to November 3, 1995, totaling 203 chapters.
Featured José Wilker, Tony Ramos, Susana Vieira, Aracy Ba ...
'' (1995).... Filomena Ferreto
* ''Sabor da Paixão
''Sabor da Paixão'' (English: ''The Taste of Passion'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, ...
'' (2002)
* ''Da Cor do Pecado
''Da Cor do Pecado'' (English title: ''Shades of Sin'') is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo in the traditional 7pm timeslot between 26 January and 28 August 2004 with a total of 185 episodes, replacing '' Kubanacan'' and ...
'' (2004)
* ''A Lua Me Disse
''A Lua Me Disse'' (English: ''Once in a Blue Moon'') is a 2005 Brazilian telenovela created by Miguel Falabella and Maria Carmem Barbosa, and starring Adriana Esteves and Wagner Moura.
Overview
Heloísa ( Adriana Esteves) is a baby-sitter hi ...
'' (2005)
* ''Eterna Magia
''Eterna Magia'' is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It premiered on 14 May 2007, replacing ''O Profeta'', and ended on 2 November 2007, replaced by ''Desejo Proibido''. The series is written by Elizabeth Jhin, with the ...
'' (2007)
* '' Passione'' (2010).... Gemma Mattoli
* ''Cheias de Charme
''Cheias de Charme'' (English: ''Sparkling Girls'') is a Brazilian musical telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo. It premiered on 16 April 2012 and ran for 143 episodes, with the finale airing on 28 September 2012, replacing '' Aquele ...
'' (2012)
* '' Saramandaia'' (2013).... Dona Pupu (Eponina Camargo)
* '' Geração Brasil'' (2014)
* '' Ligações Perigosas'' (2016)
* '' Sol Nascente'' (2016)
* '' Pega Pega'' (2017)
* ''Malhação: Vidas Brasileiras'' (2018)
Cinema
* ''A Primeira Viagem'' .... Irene (1975)
* ''Caramujo-Flor'' .... Woman in black (1998)
* ''Policarpo Quaresma, Herói do Brasil'' .... Maricota (1998)
Theatre
* 1963 - ''Os Ossos do Barão''
* 1966 - ''Oh, Que Delícia de Guerra''
* 1968 - ''Feira Paulista de Opinião''
* 1969 - '' Hair''
* 1977 - ''Brecht, segundo Brecht''
* 1980 - ''À Direita do Presidente''
* 1985 - ''Boa Noite, Mãe''
* 1985 - ''Time and the Conways
''Time and the Conways'' is a British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. Wide ...
''
* 1988 - ''Folias no Box''
* 1991 - ''Fulaninha e Dona Coisa''
* 1995 - ''Noite Feliz''
* 1998 - ''Clarice, Coração Selvagem''
* 2006 - ''Comendo Entre as Refeições''
Awards and nominations
APCA Awards
Best of the Year – Globe Awards
Contigo! Awards
Press Trophy
Quem Awards
References
External links
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1940 births
Living people
People from Campo Grande
Brazilian people of Armenian descent
Brazilian telenovela actresses
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian television actresses
Ethnic Armenian actresses
20th-century Brazilian actresses
21st-century Brazilian actresses
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