Curiosidades

Mother of an only child, a daughter named Decimar (b. December 24th 1934). The father is Ademar Martins.

Daughter of Margarida and Manoel Gonçalves Costa.

She had 6 siblings.

She has two grandchildren.

Lived with her husband, Danilo Bastos (a journalist), for twenty years.

In 1991, she caused a sensation by going topless on a Carnival float. She was 84 at the time.

Her last interview was for the reporter Danilo Gentili for the TV program 'Custe o Que Custar' (Brazilian version of CQC), 5 days before she died.

Currently doing her own TV Show "Fala, Dercy!" every Tuesday night at Brazilian SBT TV Station.

Still active at Globo TV in Brazil.

She was one of a few famous personalities in Brazil (like Oscar Niemeyer and Barbosa Lima Sobinho) to have reached 100 years-old of age.

She was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer.

Dercy Gonçalves currently holds the record for the longest career as an actress with Guinness World Records (86 years).

Dercy Gonçalves was biographed in 1994 by Maria Adelaide Amaral. 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").

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.

Her mausoleum, designed by herself in 1991, has the shape of a glass pyramid. The conception is similar to Louvre Pyramid.