Dulce Nunes

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

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
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1964–1968
LabelsCBS Records International, Forma
Associated actsCarlos Lyra, Egberto Gismonti

Career

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

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 June 4, 2020, Nunes died in Rio de Janeiro, a week before her 91st birthday, from complications of COVID-19.[9]

Discography

Studio albums
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

Cinema
Year Title Notes
1949 A Mulher de Longe
1950 Estrela da Manhã
1950 O noivo de Minha Mulher
1967 The ABC of Love Segment O Pacto

References
  1. "Pobre Menina Rica". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. "Dulce". Instituto Memorial Música Brasileira. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  3. "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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