Aracy Balabanian

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Aracy Balabanian
Balabanian in 2015
Born(1940-02-22)22 February 1940
Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil (present-day Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil)
Died7 August 2023(2023-08-07) (aged 83)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationActress
Years active1963–2023

Aracy Balabanian (22 February 1940 – 7 August 2023) was a Brazilian actress.[1]

Biography

Aracy Balabanian was born in Campo Grande, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Her parents were Armenians Raphael and Esther Balabanyans. They emigrated from Ottoman Empire to Brazil, fleeing from the genocide promoted in that country by the Ottoman Turks.

At the age of fifteen, she moved to São Paulo 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.[citation needed]

Balabanian died in Rio de Janeiro on 7 August 2023, at the age of 83.[2]

Filmography

Television series

  • Vila Sésamo (1972–1974).... Gabriela
  • Aplauso (1979).... Angélica
  • Caso Especial (1993–1994)
  • Você Decide (1994)
  • Engraçadinha... Seus Amores e Seus Pecados (1995).... Dona Geninha
  • Sai de Baixo (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 (2008).... Shafika Sarakutian
  • Louco por Elas (2012).... Cândida
  • Juntos a magia acontece (2019)

Telenovelas

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
  • 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

Year Category Nominee / work Result
1995 Best Performance by an Actress in Television A Próxima Vítima Won

Best of the Year – Globe Awards

Year Category Nominee / work Result
1995 Best Actress in a Telenovela A Próxima Vítima Won
2018 Mário Lago Trophy — Won

Contigo! Awards

Year Category Nominee / work Result
2003 Best Comedy Actress – Television Sabor da Paixão Nominated

Press Trophy

Year Category Nominee / work Result
1967 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela O Amor Tem Cara de Mulher Nominated
1968 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela Meu Filho Minha Vida Nominated
1969 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela Antônio Maria Nominated
1990 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela Rainha da Sucata Nominated
1996 Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Telenovela A Próxima Vítima Won

Quem Awards

Year Category Nominee / work Result
2010 Best Supporting Actress – Television Passione Nominated

References

  1. ^ 'Não é para voltar mais', diz Aracy Balabanian sobre 'Sai de Baixo' (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ "Aracy Balabanian morre no Rio aos 83 anos". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.


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