Biography
Aracy Balabanian (22 February 1940 – 7 August 2023) was a Brazilian actress. 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.Balabanian died in Rio de Janeiro on 7 August 2023, at the age of 83.
Filmography
all 32
TV Shows 24
Movies 8
Narrator 1
Juntos a Magia Acontece (2019)
Sai de Baixo: O Filme (2019)
Rising Sun (2016)
Dangerous Liaisons (2016)
Saramandaia (2013)
Sparkling Girls (2012)
Passione (2010)
The Inventor of Dreams (2010)
O Natal do Menino Imperador (2008)
Queridos Amigos (2008)
Toma Lá, Dá Cá (2007)
Eterna Magia (2007)
A Lua Me Disse (2005)
Shades of Sin (2004)
Sabor da Paixão (2002)
The Patriot (1998)
Uma Professora Muito Maluquinha (1996)
Sai de Baixo (1996)
O Espiritismo de Kardec aos Dias de Hoje (1995)
A Próxima Vítima (1995)
Deus Nos Acuda (1992)
Rainha da Sucata (1990)
Que Rei Sou Eu? (1989)
Caramujo-Flor (1988)
Helena (1987)
Ti Ti Ti (1985)
Guerra dos Sexos (1983)
Elas por Elas (1982)
Coração Alado (1980)
Locomotivas (1977)
Bravo! (1975)
Vila Sésamo (1972)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1940-02-22
Deathday2023-08-07 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceCampo Grande, Brazil
CitizenshipsBrazil
ResidencesRio de Janeiro, Brazil
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