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Simone de Oliveira

Simone de Macedo e Oliveira, better known as Simone de Oliveira is a Portuguese singer and actress. Simone was born and raised in Lisbon. Her Portuguese mother had black African roots in São Tomé and Príncipe (then a Portuguese territory), and her father was Belgian. She started singing in high school. She is a breast cancer survivor and had the sickness twice. She started her career at the end of the 1950s. With "Sol de inverno" she represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. She became fairly famous in 1969 with the song "Desfolhada Portuguesa", with lyrics by José Carlos Ary dos Santos and music by Nuno Nazareth Fernandes. This song was a great success in Portugal, having innovative lyrics during the time of the dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar. It represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 in Madrid. Despite her popularity at home, it was not successful at the Eurovision, getting only 4 votes. Eleven years later she was again selected by RTP to represent her country in the ninth edition of the OTI Festival (The Latin American counterpart of the Eurovision Song Contest). She performed the song "A tua espera" which got the 14th place with 9 points. She was in several plays, more than 10 movies and 23 TeleNovelas.


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Born:
Feb 11, 1938
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the movie Canção da Saudade 1964-09-18
Latest Project:
Movie Colo 2017-11-16
Known For
Poster of Trial
Poster of The Italian Writer
Poster of Cântico Final
Poster of Canção da Saudade
Filmography
Movie Colo Avó 2017-11-16
Series Mundo ao Contrário Estefânia 2013-04-14
Series Os Nossos Dias Própria 2013-09-16
Series Louco Amor Carlota Caetano Menezes 2012-05-06
Series Velhos Amigos Própria 2011-09-25
Movie The Italian Writer Arminda Badalo 2007-05-01
Movie Trial Mendes Oliveira's wife 2007-10-11
Series Tu e Eu 2006-11-10
Series A Senhora das Águas Maria dos Prazeres 2001-09-03
Series Conde de Abranhos Mrs. Gama Torres 2000-10-03
Series Filhos do Vento Paula Vieira 1997-04-06
Series Vidas de Sal Madalena Fragoso 1996-09-30
Series Roseira Brava Amélia Falcão 1996-01-08
Series Os Andrades Própria 1994-08-01
Series Zona+ Própria 1994-09-19
Series Parabéns Self 1992-09-19
Series Joaquim Letria Self 1990-10-24
Series Clubíssimo Própria 1988-05-07
Series Passerelle Madame Solange 1988-10-04
Movie A Estrangeira Clara 1982-02-01
Movie Cântico Final Paula 1975-11-23
Movie Canção da Saudade a singer 1964-09-18