Aracy Balabanian

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

Biography Aracy Balabanian was born in Campo Grande, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, to Armenian immigrants Raphael and Esther Balabanyan, who fled Nor Hachn and settled in Brazil after surviving the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks.

Her parents originally wanted to name her Arax (Արաքս), after the river, but ultimately decided to honor their new homeland instead. Aracy is a Brazilian name of Tupi origin meaning "daybreak" or, literally, "mother of the day."

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 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 Marcados Pelo Amor (1964) O Amor Tem Cara de Mulher (1966) Um Rosto Perdido (1966) Angústia de Amar (1967) Meu Filho, Minha Vida (1967) Sublime Amor (1967) Antônio Maria (1968) Nino, o Italianinho (1969) A Fábrica (1971).... Isabel O Primeiro Amor (1972) Corrida do Ouro (1974) Bravo! (1975) O Casarão (1976) Locomotivas (1977).... Miena Cabral Pecado Rasgado (1978) Coração Alado (1980).... Maria Faz-Favor Brilhante (1981) Elas Por Elas (1982) Guerra dos Sexos (1983) Transas e Caretas (1984) Ti Ti Ti (1985) Mania de Querer (1986) Helena (1987) Que Rei Sou Eu? (1989).... Maria Fromet/Lenore Gaillard Rainha da Sucata (1990).... Dona Armênia (Arakel Tchobanian Giovani) Felicidade (1991) Deus Nos Acuda (1992).... Dona Armênia (Arakel Tchobanian Giovani) Pátria Minha (1994) A Próxima Vítima (1995).... Filomena Ferreto Sabor da Paixão (2002) Da Cor do Pecado (2004) A Lua Me Disse (2005) Eterna Magia (2007) Passione (2010).... Gemma Mattoli Cheias de Charme (2012) Saramandaia (2013).... Dona Pupu (Eponina Camargo) Geração Brasil (2014) Ligações Perigosas (2016) Sol Nascente (2016) Pega Pega (2017) Malhação: Vidas Brasileiras (2018)

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

Best of the Year – Globe Awards Year Category Nominee / work Result 1995 Best Actress in a Telenovela A Próxima Vítima 2018 Mário Lago Trophy

Contigo! Awards Year Category Nominee / work Result 2003 Best Comedy Actress – Television Sabor da Paixão

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

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