# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aracy-cortes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:48:04.525Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aracy-cortes"
name: "Aracy Cortes"
slug: "aracy-cortes"
description: "Zilda de Carvalho Espíndola, professionally known as Aracy Cortes, was a Brazilian singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for bringing the traditional Brazilian samba forms into theatre and for being the first artist to perform Ary Barroso's \"Aquarela do Brasil\" in 1939."
tagline: "Brazilian singer (1904-1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Aracy_Cortes%2C_1965.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Aracy_Cortes%2C_1965.tif.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1904-03-31"
deathDate: "1985-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.04
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.809504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1120635/"
    handle:    "nm1120635"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/854175"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "اراسى كورتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracy_Cortes"
    title: "Aracy Cortes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araci_Cortes"
    title: "Araci Cortes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracy_Cortes"
    title: "Aracy Cortes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "آراسی کورتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracy_Cortes"
    title: "Aracy Cortes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8477ab2e-e467-4a14-bb2b-790f1ecc1f94"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4783602"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump