Simone de Oliveira

Simone de Oliveira
Simone de Oliveira
	Simone de Oliveira at Eurovision 1965
Background information
Birth name	Simone de Macedo e Oliveira
Born	11 February 1938; Lisbon, Portugal
Occupation(s)	Singer and actress
Years active	60 years

Simone de Macedo e Oliveira, GCIH (born 11 February 1938) 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.[1]

Music

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.

Other successful songs:

"Maria solidão"
"Deixa lá"
"À tua espera"

Selected filmography

Theater

A tragédia da Rua das Flores
Passa por mim no Rossio (a great success in Portugal)
Maldita cocaína.
A homage to the singer Madalena Iglésias in the musical play What happened to Madalena Iglésias (another success)
Alma Mahler-Werfel in Joshua Sobols play Alma (2003, directed by Paulus Manker) in Convento dos Inglesinhos in Lisbon.

Film

Year	Title	Role
1964	A Canção da Saudade	Herself
1967	Operação diamante
1976	Cântico final
1982	A estrangeira	Clara

Television

She has participated in several Portuguese telenovelas:

Date	Title	Role	Network
1996	Roseira Brava	Amélia Falcão	RTP
1996/1997	Vidas de Sal	Madalena Fragoso	RTP
2001/2002	A Senhora das Águas	Maria dos Prazeres	RTP
2005/2006	Morangos com Açúcar	Maria Antónia Mergulhão	TVI
2006/2007	Tu e Eu	Raquel Lemos Silva Reis	TVI
2008	Vila Faia: 25 anos depois	D. Efigénia Marques Vila	RTP

In 1993, Simone was also a jury member in the first season of SIC contest Chuva de Estrelas (the Portuguese version of Stars in Their Eyes), which has uncovered new talents in Portuguese music.

References

she was on the Eurovision song contest in 1969 with all the bets houses betting that she would win the contents she would be placed 15th because of political reasons (Portugal at the time lived under a dictatorial regime bunder Salazar)

External links

Awards and achievements
Preceded by António Calvário "Oração"	Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965	Succeeded by Madalena Iglésias with "Ele e ela"
Preceded by Carlos Mendes "Verão"	Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969	Succeeded by Tonicha with "Menina do alto da serra"
Preceded by José Cid with "Na cabana junto à praia"	Portugal in the OTI Festival OTI Festival 1980	Succeeded by José Cid with "Uma lagrima"

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[1] she was on the Eurovision song contest in 1969 with all the bets houses betting that she would win the contents she would be placed 15th because of political reasons (Portugal at the time lived under a dictatorial regime bunder Salazar)