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Dorival Caymmi

Dorival Caymmi

ActorSoundComposer Apr 30 (died age 94) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 1939–2025 (86 year career)
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Biography

Dorival Caymmi (Salvador, April 30, 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, August 16, 2008) was a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, poet, painter and actor, active for more than 70 years, beginning in 1933. He contributed to the birth of Brazil's bossa nova movement, and several of his samba pieces, such as "Samba da Minha Terra", "Doralice" and "Saudade da Bahia", have become staples of música popular brasileira. Equally notable are his ballads celebrating the fishermen and women of Bahia, includin…

Known For

Brasil
Film

Brasil

Self (archive footage)
Dangerous Game
Film

Dangerous Game

Music
The Sandpit Generals
Film

The Sandpit Generals

John Adam
The Girl from Ipanema
Film

The Girl from Ipanema

Homem no Carnaval
It's All Brazil
Film

It's All Brazil

Self
Talking Cinema
Film

Talking Cinema

Self
Celebridade
Film

Celebridade

Self
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
Film

Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar

Self (archive footage)

Filmography