Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/30/1914
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Dorival Caymmi
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, including "Promessa de Pescador", "O Que É Que a Baiana Tem?", and "Milagre". Caymmi composed about 100 song...
Known For
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
as Self
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
as Self
Talking Cinema
as Self
The Sandpit Generals
as John Adam
It's All Brazil
as Self
The Girl from Ipanema
as Homem no Carnaval
A Embaixatriz do Samba
as Self
Paulo Gracindo - O Bem Amado
as Self (archive footage)
Samba Riachão
as Self
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
as Self (archive footage)
Brasil
as Self (archive footage)
3 Obás de Xangô
as Self (archive footage)
Dê Lembranças a Todos
as Self (archive footage)
Um Certo Dorival Caymmi
as Self
Dorivando Saravá, o Preto Que Virou Mar
as Self (archive footage)
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
as Self (archive footage)
Banana-da-Terra
Unknown Role
Dorival Caymmi: Programa Ensaio
as Self
Bahia, For Example
as Self
Taking a Chance on Love: Jane Monheit in Concert
as Self / Guest - Guitar