She was born in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, in 1928.She began her career singing in the choir of the church and began to participate, in secret, of freshmen programs. Among them the famous Ary Barroso Show on Radio Tupi, later consolidating herself on radio Mayrink Veiga. In 1951, recorded the first 78 RPM album with the songs "I'm happy" and "When someone goes away".After that, the singer devoted herself as a great interpreter of the Brazilian national genre "samba-canção", alongside Maysa, Nora Ney and Dolores Duran.