Biography

Marinês, the stage name of Inês Caetano de Oliveira, was a Brazilian singer, actress, presenter and law graduate. Born on a Sunday, Inês was registered on a Monday, November 16, 1934. Raised in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba, she lived in a very humble house in the Liberdade neighborhood, where she helped her father Manoel Caetano make weapons and ammunition for the army and later for the cangaço as a child. Marinês sang for the first time in a rookie contest in the city, where she heard the announcement on the neighborhood's loudspeaker service. Years later, in the midst of poverty, she discovered another rookie contest held by the city's Rádio Difusora, where the first prize would win one hundred thousand reais in cash and a job at Rádio Difusora.