Her sister, Amélia Rey Colaço, was one of the leading Portuguese theatre actors of the first half of the 20th century.

[1][2][3] Alice started showing her work together with her friend and artist Mily Possoz in 1913, presenting in Porto and Lisbon.

From 1918 she focused on illustration and collaborated with writers such as João Correia d'Oliveira, Adolfo Coelho, Maria da Luz Sobral and Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcellos.

In 1924 she married Horácio Paulo Menano and stopped her activity as an artist to only engage in lyrical singing.

[10] In 2019, an exhibition was held to commemorate her contributions "120 anos do nascimento de Amélia Rey Colaço" at the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II.