Carmen Dolores Cohen Sarmento Veres GOIH, GOM (1924–2021) was a Portuguese stage, radio and television, and film actress and writer, with a career that lasted 60 years.

She started to appear in the live theatre in 1945, as part of the successful Os Comediantes de Lisboa (Lisbon Comedians) company, based at the Teatro da Trindade.

[1][2][4] In 1951 Dolores moved to the stage of the D. Maria II National Theatre, under the direction of the Amélia Rey Colaço and Robles Monteiro Company, with several successes, notably Frei Luís de Sousa by Almeida Garrett and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

[1][2] After living in Paris for several years, she returned to the Portuguese stage in 1983 with a play by Aleksei Arbuzov, directed by František Listopad.

[1] In the 1980s Dolores worked in cinema with José Fonseca e Costa, in A Mulher do Próximo (1988) and Balada da Praia dos Cães (1987).

[1][2][5] In the 1990s Dolores was one of the founders, including Raul Solnado and Manuela Maria, of the Casa do Artista, a retirement home in Lisbon for former actors.

[2][7] In July 2018, she was decorated by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, with the insignia of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit, during a tribute to her held at Teatro da Trindade, which included the premiere of the play Carmen inspired by her autobiographical book, Vozes Dentro de Mim, and the naming of the main hall with her name.