[1] In 1951, Alves made history when she and actor Walter Forster performed the first on-screen kiss ever broadcast on Brazilian television on the early telenovela series, Sua Vida Me Pertence.

[1] Teleteatro were a type of Brazilian television show that featured a complete story arc with a beginning, middle and ending broadcast in a single, two-hour episode.

[1][2] The plot of A Calúnia featured two staff members of an all-girls boarding school, played by Alves and Gomide, who become the subjects of rumors that they were gay.

[1] In 1995, Alves and several television co-founded the Associação dos Pioneiros Profissionais e Incentivadores da Televisão Brasileira (Pró-TV), a professional organization.

[2][4] She also operated the Museu da Televisão Brasileira, including special exhibitions, at her own home in São Paulo for thirteen years.

[2] A biography titled Vida Alves - Sem medo de viver, authored by Nelson Natalino, was published by Editora Imprensa Oficial in 2013.

[1] Alves also wrote a second book, Televisão brasileira: O primeiro beijo e outras curiosidades (Brazilian television: The first kiss and other curiosities), which she released in 2014.