Nair Silva was a renowned Brazilian actress, voice actress, and dubbing director, recognized for her extensive contributions to the world of anime and television dubbing in Brazil. Born on either August 24, 1939, or July 3, 1939, in Bebedouro, São Paulo, she built a prolific career that spanned over five decades until her passing on December 14, 2020.

Silva's voice became familiar to Brazilian audiences through numerous roles in popular anime series and films. Among her most recognized works are the characters specified in the query: she voiced Grandma Lucy in the film Yo-kai Watch: The Movie and Setsu Ooiwa in the Studio Ghibli film When Marnie Was There. Her repertoire also includes the role of Marie in the series Ogon Bat, the character of Grilo Falante (the Talking Cricket) in the 1972 anime series Kashi no Ki Mokku (Pinocchio: The Series), and Claudia LaSalle in the film The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?.

Beyond these roles, Silva was a prominent figure in the dubbing of tokusatsu series, a genre of live-action Japanese film and television. She was widely remembered for voicing iconic characters such as the villainous Queen Ahames in Esquadrão Relâmpago Changeman and Gyoru in O Fantástico Jaspion. Her voice was also heard in other significant anime, including Ghost Hound as Noriko Kabata, Zillion as both the narrator and Queen Adamis, and as the narrator in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. In addition to anime, she lent her voice to a wide array of actresses and characters in Hollywood films and cartoons, such as Whoopi Goldberg, Meryl Streep, and the character of Lasquita in the Woody Woodpecker series.

In addition to her on-screen voice work, Nair Silva worked extensively behind the scenes as a dubbing director. In this capacity, she directed the Portuguese dubbing for numerous series, including Changeman, Comando Estelar Flashman, O Fantástico Mundo de Bobby, Doug, and the films Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance and Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions. Her work was often carried out in collaboration with her late husband, fellow voice director and actor Líbero Miguel, and she remained active in the industry up until the year of her death. Her decades of work left a lasting impact on Brazilian popular culture, where she is remembered as a legendary figure in the field of dubbing.