Olga Ramos
Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino (18 July 1918 – 25 August 2005) was a Spanish cupletista, violinist, and actress known as the queen of the cuplé.[1][2]
Olga Ramos | |
|---|---|
| Born | Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino 18 July 1918 Badajoz, Spain |
| Died | 25 August 2005 (aged 87) Boadilla del Monte, Spain |
| Resting place | Cementerio de la Almudena |
| Occupation | Singer, actress |
| Spouse(s) | Enrique Martínez de Gamboa |
| Children | Olga María Ramos |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Cuplé |
| Instruments | Voice, violin |
Life and career
She appeared singing a song in the 1940 film Leyenda rota, with Juan de Orduña and Maruchi Fresno, directed by Carlos Fernández Cuenca.[1][3]
She studied violin at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where she won the first prize for chamber music in 1943.[1]
In the 1940s, she conducted the Orquesta Fémina, an "orchestra of young ladies", in various locations in the city such as Café Universal.[4][5]
After a few years withdrawn from the world of entertainment, from 1967 to 1978 she sang at the Madrid venue El Último Cuplé, at 51 Calle de la Palma, until its closure.[6] Two years later, Ramos reopened the club, becoming an entrepreneur, with her daughter, Olga María Ramos, under the name Las Noches del Cuplé, and performed there daily until its final closure in 1999.[1]
Her husband, Enrique Martínez de Gamboa, composed several of her songs.[4]
Discography
- Madrid entre cuplés y canciones
- Puro cuplé[1]
Awards and distinctions
- First prize for chamber music from the Madrid Royal Conservatory[1]
- Madrid Medal for artistic merit[1]
- Lady of the Order of Isabella the Catholic[1]
- Gold medal for merit at work[1]
- Gold medal of Agustín Lara[1]
- Plaque at the Memory Plan of Madrid (Puerta del Sol)[7]
- Garbanzo de Plata[8]
- "Voz microfónica" of the Estudios Roptence in Madrid[1]
- Medal of the Villa y Corte Foundation[9]
- Community gold medal of the Canary Islands[10]
- Cibeles Honor Award of the Madrid Forum[11]
References
- "Muere Olga Ramos, la reina del cuplé" [Olga Ramos Dies, the Queen of the Cuplé]. ABC (in Spanish). 25 August 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Muere a los 87 años Olga Ramos, la 'reina del cuplé'" [Olga Ramos Dies at Age 87, the 'Queen of the Cuplé']. El País (in Spanish). EFE. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Leyenda rota". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 11 June 2018.
- "Olga Ramos, reina del cuplé más castizo" [Olga Ramos, Queen of the Most Authentic Cuplé]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- Montoliú Camps, Pedro (2005). Madrid en la Posguerra [Post-War Madrid] (in Spanish). Sílex ediciones. p. 325. ISBN 9788477371595. Retrieved 11 June 2018 – via Google Books.
- Gutiérrez-Vega, Zenaida (2001). Victoria Kent, una vida al servicio del humanismo liberal [Victoria Kent, a Life in Service of Liberal Humanism] (in Spanish). University of Málaga. p. 242. ISBN 9788474968477. Retrieved 11 June 2018 – via Google Books.
- "Olga Ramos" (in Spanish). Memoriademadrid. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Garbanzo para Olga". El País (in Spanish). EFE. 30 May 1996. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "La pacense Olga Ramos, 'Reina del cuplé', dará nombre a una glorieta de Madrid" [The Badajoz Native Olga Ramos, 'Queen of the Cuplé', Will Give Name to a Roundabout in Madrid]. Hoy (in Spanish). Madrid. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- "Medallas de oro de Canarias". El Día (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de Tenerife. 9 April 2002. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- Montoliú Camps, Pedro (2002). Enciclopedia de Madrid (in Spanish). Planeta. p. 663. ISBN 9788408043386. Retrieved 11 June 2018 – via Google Books.
