Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino (18 July 1918 – 25 August 2005) was a Spanish cupletista, violinist, and actress known as the queen of the cuplé.

Life and career

She appeared singing a song in the 1940 film ''Leyenda rota'', with

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and

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, directed by . She studied violin at the

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, where she won the first prize for chamber music in 1943. In the 1940s, she conducted the Orquesta Fémina, an "orchestra of young ladies", in various locations in the city such as . After a few years withdrawn from the world of entertainment, from 1967 to 1978 she sang at the Madrid venue El Último Cuplé, at 51 , until its closure. Two years later, Ramos reopened the club, becoming an entrepreneur, with her daughter, , under the name Las Noches del Cuplé, and performed there daily until its final closure in 1999. Her husband, Enrique Martínez de Gamboa, composed several of her songs.

Discography

* ''Madrid entre cuplés y canciones'' * ''Puro cuplé''

Awards and distinctions

* First prize for chamber music from the

* Madrid Medal for artistic merit * Lady of the Order of Isabella the Catholic * Gold medal for merit at work * Gold medal of

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* Plaque at the Memory Plan of Madrid (

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) * Garbanzo de Plata * "Voz microfónica" of the Estudios Roptence in Madrid * Medal of the Villa y Corte Foundation * Community gold medal of the

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* Cibeles Honor Award of the Madrid Forum

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Olga 1918 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Spanish actresses 20th-century Spanish singers Burials at Cementerio de la Almudena Cupletistas Singers from Extremadura People from Badajoz Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Spanish musical theatre actresses Spanish violinists 20th-century Spanish women singers 20th-century violinists