Olga Ramos
{{other uses|Olga Ramos (disambiguation)}}
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| birth_name = Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|07|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Badajoz, Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|08|25|1918|07|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Boadilla del Monte, Spain
| resting_place = Cementerio de la Almudena
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| occupation = Singer, actress
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| genre = Cuplé
| instruments = Voice, violin
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| spouse = Enrique Martínez de Gamboa
| children = {{ill|Olga María Ramos|es}}
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Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino (18 July 1918 – 25 August 2005) was a Spanish cupletista, violinist, and actress known as the queen of the cuplé.{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-25-08-2005/abc/Ultima/muere-olga-ramos-la-reina-del-cuple_61408029096.html# |title=Muere Olga Ramos, la reina del cuplé |trans-title=Olga Ramos Dies, the Queen of the Cuplé |work=ABC |language=Spanish |date=25 August 2005 |access-date=11 June 2018}}{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2005/08/25/actualidad/1124920801_850215.html |title=Muere a los 87 años Olga Ramos, la 'reina del cuplé' |trans-title=Olga Ramos Dies at Age 87, the 'Queen of the Cuplé' |work=El País |agency=EFE |language=Spanish |date=25 August 2005 |access-date=11 June 2018}}
Life and career
She appeared singing a song in the 1940 film Leyenda rota, with Juan de Orduña and Maruchi Fresno, directed by {{ill|Carlos Fernández Cuenca|es}}.{{Cite news |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/cartelera/peliculas/leyenda-rota-m-1158195 |title=Leyenda rota |work=La Vanguardia |language=Spanish |date=11 June 2018}}
She studied violin at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, 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 {{ill|Café Universal|es}}.{{Cite news |url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/08/25/obituarios/1124980631.html |title=Olga Ramos, reina del cuplé más castizo |trans-title=Olga Ramos, Queen of the Most Authentic Cuplé |work=El Mundo |agency=EFE |language=Spanish |date=25 August 2005 |access-date=11 June 2018}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=He5mKh425wEC&pg=PA325 |title=Madrid en la Posguerra |trans-title=Post-War Madrid |first=Pedro |last=Montoliú Camps |publisher=Sílex ediciones |page=325 |isbn=9788477371595 |language=Spanish |year=2005 |access-date=11 June 2018 |via=Google Books}}
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 {{ill|Calle de la Palma|es}}, until its closure.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBy3AAAAIAAJ&q=Olga+Ramos+cupl%C3%A9 |title=Victoria Kent, una vida al servicio del humanismo liberal |trans-title=Victoria Kent, a Life in Service of Liberal Humanism |first=Zenaida |last=Gutiérrez-Vega |publisher=University of Málaga |page=242 |language=Spanish |year=2001 |isbn=9788474968477 |access-date=11 June 2018 |via=Google Books}} Two years later, Ramos reopened the club, becoming an entrepreneur, with her daughter, {{ill|Olga María Ramos|es}}, 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
Awards and distinctions
- First prize for chamber music from the Madrid Royal Conservatory
- Madrid Medal for artistic merit
- Lady of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Gold medal for merit at work
- Gold medal of Agustín Lara
- Plaque at the Memory Plan of Madrid (Puerta del Sol){{Cite web |url=http://www.memoriademadrid.es/buscador.php?accion=VerFicha&id=58172&num_id=7&num_total=485 |title=Olga Ramos |publisher=Memoriademadrid |language=Spanish |access-date=11 June 2018}}
- Garbanzo de Plata{{Cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1996/05/30/agenda/833407205_850215.html |title=Garbanzo para Olga |work=El País |agency=EFE |language=Spanish |date=30 May 1996 |access-date=11 June 2018}}
- "Voz microfónica" of the Estudios Roptence in Madrid
- Medal of the Villa y Corte Foundation{{Cite news |url=http://www.hoy.es/pg060201/prensa/noticias/Sociedad/200602/01/HOY-SOC-207.html |title=La pacense Olga Ramos, 'Reina del cuplé', dará nombre a una glorieta de Madrid |trans-title=The Badajoz Native Olga Ramos, 'Queen of the Cuplé', Will Give Name to a Roundabout in Madrid |work=Hoy |location=Madrid |language=Spanish |date=1 February 2006 |access-date=11 June 2018}}
- Community gold medal of the Canary Islands{{Cite news |url=https://www.eldia.es/gente/2002-04-09/1-MEDALLAS-ORO-Canarias.htm |title=Medallas de oro de Canarias |work=El Día |location=Santa Cruz de Tenerife |language=Spanish |date=9 April 2002 |access-date=11 June 2018}}
- Cibeles Honor Award of the Madrid Forum{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3BNpAAAAMAAJ&q=%22olga+ramos%22+%22Cibeles+de+Honor%22 |title=Enciclopedia de Madrid |first=Pedro |last=Montoliú Camps |publisher=Planeta |page=663 |isbn=9788408043386 |language=Spanish |year=2002 |access-date=11 June 2018 |via=Google Books}}
References
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Category:20th-century Spanish actresses
Category:20th-century Spanish singers
Category:Burials at Cementerio de la Almudena
Category:Singers from Extremadura
Category:Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Category:Spanish musical theatre actresses