Her body is in Panteón Nacional, in Lisbon, next to important figures of Portugal. Siblings: Vicente, Filipe, José (died as a child), António (died as a child), Since her childhood she showed a talent for singing although she debuted formally in 1939 at 19 years old, becoming a great popular success. She also sang in the ex-USSR and Romania.
With 30 million records sold, she is the highest selling Portuguese singer of all time.
Her fame was seriously affected and she decided to retire from show business for not entering in polemic (although soon, after its death, it was discovered that she collaborated privately with the Communist Party of Portugal) but one year after, she acted in the Coliseu Theater of Lisbon where 5,000 people applauded her on foot, demonstrating with this that her public never released her. She also sang poems turned music of several Portuguese poets and, in fact, Variety's magazine chose her in 1959 as one of the four best female singers in history. She recorded an album of Italian traditional songs, Soon after that release, Rodrigues suffered her first really serious troubles in terms of physical health, which caused her to be away from the stage for a short period again, and forced her to concentrate on performing, especially in Portugal.
Amália got married to César Seabra in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was accompanied by singer Júlio Proença and musicians Armandinho and Santos Moreira. In 2001, posthumously, Amália was awarded with Ordem do Infante D. Henrique (Grã Cruz)by President Jorge Sampaio. During World War II she carried out long tours for Spain and Brazil and she obtained in 1945 her first great musical success with the song "Ai Mouraria".
Amália Rodrigues (Lisbon, July 1st, 1920 - Lisbon, October 6, 1999) was a Portuguese singer and actress, considered one of the greatest ever singers of the fado genre. Her first professional engagement in a fado venue took place in 1939, and she was a guest in stage revues.By the early 1940s, Amália had become a famous singer in Portugal. During her last years, Amália received countless tributes inside and outside of Portugal and suddenly died while she slept in her house of Lisbon on October 6th, 1999. In 1950, while performing at the Marshall Plan international benefit shows, she introduced the song 'In the early 1950s, the involvement of Portuguese poet Amalia Rodrigues travelled abroad for the first time in 1943, to perform at the Portuguese ambassador in Madrid In France during the 1950s–1960s she performed on television and became a well-known artist. Rodrigues was at the height of her vocal and performing powers during the 1960s.In the 1970s, Rodrigues concentrated on live concert performances. In 1989, for her 50 years of artistic career, the President of Portugal Mário Soares honored her and the Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy received her in private audience. During World War II she carried out long tours for Spain and Brazil and she obtained in 1945 her first great musical success with the song "Ai Mouraria". Parents: Albertino de Jesus Rodrigues (1888-1962) and Lucinda da Piedade Rebordão. Amalia Rodrigues travelled abroad for the first time in 1943, to perform at the Portuguese ambassador in Madrid Pedro Teotónio Pereira's gala party. Oktober 1999 ebenda), war die wohl bedeutendste Fado-Sängerin.Sie wird auch als „Königin des Fados“ bezeichnet. In 1947 she debuted as an actress in the Portuguese movie "Capas Negras" (with Alberto Ribeiro) and it became the best movie of the year in Portugal and Amália became a great international celebrity and the most admired and loved star of Portugal.
She was the first Portuguese artist to appear on American TV on ABC in 1953.
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Since her childhood she showed a talent for singing although she debuted formally in 1939 at 19 years old, becoming a great popular success.