Amália Rodrigues
Birthday: 1920-07-23
Place of Birth: Lisbon, Portugal
Biography: Amália, was a Portuguese fadista (fado singer) and actress. Known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen of Fado"), Rodrigues was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Amália remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history.
Movies
La revoltosa
Mari Pepa, a beautiful laundress of Madrid, and Felipe, a carpenter, are in love but they are always...
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The Betrothed
Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are two poor farmers who are in love, but they are hampered by t...
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Un ángel tuvo la culpa
Claudio is a kind mand who works as cashier in a company for several years. Whe he finds closed the ...
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Vacations in Majorca
Ugly, persistent, and (initially) annoying admirer pursues a beautiful actress. At first he is laugh...
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Historia de una noche
After a few years, Víctor Morel comes back to the city. He has been a happy and Bohemian man who spe...
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Pim, pam, pum… ¡fuego!
Spain, 1940s. While returning to Madrid by train, Paca, a chorus girl who aspires to join a prestigi...
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Un rayo de luz
A man and a woman have been secretly married. He belongs to a rich family and she is a poor actress ...
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Canción de arrabal
Set in the 1900s and filmed partially in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Barcelona, Madrid and Sevilla. A you...
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Lovers' Net
Daniel Gelin plays a soldier who is acquitted after committing a crime of passion. Relocating to Lis...
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Fado, a Singer's Story
Ana Maria loves a modest guitar player, Júlio; when she herself in a 'retiro' (typical fado tavern),...
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Enchanted Isles
A French sailor circa 1850, disembarks in a desert Atlantic island, and discovers a woman who had su...
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Black Cloaks
The great fadista, Amelia Rodrigues, made her screen debut in Capas Negras, which took its name from...
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Sangue Toureiro
Eduardo, the son of the wealthy farmer Jerónimo de Vinhais, falls in love and departs for Lisbon wit...
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April in Portugal
Beautiful Jocelyn Lane goes sightseeing in Portugal accompanied by bandleader George Melachrino and ...
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A Sapateira Prodigiosa
A young shoemaker marries an older man, but he, jealous, leaves home. The woman opens a tavern and h...
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Via Macau
An arms smuggler organization uses a pirate television station to spread dissention among representa...
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Vendaval Maravilhoso
The agitated and tragic life of poet Castro Alves, and his romance with actress Eugênia Câmara....
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Music of Always
Producer, director and projectionist watch an assortment of musical numbers and brainstorm about fr...
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Vasco Santana: O Bom Português
A look at the life and career of Vasco Santana, one of the most beloved actors of the Portuguese cin...
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The Art of Amália
Documentary about the life of Portuguese Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999) with an interview ...
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Fado Corrido
A Marialist nobleman falls in love with a fado singer, who puts an end to the ephemeral relationship...
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I, Amália
A portrait of Amália by herself. Her personality, experiences, daring, songs, joys and sorrows and a...
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Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida
A five hour documentary series about the legendary "queen" of fado....
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Amalia Rodrigues Live In New York
A thrilling performance of the greatest modern singer of Fado, Amalia Rodrigues. Taped in 1990, bef...
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Sun and Bulls
Manuel da Cruz, a young apprentice in the saddle, is discovered by the cattleman João Gama, who marv...
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