{{Short description|Spanish singer and actress (1939–2020)}} {{Infobox person | name = Dolores Abril | image =Dolores Abril.png | alt = | caption =Abril in 1966 | birth_name = Dolores Caballero Abril | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|05|09|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2020-10-26/muere-dolores-abril-la-eterna-companera-de-juanito-valderrama.html|title = Muere Dolores Abril, la eterna compañera de Juanito Valderrama|date = 26 October 2020}}</ref> | birth_place = Hellín, Spain | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|10|25|1939|05|09|df=yes}} | death_place = Espartinas, Spain | death_cause = | other_names = | occupation = Singer, actress | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = Copla }} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Juanito Valderrama (1981–2004) | children = {{Plainlist| * {{ill|Juan Antonio Valderrama|es}} * Juana Dolores Valderrama Caballero }} | awards = | alma_mater = }} '''Dolores Caballero Abril''' (9 May 1935 – 25 October 2020) was a Spanish singer and actress.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://elartedevivirelflamenco.com/cancionespanola143.html |title=Dolores Abril |first=José |last=Sánchez de la Rosa |publisher=El Arte de Vivir el Flamenco |language=Spanish |date=21 February 2010 |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref>
==Biography== Dolores Abril specialized in the genre of copla.<ref name=estrella>{{Cite news |url=https://www.laverdad.es/albacete/v/20100221/albacete/dolores-abril-estrella-hellinera-20100221.html |title=Dolores Abril: La estrella hellinera de la copla |trans-title=Dolores Abril: The Hellinera Star of the Copla |first=José |last=Sánchez de la Rosa |work=La Verdad |language=Spanish |date=21 February 2010 |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> She was romantically and professionally partnered with singer-songwriter Juanito Valderrama from 1954 until his death in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=106036 |title=La muerte de Juanito Valderrama enmudece al mundo de la copla |trans-title=The Death of Juanito Valderrama Mutes the World of Copla |first=Salome |last=Machio |work=El Periódico Extremadura |language=Spanish |date=13 April 2004 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409004356/http://www.elperiodicoextremadura.com/noticias/extremadura/la-muerte-de-juanito-valderrama-enmudece-mundo-de-copla_106036.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 July 2018 }}</ref> Together they released numerous albums, most notably ''Peleas en broma'', and toured Spain with various shows such as ''Voces de España'' (1962), ''Mano a mano'' (1963), ''Su Majestad la alegría'' (1967), and ''Revolera en el Price'' (1968).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1968/09/20/075.html |title=Informaciones y noticias teatrales y cenematográficas |trans-title=Theatrical and Cinematic Information and News |work=ABC |page=81 |language=Spanish |date=20 September 1968 |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref>
Among her solo discography, the singles "Al primer derrote" (1959), "Tú te casate" (1961), "Gloria a Chicuelo II" (1962), "Miguel de la Cruz Romero" (1963), and "Qué bonita está la Reina" (1963) stand out.
As for her film career, she starred with Valderrama in the films ''El emigrante'' (1960), ''Gitana'' (1965), ''De barro y oro'' (1966), ''La niña del patio'' (1967), and ''{{ill|El padre Coplillas|es}}'' (1968).
In 2009 she was awarded the "Claveles de la Prensa" prize by the Press Association of Seville.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.asociacionprensa.org/es/noticias/noticias-de-la-asociacion/197-dolores-abril-antonio-dechent-y-los-periodistas-de-la-provincia-qclaveles-de-la-prensaq-2009.html |title=Dolores Abril, Antonio Dechent y los Periodistas de la Provincia, 'Claveles de la Prensa' 2009 |trans-title=Dolores Abril, Antonio Dechent, and the Journalists of the Province, 'Claveles de la Prensa' 2009 |publisher=Press Association of Seville |language=Spanish |date=3 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531143206/http://www.asociacionprensa.org/es/noticias/noticias-de-la-asociacion/197-dolores-abril-antonio-dechent-y-los-periodistas-de-la-provincia-qclaveles-de-la-prensaq-2009.html |archive-date=31 May 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref>
She was the mother of singers {{ill|Juan Antonio Valderrama|es}} and Juana Dolores Valderrama.<ref name=estrella/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=406375 |title=La hija de Juanito Valderrama y Dolores Abril debuta en la copla |trans-title=The Daughter of Juanito Valderrama and Dolores Abril Debuts in Copla |first=Núria |last=Martorell |work=El Periódico de Aragón |location=Barcelona |language=Spanish |date=3 May 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130409011457/http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/aragon/la-hija-de-juanito-valderrama-y-dolores-abril-debuta-en-copla_406375.html |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=2 July 2018 }}</ref>
On 25 October 2020 after living secluded for many years, Abril died in Seville at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://twnews.es/es-news/muere-dolores-abril-viuda-de-juanito-valderrama-a-los-81-anos|title=Muere Dolores Abril, viuda de Juanito Valderrama, a los 81 años|website=TW News|access-date=26 October 2020|language=nl|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026211641/https://twnews.es/es-news/muere-dolores-abril-viuda-de-juanito-valderrama-a-los-81-anos|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abril, Dolores}} Category:1935 births Category:2020 deaths Category:20th-century Spanish actresses Category:Actresses from Andalusia Category:Singers from Andalusia Category:People from Hellín Category:Spanish film actresses Category:20th-century Spanish women singers