{{other uses|Olga Ramos (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person | name = Olga Ramos | image = | alt = | caption = | 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 | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Singer, actress | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = Cuplé | instruments = Voice, violin }} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Enrique Martínez de Gamboa | children = {{ill|Olga María Ramos|es}} | awards = | alma_mater = | website = }} '''Trinidad Olga Ramos Sanguino''' (18 July 1918 – 25 August 2005) was a Spanish cupletista, violinist, and actress known as the queen of the cuplé.<ref name="reina ABC">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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}}.<ref name="reina ABC"/><ref>{{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}}</ref>
She studied violin at the Madrid Royal Conservatory, where she won the first prize for chamber music in 1943.<ref name="reina ABC"/>
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}}.<ref name=castizo>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="reina ABC"/>
Her husband, Enrique Martínez de Gamboa, composed several of her songs.<ref name=castizo/>
==Discography== * ''Madrid entre cuplés y canciones'' * ''Puro cuplé''<ref name="reina ABC"/>
==Awards and distinctions== * First prize for chamber music from the Madrid Royal Conservatory<ref name="reina ABC"/> * Madrid Medal for artistic merit<ref name="reina ABC"/> * Lady of the Order of Isabella the Catholic<ref name="reina ABC"/> * Gold medal for merit at work<ref name="reina ABC"/> * Gold medal of Agustín Lara<ref name="reina ABC"/> * Plaque at the Memory Plan of Madrid (Puerta del Sol)<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Garbanzo de Plata<ref>{{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}}</ref> * "Voz microfónica" of the Estudios Roptence in Madrid<ref name="reina ABC"/> * Medal of the Villa y Corte Foundation<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Community gold medal of the Canary Islands<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Cibeles Honor Award of the Madrid Forum<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos, Olga}} Category:1918 births Category:2005 deaths Category:20th-century Spanish actresses Category:Burials at Cementerio de la Almudena Category:Cupletistas Category:Singers from Extremadura Category:People from Badajoz Category:Recipients of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Category:Spanish musical theatre actresses Category:20th-century Spanish violinists Category:20th-century Spanish women singers Category:20th-century violinists