{{Short description|Cuban actress and singer (1915–2004)}} {{Infobox person | name = Raquel Rodrigo | image = Raquel Rodrigo.JPG | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Raquel Rodríguez López | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|3|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Havana, Cuba | death_date = {{death date and age|18 March 2004|11 March 1915|df=yes}} | death_place = Madrid, Spain | other_names = Raquel Rodrigo López | occupation = Actress, Singer | years_active = 1932–1997 (film) | parents = Abdón Rodríguez Santos }} '''Raquel Rodríguez López''' known as '''Raquel Rodrigo''' (1915–2004) was a Cuban actress and singer who appeared in Spanish films. In 1935, she appeared in the music film ''Paloma Fair''.<ref>{{cite book |last=D'Lugo |first=Marvin |title=Guide to the Cinema of Spain |publisher=Greenwood Press |date=1 January 1997 |page=[https://archive.org/details/guidetocinemaofs0000dlug/page/106 106] |url=https://archive.org/details/guidetocinemaofs0000dlug |url-access=registration |isbn=9780313294747 |oclc=35566051 |hdl=1811/77550}}</ref>
==Early life== Rodrigo was born to Spanish parents Abdón Rodríguez Santos and Marina López Rosabal from Galicia. The family later returned to Spain in 1921 and after completing his secondary studies he began studying medicine. However, he abandoned his career to dedicate himself fully to the theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/03/18/obituarios/1079602818.html|title= Raquel Rodrigo, cantante, actriz y musa de Perojo|date= 22 March 2004|website=Elmundo|language=spanish| accessdate= 20 November 2025}}</ref>
Considered a popular leading actress in the period of the Second Spanish Republic, she debuted in cinema in 1932 with Carceleras, by José Buchs, the first film spoken in Spain, which premiered at the Opera de Madrid cinema on October 10, 1932.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/03/18/obituarios/1079602818.html|title= Raquel Rodrigo, cantante, actriz y musa de Perojo|date= 22 March 2004|website=Elmundo|accessdate= 20 November 2025}}</ref> The enormous popularity at the time was largely due to the character of Susana that she played in the film ''La verbena de la Paloma'' (1935), by Benito Perojo, along with Miguel Ligero Rodríguez. The ''El barbero de Sevilla'' (1936), also by Perojo, was shot at the UFA Studios in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2004/03/18/obituarios/1079602818.html|title= Raquel Rodrigo, cantante, actriz y musa de Perojo|date= 22 March 2004|website=Elmundo|accessdate= 20 November 2025}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1932|| ''Carceleras'' || || |- |1933|| ''Una morena y una rubia'' || || |- |1934|| ''Odio'' || || |- |1934|| ''Doña Francisquita'' || || |- |1934|| ''Una semana de felicidad'' || || |- |1935|| ''Paloma Fair'' || Susana || |- |1937|| ''Madre Alegría'' || Mariquita || |- |1937|| ''The Moorish Queen'' || Mercedes || |- |1938|| ''The Barber of Seville'' || Rosina || |- |1940|| ''El rey que rabió'' || Rosa || |- |1941|| ''Para ti es el mundo'' || || |- |1947|| ''The Captain's Ship'' || Doña Leonor || |- |1948|| ''Extraño amanecer'' || || |- |1951|| ''Malibran's Song'' || || |- |1973|| ''No es bueno que el hombre esté solo'' || woman at the club || |- |1975|| ''No quiero perder la honra'' || || |- |1975|| ''Zorrita Martinez'' || Monja || |- |1975|| ''El poder del deseo'' || Vecina || |- |1975|| ''El mejor regalo'' || || |- |1976|| ''Morir... dormir... tal vez soñar'' || Herminia || |- |1976|| ''La lozana andaluza'' || || |- |1977|| ''El hombre que supo amar'' || Señora Asustada || |- |1977|| ''Cazar un gato negro'' || Internada 1ª || |- |1977|| ''Obsesión'' || Madre de Angelines || |- |1977|| ''Viva/muera Don Juan Tenorio'' || || |- |1986|| ''Bandera negra'' || || |- |1987|| ''Policía'' || || |- |1990|| ''Aquí huele a muerto... (¡pues yo no he sido!)'' || Madre Elizabeth || |- |1991|| ''El robobo de la jojoya'' || Clienta || |- |1995|| ''Morirás en Chafarinas'' || Monja || |- |1996|| ''Familia'' || Rosa || |}
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