Raquel Meller

(1888-1962) Spanish singer

Film & TV

Known for

Violettes impériales — Violetta1932
La Venenosa — Miss Liana1928
Nocturne1927
Carmen — Carmen1926
Her People — Lia1925
La Ronde de Nuit — Princesse Stefania1925
Violettes impériales — Violetta1923
Flanders under Philip II — Conception de la Playa Serra1923
The White Gypsy Girl1919
The Rags of Silk and Gold1919

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Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: Spain
Active from: 1888-03-09
Active to: 1962-07-26

cuplé

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Listeners: 1,318
Total plays: 6,488

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Raquel Meller (9 March 1888 – 26 July 1962), born as Francisca Romana Marqués López, was a Spanish diseuse, cuplé, and tonadilla singer and actress. She was an international star in the 1920s and 1930s, appearing in several films and touring Europe and the Americas. A vaudeville performer, she sang the original versions of well known songs such as "La Violetera" and "El relicario", both written by José Padilla Sánchez. Francisca Romana Marqués López was born in Tarazona, Aragón in the neighbor

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Francisca
Gender: female
Citizenship: Spain
Place of birth: Tarazona
Place of death: Barcelona
Spouse: Enrique Gómez Carrillo
Languages spoken: Spanish
Instrument: voice
Image: 1928-11-27, Estampa, Raquel Meller en el cinematógrafo (cropped).jpg

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place of burial: Montjuïc Cemetery
Commons category: Raquel Meller
date of birth: 1888-03-10
date of death: 1962-07-26
cause of death: disease
second family name in Spanish name: López
manner of death: natural causes

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