page_title: Amália Rodrigues
section_title: Acting career
hierarchical_section_title: Amália Rodrigues / The middle years / Acting career
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: Amalia Rodrigues [Portugese fado-zangeres] op Schiphol Datum&#160;: 8 oktober 1964 Locatie&#160;: Noord-Holland, Schiphol Trefwoorden&#160;: portretten, zangeressen Persoonsnaam&#160;: Rodrigues, Amalia Fotograaf&#160;: Pot, Harry / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 916-9841
context_page_description: Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues GCSE, GCIH, better known as Amália Rodrigues or popularly as Amália, was a Portuguese fadista and actress.
  Known as the 'Rainha do Fado', Rodrigues was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Amália remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history.
context_section_description: She continued her acting career, in films like 'Sangue Toureiro' (1958), and 'Fado Corrido' (1964).
  Rodrigues appeared in Carlos Vilardebó's 1964 arthouse film The Enchanted Islands  based on a short story by Herman Melville. Her 1965 recording of poems by 16th century poet Luís de Camões generated acres of newspaper polemics. Her 1968 single Vou dar de beber à dor broke all sales records and her 1970 album Com que voz won a number of international awards.
  Having been given Portugal's Film Award for Best Actress for 'Fado' in 1947, once again she was awarded as Portugal's Best Film Actress in 1965, in a movie where she didn't sing.
  In between she performed in other genres: she recorded some of her old songs with an orchestra, recorded an album with jazz saxophonist Don Byas 'Encontro' (1968), and recorded an album of American songs with Norrie Paramor's orchestra, 'Amália On Broadway' which includes a rendition of 'Summertime', 'The Nearness of You'.
  An important album in the 1960s was 'Com Que Voz', (1969), reprising many of her successes and adding a few more, all poems by Portuguese-speaking poets, and music by Alain Oulman. Rodrigues was at the height of her vocal and performing powers during the 1960s.
caption: Amália in Amsterdam, 1964.
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