remained until 1939. After the Civil War she moved to Barcelona and again achieved popularity with the play of José Padilla's Violetera, and there remarried to French businessman Edmond Saiac. Later years Meller faded from public view after the late 1930s. Her legend was rekindled with the films The Last Torch Song (1957) and The Violet Seller (1958) starring Sara Montiel, who sang songs popularized by Meller. Other notable "Queens of cuplé" were La Chelito and La Fornarina. Death In 1962, Meller suffered a heart attack and died a month later on 26 July after falling into a coma, aged 74. Her funeral procession in Barcelona the following day numbered 100,000 people. She is interred in the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona. Legacy Meller's hometown of Tarazona houses a permanent museum exhibition for Meller in the Fine Arts Theater of the town hall. Filmography La gitana blanca or Los arlequines de seda y oro (1919), as Gitana Blanca Les opprimés (1922) by Henry Roussell, as Conception de la Playa Serra Imperial Violets (1924) The Night Watch (1925) The Promised Land (1925) Carmen (1926), as Carmen Nocturne (1927) La venenosa (1928) Imperial Violets (1932) References Further reading External links Raquel Meller profile at IMDb Remembering Raquel Meller 1888 births 1962 deaths People from Tarazona y el Moncayo Spanish film actresses Spanish silent film actresses Vaudeville performers Cupletistas 20th-century Spanish women singers 20th-century Spanish singers Burials at Montjuïc Cemetery