one of Portugal's biggest celebrities, internationally recognised artist and singer. Her career spanned 55 years and she recorded songs in several languages (especially Portuguese, French, English, Spanish and Italian). Versions of her own songs, for instance "Coimbra" ("April in Portugal") achieved success in France, Italy, USA, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Mexico, Romania, Japan and The Netherlands, among other countries. Family Amália Rodrigues' parents had nine children, but only five reached adulthood: Vicente, Filipe, José and António (died as infants), Amália, Celeste, Aninhas (who died at sixteen), Maria da Glória (who died shortly after birth), and Odete. In 1940, she married Francisco Cruz, a lathe worker and amateur guitar player from whom she separated in 1943 and whom she divorced in 1946. In 1961, in Rio de Janeiro, she married César Seabra and remained married until his death in 1997. Discography This discography is not yet complete. Singles 1945: Perseguição 1945: Tendinha 1945: Fado do Ciúme 1945: Mouraria 1945: Los piconeros 1945: Troca de olhares 1945: Ai, Mouraria 1945: Maria da Cruz 1951/52: Ai, Mouraria 1951/52: Sabe-se lá 1953: Novo fado da Severa 1953: Uma casa portuguesa 1953: El Negro Zumbón 1954: Primavera 1955: Tudo isto é fado 1956: Foi Deus 1957: Amália no Olympia 1968: La, la, la EPs 1963: Povo que lavas no rio 1964: Estranha forma de vida 1965: Amália canta Luís de Camões 1969: Formiga Bossa Nossa 1971: Oiça lá, ó Senhor Vinho 1972: Cheira a Lisboa LPs and CDs 1952: Abbey Road 1952 1954: Fados from Portugal/Flamengos from Spain 1956: Encores 1957: Amália A L'Olympia 1958: Fado and Flamenco Favorites (Angel Records) 1959: La Fabulosa (Kapp Records) 1962: Busto 1965: Fado português 1967: Fados 67 1967: fados a guitarradas au portugal 1969: Marchas de Lisboa 1969: Vou dar de beber à dor 1970: Amália/Vinicius 1970: Com que voz 1971: Oiça lá, ó Senhor Vinho 1971: Amália no Japão 1971: Cantigas de amigos 1972: Folclore à guitarra e à viola 1973: A una terra che amo 1973: Encontro com Don Byas 1974: Amalia in Italia 1974: Reine du fado 1976: Amália no Caneção 1976: Cantigas da boa gente 1977: Cantigas numa Língua Antiga 1980: Gostava de ser quem era 1983: Lágrima 1984: Amália na Broadway 1985: O Melhor de Amália: Estranha forma de vida 1985: O Melhor de Amália, vol. 2: Tudo isto é fado 1989: Amália 50 anos: Rara e inédita 1990: Obsessão 1990: O fado 1990: