Instruments Vocals Children Carlos Lanca Role Singer | Name Linda Suza Years active 1978 - 1998 | |
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Birth name Teolinda Joaquina de Sousa Lanca Albums 40 chansons d'or, Linda de suza en francais Similar People Herve Vilard, Chantal Goya, Rika Zarai, Karen Cheryl, Pascal Auriat Died 28 December 2022 (aged 74) Gisors, Eure, France | ||
Linda de suza face a face
Linda de Suza (born Teolinda Joaquina de Sousa Lança, 22 February 1948 – 28 December 2022 in Beringel, Beja, Portugal) was a Lusophone and Francophone singer, actress and best-selling author. She was of Portuguese origin.
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- Linda de suza face a face
- Linda de suza o portugues emigrante
- Career
- Albums
- Singles and tracks
- Death
- References
Linda de suza o portugues emigrante
Career
Linda de Suza was born in Beringel, Beja (Alentejo), in southern Portugal on 22 February 1948. Suza left her homeland, Portugal for France in the 1970s and started to work in menial jobs. In the late 1970s she managed to record music albums. Her works such as Tiroli-Torola, La fille qui Pleurait, Un Enfant peut faire le Monde, and L'Étrangère drew a large audience in France. She topped her success with her performance at Paris Olympia.
Linda de Suza sings fado, folk, ballads and popular songs in both French and Portuguese and was nicknamed "Amália of France" after Amália Rodrigues, to whom she paid tribute in her song "Amália". Amália Rodrigues, known as "Rainha do Fado" ("Queen of Fado") paved the way for Linda de Suza, Tonicha, Lenita Gentil, Cândida Branca Flor, Dulce Pontes, Mariza and Mísia, among other well known Portuguese and Portuguese-descended singers.
In 1984, Linda de Suza published her autobiography La Valise en Carton (The Cardboard Suitcase). The book was also published the same year in Portugal, as A Mala de Cartão. Her book was followed by a number of novels. La Valise en carton was adapted into a cinema-film miniseries in 1988. All were successful.
Albums
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Singles and tracks
Linda de Suza sings in Portuguese and French. Some of her best-known songs are:
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Death
Linda de Suza died in France from complications of COVID-19 on 28 December 2022, aged 74.