Concha Piquer

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title: "Concha Piquer" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1906-births", "1990-deaths", "spanish-film-actresses", "spanish-silent-film-actresses", "20th-century-spanish-actresses", "entertainers-from-valencia", "20th-century-spanish-women-singers"] description: "Spanish singer and actress" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concha_Piquer" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Spanish singer and actress ::

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Field	Value
name	Concha Piquer
image	Conchita Piquer 1927.jpg
image_size	250px
caption	Piquer in 1927
native_name_lang	esp
birth_name	María de la Concepción Piquer López
alias	Doña Concha (Mrs Concha),
La Gran Señora de la Copla ("The Great Lady of Copla"),
birth_date
birth_place	Valencia, Spain
death_date
death_place	Madrid, Spain
genre	{{flatlist
occupation	Singer
Actress
instrument	Vocals
years_active	1922–1958 (recordings until 1963)
spouse	Antonio Márquez Serrano (bullfighter)
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| name = Concha Piquer | image = Conchita Piquer 1927.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Piquer in 1927 | native_name_lang = esp | birth_name = María de la Concepción Piquer López | alias = Doña Concha (Mrs Concha), La Gran Señora de la Copla ("The Great Lady of Copla"), | birth_date = | birth_place = Valencia, Spain | death_date = | death_place = Madrid, Spain | genre = {{flatlist|

• Copla
• Cuplé
• Pasodoble | occupation = Singer Actress | instrument = Vocals | years_active = 1922–1958 (recordings until 1963) | spouse = Antonio Márquez Serrano (bullfighter)

María de la Concepción Piquer López (13 December 190612 December 1990), better known as Concha Piquer (and sometimes billed as Conchita Piquer), was a Spanish singer and actress. She was known for her work in the copla form, and she performed her own interpretations of some of the key pieces in the Spanish song tradition, mostly works of the mid-20th century trio of composers Antonio Quintero, Rafael de León y Manuel Quiroga.

Biography

Piquer was born in Valencia, Spain. In 1922, she made her stage debut in New York City at the age of 14, and later appeared with Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, and Fred and Adele Astaire. On 15 April 1923, she appeared in a short film, From Far Seville, made by Lee de Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process, and shown at the Rivoli Theater in New York City that is considered to be the first sound-integrated film in history. This film is now in the Maurice Zouary collection at the U.S. Library of Congress.

Piquer died in Madrid on 12 December 1990.

Discography

Studio albums

(Original titles with English translations)

• Conchita Piquer en la intimidad (1961) — Conchita Piquer in Intimacy
• Conchita Piquer (1962) — (Self-titled: Conchita Piquer)
• Canciones del espectáculo Puente de coplas (1964) — Songs from the Show "Puente de Coplas"

Compilation albums

(Original titles with English translations)

• 10 creaciones ("10 Creations") (1958)
• Sus grandes éxitos ("Her Greatest Hits") (1958)
• Canciones de oro ("Golden Songs") (1986)
• Antología ("Anthology") (1986)

Filmography

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Year	Title	Country	Director	Role	Notes
1923	From Far Seville / De la lejana Sevilla.	US United States	Lee De Forest	Herself	Documentary / Short film
1927	El negro que tenía el alma blanca / Le danseur de jazz.	EspañaEspaña
FR France	Benito Perojo	Emma	Silent film
1930	Wine Cellars.	EspañaEspaña
FR France	María Luz
1934	Yo canto para ti.	EspañaEspaña	Fernando Roldán
1940	La Dolores.	EspañaEspaña	Florián Rey	Dolores
1949	Filigrana.	EspañaEspaña	Luis Marquina	María Paz Alcolea "Filigrana"
1954	Me casé con una estrella.	Argentina	Luis César Amadori	Gloria María del Carmen Soler
1975	Canciones de nuestra vida	EspañaEspaña	Eduardo Manzanos Brochero	Herself	Documentary
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References

References

1. (21 December 2010). "Concha Piquer y su nacimiento". Levante.
2. "Concepción Piquer López - Real Academia de la Historia".
3. "12 mentiras de la historia que nos tragamos sin rechistar (4)".
4. EFE. (2010-11-03). "La primera película sonora era española". El País.
5. Merchán, Lola. (2023-12-30). "Concha Piquer - DE LA LEJANA SEVILLA (From Far Seville), the first sound film in history".
6. "Movies and series of Concha Piquer".
7. Películas Mud. (2017-10-21). "La bodega (1930 Spain) B. Perojo".
8. Aguëras, José. (1934-12-28). "Yo canto para ti". EFE, Orphea Film.

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