Linda De Suza

Teolinda Joaquina de Sousa Lança, better known as Linda de Suza, was a Portuguese Lusophone and Francophone singer, actress and best-selling author. She was nicknamed the Singing French Icon of Portuguese Immigration. 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 sang 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") and was also nicknamed by the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, as the Singing "French Icon of Portuguese Immigration". In 1984, Linda de Suza published her autobiography La Valise en Carton (The Cardboard Suitcase). The book was also published the