Portuguese singer and actress. Better known as Madalena Iglésias, her full name was Madalena Lucília Iglésias do Vale de Oliveira. She represented Portugal in the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, in Luxembourg, with the song "Ele e Ela", placing 13th. She studied at the Lisbon Conservatory and at the Singing School and, at the age of 15, she joined the Radio Artists Preparation Center of the National Broadcaster (Emissora Nacional), under the direction of Motta Pereira. In 1954, she debuted simultaneously on television and on the Emissora Nacional. Her international career began in 1959 with a performance on Spanish television. In 1960, she received the titles of Queen of Radio and Television. Through Emissora Nacional, she represented Portugal, in 1962, at the Benidorm Festival. In 1964, she participated in the I Grande Prémio TV da Canção Portuguesa with "Balada Das Palavras Perdidas" (5th) and "Na Tua Carta" (10th). That year she won the Spanish-Portuguese Festival of Aranda de Duero. That year, she made her film debut, alongside António Calvário, in "Uma Hora de Amor". She also participated in the film "Canção da Saudade". With "Silêncio Entre Nós", she placed 3rd in the Grande Prémio da TV da Canção. She also recorded a version of "Sol de Verão". 1965 is also the year of "Poema de Nós Dois", theme of the film "Passagem de Nível". She won the 1966 RTP Song Festival with "Ele e Ela", a song written by Carlos Canelhas in a "surf" style. "Rebeldia" places 3rd and "Caminhos Perdidos" places 6th. In all themes she was accompanied by the Jorge Costa Pinto Orchestra. In the Eurovision Song Contest of 1966 she was a great success and "Él Y Ella", the Spanish version, was released in Spain, France and the Netherlands. In 1966, she won second place at the Mediterranean Festival, with the song "Setembro". She also won the Hispanic Prize with "Vuelo 502". The film "Sarilho de Fraldas", in which she starred with Calvário, was a success and two EPs with themes from that film were released. In 1967, she won the Casa da Imprensa prize for the year of 1966. Several EPs were published by the label Tecla of Jorge Costa Pinto. The first one includes the songs "Eu Vou Cantando", "Não Sou de Pessoas", "Maus Caminhos" and "Romance da Solitude". The second disc has the songs "Fado da Madragoa", "Gostei de Ti", "Adeus Mouraria" and "Noite Acordada". "Que Mal Te Fiz", "Gente Que Passa Na Rua", "Cuando Salí De Cuba" and "Miguel E Isabel" are the themes of the following album. She also edited another EP with the songs "Amor Vê Lá", "Saudade Vai-te Embora" and two songs by Jerónimo Bragança and Carlos Nóbrega e Sousa: "Mãos Vazias" and "De Degrau Em Degrau". Several themes were edited, orchestrated by Adolfo Ventas, in 1968, through the label Belter, for the international promotion of the singer. That year, she placed 4th at the Song Olympics with "Tu Vais Voltar" and went to the Rio de Janeiro Festival, where she performed "Poema da Vida". An EP was released with the themes "Poema da Vida", "Tu Vais Voltar", "Amar É Vencer" and "Tu És Quem És". She participated in the 1969 RTP Song Festival with "Canção Para um Poeta". Belter edited an EP with the themes "Canção Que Algo Me Cantou", "É Você", "Oração Na Neve" and "De Longe, Longe, Longe...". She married in 1972, abandoned her artistic career and went to live in Venezuela. Eight months pregnant, she still made an appearance on Channel 4 of Venezuelan television but stopped acting until her children were five years old. Then, she returned to acting sporadically on Venezuelan television to occasionally make a program. In 1987, she moved to Barcelona. The celebrations for the centenary of the Coliseu de Lisboa opened on June 8, 1990 and ended on June 9, 1991 with the "Grande Noite do Fado de Lisboa". She received an award and with her friend Simone de Oliveira they improvised "Ele e Ela". Rita Ribeiro and António Cruz participated in "What Happened to Madalena Iglésias?", a great success of the time, created by Filipe La Féria. In 1994, the label Movieplay edited a compilation of the singer in the series "O Melhor dos Melhores". The label Strauss edited "Saudades de Lisboa", in 1996, and "É Já Sol Pôr", in 1997, with songs recorded for the Spanish label Belter. In 2008 a photobiography was released. She died on January 16, 2018, at a clinic in Barcelona, ​​Spain, at the age of 78.