Thursday, January 21, 2016

Who was Lola Flores? Why is she commemorated by today's Google doodle?

Google Doodle Lola Flores

Lola Flores Profile Made Her Commemorated by Today's Google Doodle -If you open google doodle today, you will see a female art, she is Lola Flores.Today Google commemorate Lola Flores’ 93rd Birthday. Who was she? Why is she commemorated in google doodle today? Here is brief profile summary of Lola Flores.


Lola Flores,   (born Jan. 21, 1923, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain - died May 16, 1995, Madrid, Spain), (DOLORES FLORES RUIZ), Spanish flamenco performer and motion-picture actress who , embodied the excitement and beauty of the Andalusian Gypsy folk art for millions of fans in Spain and Latin America. Flores, who was one-quarter Gypsy, began dancing as a child in her father’s local bar. The family moved to Madrid in 1940, and there, paired with the popular performer Manolo Caracol, she became a star. 

Flores acquired a variety of nicknames, including "Lola de España" ("Lola of Spain") and "La Faraona" ("the female pharaoh"), and was as famous for her succession of glamorous lovers and, later, for her marriage to a flamenco guitarist known as "El Pescailla" as for her talent. Her significant films include Estrella de la Sierra Morena (1952) and El balcón de la luna (1961). In 1994 Flores was awarded a gold medal from the Spanish government for her life’s work.

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