La Chelito | |
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Born | Consuelo Portela Audet 1885 Placetas, Las Villas, Cuba |
Died | 20 November 1959 Madrid, Spain | (aged 73–74)
Other names | Consuelo Portela-Audet, Consuelo Portela, La Bella Chelito |
Occupation(s) | Cuplé singer, business person |
Consuelo Portela Audet (1885–1959), commonly called La Bella Chelito and La Chelito, was a Cuban-born Spanish cuplé singer from the early 20th-century, and a theater business owner.[1][2][3] She was a pioneer in the genre of picaresque cuplé.[4]