Gloria Sevilla
Acting
Gloria Sevilla was an award-winning Filipino film actress. Sevilla is widely regarded as the "Queen of Visayan Movies" for her contributions in Visayan-made movies in the Philippines in the 50’s and 60’s. Sevilla received her first FAMAS Award Best Supporting Actress in the movie Madugong Paghihiganti (1962). She won the FAMAS Award Best Actress for the movie Badlis Sa Kinabuhi (1969). Sevilla appeared in movies such as Dyesebel (1978), Guhit Ng Palad (1988), Matud Nila (1991), The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay (2002), Lapu-lapu (2002), Bida si Mister, Bida si Misis (2002), and El Presidente (film) (2012). Sevilla also appeared in the Philippine television drama Be Careful With My Heart. Her first husband was Mat Ranillo Jr., a movie actor who died in a plane crash in 1969. They had six children. She got married the second time to Amado Cortez, a movie actor and director who also served as the country's ambassador to the U.S. until his death in 2003. They had one daughter. She is the mother of actress Suzette Ranillo, actor Mat Ranillo III, and singer-composer Dandin Ranillo. She died on April 16, 2022 at the age of 90 in Oakland, California.
Known for
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movieNang Em
2020
Nang Em
tvCalle Siete
2016
Lola Nitz
movieChildren's Show
2014
Lola Alice
movieBoy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill
2013
Aling Puring
moviePalad ta ang Nagbuot
2013
Angeling
tvKailangan Ko'y Ikaw
2013
Esther Dagohoy
movieEl Presidente
2012
Maria Agoncillo's mother
tvBe Careful With My Heart
2012
Fe Marcelo
Alyna
2010
Susana
moviePacquiao: The Movie
2006
Nanay Parcon
movieLapu-Lapu
2002
Reyna Bauga
Recuerdo de Amor
2001
Doña Conchita La Fuente
movieKay Tagal Kang Hinintay
1998
Manang Vi
movieThe Flor Contemplacion Story
1995
Flor's mother
movieOnce Upon a Time in Manila
1994
Amparo Lagman
movieDear Diary
1989
Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")
movieGuhit Ng Palad
1988
Norma Baldivino
moviePepe en Pilar
1983
Gloria
movieOnce a Moth
1976
Chedeng de la Cruz
Ifugao
1954
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