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Gloria Sevilla
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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…
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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.
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Gloria Sevilla's Filmography
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Nang Em
as Nang Em
Return
An Educator
Kusina
Kakampi
No Poster
Salamat sa Alaala
as Herself
You're My Boss
as Lola
No Poster
M. (Mother's Maiden Name)
as as
In Darkness We Live
Children's Show
as Lola Alice
Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill
as Aling Puring
Palad ta ang Nagbuot
as Angeling
El Presidente
as Maria Agoncillo's mother
Pacquiao: The Movie
as Nanay Parcon
Lapu-Lapu
as Reyna Bauga
Wansapanataym: The Movie
as Bising
Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay
as Manang Vi
I'm Sorry, My Love
Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista
as Liza
Thalia
Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling
Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala
as Luming
Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita
The Flor Contemplacion Story
as Flor's mother
P're Hanggang Sa Huli
as Gloria
Megamol
Once Upon a Time in Manila
as Amparo Lagman
Dear Diary
as Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")
Guhit Ng Palad
as Norma Baldivino
Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya
Pepe en Pilar
as Gloria
Apat Na Maria
No Poster
Tsikiting Master
Aliw-iw
Iskandalo
Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina
as Belen
Dyesebel
Angelita's Eyes
as Belen
Boy Pana
Once a Moth
as Chedeng de la Cruz
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
as Agurang
Dodong Ko
Basta Bisaya
Si Inday sa Balitaw
Ang Pulubi
Line of Life
No Poster
4 Worlds of Horror
This Is a Filipino
Sa Dulo ng Ating Landas
Ang Asawa Kong Barat
Si Adiang Waray
Pitong Pasiklab sa Bahay na Tisa
Adiong Sikat ng Tondo
Umaapoy na Bakal
North Harbor
Mga Daing sa Libingan
Tatlong Baraha
Molave
Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
Divisoria Quiapo
Ito Ang Aming Daigdig
Papa Loves Mambo
May Bakas Ang Lumipas
Mister Dupong
No Poster
Ifugao
as Aniway