Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1932
Died
Apr 16, 2022
Place of Birth
Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Credits
71 titles
Gloria Sevilla
Biography
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
Filmography
Nang Em
Nang Em
Return
An Educator
Kusina
Kakampi
Calle Siete
Lola Nitz
Salamat sa Alaala
Herself
You're My Boss
Lola
M. (Mother's Maiden Name)
as
In Darkness We Live
Children's Show
Lola Alice
Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill
Aling Puring
Palad ta ang Nagbuot
Angeling
Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw
Esther Dagohoy
El Presidente
Maria Agoncillo's mother
Be Careful With My Heart
Fe Marcelo
Alyna
Susana
Fantastic Man
Cedes
Pacquiao: The Movie
Nanay Parcon
Lapu-Lapu
Reyna Bauga
Recuerdo de Amor
Doña Conchita La Fuente
Wansapanataym: The Movie
Bising
Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay
Manang Vi
I'm Sorry, My Love
Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista
Liza
Thalia
Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling
Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala
Luming
Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita
The Flor Contemplacion Story
Flor's mother
P're Hanggang Sa Huli
Gloria
Megamol
Once Upon a Time in Manila
Amparo Lagman
Dear Diary
Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")
Guhit Ng Palad
Norma Baldivino
Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya
Pepe en Pilar
Gloria
Apat Na Maria
Tsikiting Master
Aliw-iw
Iskandalo
Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina
Belen
Dyesebel
Angelita's Eyes
Belen
Boy Pana
Once a Moth
Chedeng de la Cruz
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
Agurang
Dodong Ko
Basta Bisaya
Si Inday sa Balitaw