Gloria Sevilla
Born: 1932-01-01 in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Died: 2022-04-16
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2020
- Nang Em as Nang Em
2019
2017
2016
- Kakampi
- Kusina
- Calle Siete as Lola Nitz
2015
- Salamat sa Alaala as Herself
- You're My Boss as Lola
2014
- In Darkness We Live
- Children's Show as Lola Alice
- M. (Mother's Maiden Name) as as
2013
- Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill as Aling Puring
- Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw as Esther Dagohoy
- Palad ta ang Nagbuot as Angeling
2012
- Be Careful With My Heart as Fe Marcelo
- El Presidente as Maria Agoncillo's mother
2010
- Alyna as Susana
2007
- Fantastic Man as Cedes
2006
- Pacquiao: The Movie as Nanay Parcon
2002
- Lapu-Lapu as Reyna Bauga
2001
- Recuerdo de Amor as Doña Conchita La Fuente
1999
- Wansapanataym: The Movie as Bising
1998
- I'm Sorry, My Love
- Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay as Manang Vi
1997
1995
- The Flor Contemplacion Story as Flor's mother
- Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita
- P're Hanggang Sa Huli as Gloria
1994
- Megamol
- Once Upon A Time In Manila as Amparo Lagman
1989
- Dear Diary as Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")
1988
- Guhit Ng Palad as Norma Baldivino
1983
- Pepe en Pilar as Gloria
1980
1979
1978
- Dyesebel
- Mga Mata ni Angelita as Belen
- Boy Pana
1976
- Once A Moth as Chedeng de la Cruz
1975
- Banaue: Stairway to the Sky as Agurang
1969
1967
1954
- Ifugao as Aniway
- May Bakas Ang Lumipas
- Mister Dupong