Gloria Sevilla
Birthday: 1932-01-01
Place of Birth: Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
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.
Movies
Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita
A winning lottery ticket leads to trouble and romance for an indebted man....
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Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala
A 1997 Filipino action movie starring Monsour del Rosario, Alma Concepcion and Mike Gayoso....
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Iskandalo
A love story about a guy with a broken family a girl who slept with her professor....
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Ito Ang Aming Daigdig
Fresh from the Korean campaign, Roberto saves a boy from a group of bullies. To calm the boy, Robert...
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Umaapoy na Bakal
See the wrath of a vengeance. Feel the inferno of a smoldering hate. This picture is hot as hell....
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Ang Pulubi
A story about a woman imprisoned loses her sons, in the process, she loses her mind, her beauty, and...
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Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill
The film is very, very loosely based on the life of Arturo Porcuna (Jeorge Estregan). Once upon a ti...
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Pacquiao: The Movie
Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a ch...
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Apat Na Maria
The bitter-sweet love affairs of four sisters with different outlooks and temperaments end in simult...
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Children's Show
A film based on a real life story of children ages 10-15 years old being used by a syndicate for und...
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Once Upon A Time In Manila
Vic Sotto plays a barangay tanod who always seems to have a knack for saving the local folks from da...
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In Darkness We Live
After a bank robbery gone wrong, the Gang drives out of town to hide but they run out of gas on a de...
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M. (Mother's Maiden Name)
Madam Bella (Zsa Zsa Padilla) has pancreatic cancer, stage 4 and it's treatable but not curable. She...
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Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
Unraveling the fantastical orgins of lizards, bats, monkeys, and water lilies....
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You're My Boss
A woman who is looking for acceptance, who's looking for love, who wants to be appreciated and who w...
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Line of Life
Gloria Sevilla plays a woman who works hard to tend to her child and sick husband in the seaside tow...
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Salamat sa Alaala
The documentary serves as a tribute to National Artist for Cinema Gerardo de Leon in celebration of ...
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El Presidente
The film begins with his capture by Philippine and US forces under Frederick Funston's command in 19...
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The Flor Contemplacion Story
The story of the Filipina domestic helper who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fell...
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Mga Mata ni Angelita
Mga Mata ni Angelita was written by Ricardo Feliciano and became a number one hit radio drama from 1...
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Lapu-Lapu
A film showing the struggles of Lapu-Lapu and how he defended Mactan, Cebu from the invading Spanish...
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Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay
Ana and Alex fall in love in nostalgic Ilocos. But their individual dreams and responsibilities get ...
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Wansapanataym: The Movie
The story is about an orphan named Anna who searched for her long-lost father. With the guardian ang...
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Ifugao
Set in the Cordillera mountains, this film is one of first films to focus on the lifestyle of the If...
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Once A Moth
Living near the US Clark Air Base, Corazon de la Cruz dreams of a better life in America… until the ...
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I'm Sorry, My Love
In the hope of landing a job that will eventually enable her to pay for her sister's operation Tinay...
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Kakampi
An ordinary taxi ride takes Jun, a young executive, into the unusual story of Ben, a 35 year-old tax...
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Kusina
The silent witness to the life and love of Juanita. It is her sanctuary, the place where she creates...
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Palad ta ang Nagbuot
This is the story of Visayans coming to the MetroManila area in search of greener pastures. Dodong V...
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Dear Diary
Two teen stories in one movie. "Dear Partyline" tells the story of Badong who falls in love with a ...
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Dyesebel
Dyesebel is unique among the merfolk for she is the only mermaid born of human parents from the surf...
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Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
Amidst the background of the rice terraces, the story of an Igorota and daughter of a chieftain is t...
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Pepe en Pilar
Dim-witted Pilar flies to the US after winning the Miss California Soy Sauce contest. Excited to fin...
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Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling
This is another look at the brief and violent life of 60's hoodlum Ben Tumbling, This version is fro...
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Megamol
A rich old lady, who was dying, hired a detective agency to go in search of her long lost granddaugh...
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Adiong Sikat ng Tondo
A True-To-Life Story of "Adiong" The Terror of Tondo...A Story of Bravery in Action....
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P're Hanggang Sa Huli
A 1995 Filipino action comedy film starring Robin Padilla and Andrew E....
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An Educator
Three generations of teachers. Three stories of dedication, struggle, and inspiration interweaved. I...
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Return
A troubled Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is forced to return home and come to terms with the family...
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Nang Em
We will witness how an 85yr old woman, Nang Em, from Cebu survived alone through all of these walls ...
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Si Adiang Waray
Two aspiring singers try their luck in Manila, meeting another aspiring singer, the Waray tomboy Adi...
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Aliw-iw
The story of an indigenous Igorot woman who traverses the complex path of life to the playful line o...
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Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina
Angelita continues her journey in finding her real parents....
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Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista
A soldier returns to his hometown and takes the fight to corrupt Governor....
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Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya
Get a convulsion, in this unique revolution, here in our nation with this exposition with the wastef...
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Guhit Ng Palad
Arman was often beaten by his father-in-law and had a series of misfortunes in his life when he foun...
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