Vilma Santos
Birthday: 1953-11-03
Place of Birth: Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Biography: Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (born November 3, 1953) is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She has currently serving as Governor of Batangas since 2025, which she previously served from 2007 to 2016. Her career as an actress has spanned more than five decades, beginning when she debuted as a child actress in the 1963 film Trudis Liit, for which she won her first FAMAS Award (Best Child Performer). She won the FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her dual role in "Dama de Noche" (1972). She has portrayed the superhero Darna in four films beginning with "Lipad, Darna, Lipad!" in 1973. Santos produced "Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak" (1978), which won both the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and the Gawad Urian for Best Film. In local media, she has been referred to as "Star for All Seasons" for the varied genres of her films and holds the titles of Grand Slam Queen, Queen of Queens, and the Longest Reigning Box Office Queen of Philippine Cinema. She was hailed as the enduring Grand Dame of the Philippine Film Industry by a foreign critic at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the first Filipina actress to be bestowed such a tile.
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Iskorokotoy
Batanguenong Iskorokotoy ventured to Manila to continue selling mosquito nets and blankets. Can he g...
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Engkanto
As modern man continues to plunder our environment, the Engkantos prepare for a battle to protect wh...
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Ayaw Kong Maging Querida
A young woman finds herself falling for a married man against her better judgment....
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Makahiya at Talahib
Love story in the midst of politics and contreversy and envy. Two lovers fought through all obstacle...
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Dahil Mahal Kita: The Dolzura Cortez Story
Dolzura Cortez has had several men in her life. One returns to her as an AIDS researcher and unwitti...
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In My Life
Shirley is a woman who wants to be in control of everything. Working as a librarian in a public scho...
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Pinay, American Style
PX, short for Paula Xavier (Vilma Santos) was an illegal alien in New York City. She’s broke and wai...
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Dugo at Pag-ibig Sa Kapirasong Lupa
The greatest, longest, most expensive film produced in the film history of the Philippines. Five seg...
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Lea's Story
A fiercely independent and unflinchingly candid woman connected with a women's crisis and survival c...
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The Healing
A community rushes to a faith healer after learning that one of them was miraculously healed from a ...
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Happy Days Are Here Again
A compilation of film clips featuring dance and song performances culled from various films of the s...
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Batya't Palu-Palo
A story about a rich heiress, Estella, who disguises as a lowly washerwoman in order to find out for...
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The Bit Player
A socio-realist drama-comedy film, it follows a seemingly usual day in the life of Loida Malabanan as...
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When I Met You In Tokyo
Azon, a feisty and bubbly woman known for the generosity of her heart, meets Joey, a divorcee who st...
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Charot
A young family breadwinner witnesses a crime and assumes a female identity to elude the criminals wh...
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Anim Na Dekada… Nag-Iisang VILMA
To celebrate her 60th anniversary in showbiz, Vilma Santos sits down with Boy Abunda to look back an...
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Burlesk Queen
To support her paralytic father, Chato works as a utility girl for a burlesque star Virgie Nite. But...
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Inspiration
Gina, a pleasant and witty young lady and Danny a suave, attractive young lad live parallel lives nu...
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Young Love
A story about two young singers who fell in love when they both auditioned in a singing contest....
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Good Morning, Sunshine
This musical-drama revolves around a widower who lived in the US with his only daughter. They return...
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Pagputi ng Uwak... Pag-itim ng Tagak
"Pag-puti ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak" is a pulsating love story that recaptures the nostalgic fiftie...
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An Affair
In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair...
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Batang Iwahig
A story about a man who buried a money cache and went to jail, rehabilitated, and wanted to change h...
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Kampus?
Suzette thinks she’s liberated woman who doesn’t believe in marriage. On the other hand her boyfrien...
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Leron-Leron Sinta
In this film that fuses music and film perfectly, witness these people explore the world of love and...
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Darna vs. The Planet Women
Crippled girl Narda finds her boyfriend paralyzed by a mysterious beam shot from a UFO. Together wit...
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Darna and Ding
Narda receives superhuman powers and becomes Darna. Darna and her child brother Ding start by fighti...
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Darna and the Giants
The Filipino superheroine and her little brother Ding must defend their village from alien-controlle...
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Patayan Files: Ang Pinakamalalaking Murder Cases Ng Dekada '90
Vizconde Massacre -the trial of the century, Flor Contemplacion's story, the case that outraged Fili...
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Asawa Ko Huwag Mong Agawin
Two couples find themselves in a complicated love triangle....
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Karma
Sarah is assaulted by Eric on the eve of her wedding. Years later, their paths cross again, and the ...
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Double Terrible
Maritess asked for help from Frankie a private investigator to investigate her father, who's foolish...
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Mano Po III: My Love
Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husban...
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T-Bird at Ako
Stern, intelligent Sylvia, a lawyer, finally met her match. Only that the person is a woman, and was...
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Love Letters
Film-Am Edgar falls in love with Vilma. The two had a set back that ended with Edgar returning all V...
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Dyesebel
Dyesebel is a popular mermaid character in the Philippines. The comic book character was originally ...
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Gaano Kadalas Ang Minsan?
They are two women in love with one man. One is the wife, the other is the mistress. And between the...
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The 70s
Amanda and Julian are doing their best to rear their five sons during the repressive dictatorship of...
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Heaven's Judgment
An oppressed housemaid has transformed herself into a wealthy and powerful business mogul through sh...
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Anak
A woman returns to the Philippines after working abroad to find that her family has fallen apart in ...
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Alias Baby Tsina
Baby Tsina a famous underworld figure during the 50's who acquired the nickname because of her ivory...
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The Longest Hundred Miles
During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an America...
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Uncensored: Sex In Philippine Cinema 3
This is the 3rd volume of the sought after flesh fest video. Hosted by Jobert Sucaldito the video fe...
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Haplos
Al is a balikbayan who returns to his former hometown where his mother is buried. There he meets his...
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Takot Ako, Eh!
A story about a family whose mother passed away and the father whose an inventor who built a time ma...
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Edgar Loves Vilma
Daughter of a nightclub singer, Vilma met Edgar whose father, like Vilma’s mother is also single par...
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All Be Damned
A corrupt, lonely couple manipulates a naive, young couple using money, power, and lies....
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Broken Marriage
Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ell...
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Ikaw ay Akin
Horticulturist Teresita and Rex, a skydiving enthusiast and passenger jeep manufacturer, have been t...
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Sister Stella L.
A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her frie...
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Mga Rosas sa Putikan
Vilma Santos did Mga Rosas Sa Putikan for her own VS Films where she played a country girl forced in...
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Doctor, Doctor, We Are Sick
Expect the unexpected when dramatic actress Vilma Santos tried her hand at comedy and joined the wac...
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Pinagbuklod ng Pag-Ibig
Mina is a commercial model struggling to provide financial assistance to her ill mother when she mee...
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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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Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?
The story of Lisa & Eric and how they fought for their love. Lisa got pregnant with Benny, Eric's br...
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Palimos ng Pag-ibig
On the outside it looks like a marriage made in heaven. But inside the thick walls of what they call...
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Minsan Pa Nating Hagkan ang Nakaraan
Rod leaves Helen for his career and she falls in love with another. Rod becomes successful and goes ...
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Pahiram ng Isang Umaga
A determined single parent, she manages to raise a child while remaining successful in her career as...
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Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig?
Made pregnant by Ric, Estella was forced to marry his mentally disabled younger brother, Val, to sav...
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Sinasamba Kita
Strong-willed and sophisticated, Divina takes over the business of her late father Don Ferrer who ha...
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Muling Buksan Ang Puso
Cristy’s persistence and Jim’s longing for a child leads to an illicit relationship. But too much lo...
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Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos
When her boyfriend leaves for Japan on a singing contract, a dancer is so distraught she does not se...
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Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon
A fashion model is torn between two men: her young boyfriend who is a self-centered fashion model an...
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Written in Our Destiny
Chronicling the life of Ferdinand Marcos. the film highlights his colorful years growing up in a pol...
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One and Only Star
Miggy is not an ordinary boy. He grows up as a learning, mentally challenged person. He becomes the ...
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Everything About Her
Powerful but ill-stricken business woman, Vilma Santos navigates her complicated relationship with h...
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Rubia Servios
A woman becomes the object of obsession of a man who will stop at nothing to possess her....
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Langis at Tubig
After his secret crush, Connie discovers her boyfriend is married, Bobby steals her away and gives h...
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Sinungaling Mong Puso
An endearing romantic drama that tells of a very curious affair between Clara, an older woman and Ja...
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Hanggang Ngayon Ika'y Minamahal
Restaurant owner Margot often reproaches her dentist husband Leo for his irresponsible and disorgani...
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Ipagpatawad Mo
A married couple who try to make their marriage work despite the fact that both of them are career-o...
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Nakawin Natin Ang Bawat Sandali
Two desperate lovers snatching every bit of forbidden time....
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Ikaw Lang
A librarian's husband and mother-in-law turn out to be psychotically abusive. When the husband mista...
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Tagos ng Dugo
A young Pina was traumatized when her family was murdered while she had her first menstruation. She ...
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Adultery
Dreaming to be released from her miserable life of poverty, Aida, a waitress, abandons her bedridden...
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Tag-ulan sa Tag-araw
A young co-ed falls in love with her first-degree cousin, who stays with her family while studying i...
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Wild Whirlwind
Following Tung's death in a mysterious plane crash, a police investigator replaces him to investigat...
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Immortal
Vilma Santos and Christopher De Leon portray two star crossed lovers, meeting each other across seve...
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Relaks ka Lang Sagot Kita
CIS agent Gerry Paz is accused of a crime and takes Atty. Vera Villaverde hostage as he escapes from...
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Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre: Lord, Deliver Us from Evil
After her husband goes to work abroad, Helen Arandia and her daughter must handle her jealous neighb...
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Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
After a string of unsuccessful relationships, Corina married Teddy, an old widow whose daughter, Ana...
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Magkaribal
A story of a woman whose closest friend became her worst rival. They were once very close to each ot...
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Kampanerang Kuba
Vilma Santos is Andang, a kind, honest, and devout hunchback who lives in the church's bell tower....
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D' Lucky Ones!
Tina and Lea are best friends who are also avid fans of Vilma Santos. They were inseparable until Le...
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Yakapin Mo ‘Ko, Lalaking Matapang
An heiress and her driver/bodyguard fall in love despite the desparity of their social status. See w...
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Ikaw ang Mahal Ko
Pilo, a mild-mannered bodyguard meets Miling, an old-fashioned girl who stows away when she learns t...
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Pinagbuklod ng Langit
The movie chronicles the lives of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his family in their Pala...
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Pakawalan Mo Ako
A female escort's fiance rejects her when her profession is revealed....
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Masarap, Masakit... ang Umibig
A wealthy couple’s sacrificing adopted son, Alonzo (Christopher de Leon) and wayward biological son,...
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Uninvited
Eva seeks revenge on billionaire Guilly for killing her daughter. Disguised, she attends his party w...
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Bukas Sisikat Din Ang Araw
An ambitious young man marries up, abandoning the woman he loves. Tensions rise in the workplace as ...
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Payaso
Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1986 directed by Celso Ad. Castillo and st...
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