Gloria Sevilla


Gloria Sevilla is a Filipina film actress. Sevilla is widely regarded as the "Queen of Visayan Movies" for her contributions in Visayan-made movies in the Philippines in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sevilla received her first FAMAS Award Best Supporting Actress in the movie Madugong Paghihiganti. She won the FAMAS Award Best Actress twice for the movies - Badlis Sa Kinabuhi and Gimingaw Ako.
Sevilla appeared in movies such as Dyesebel, Guhit Ng Palad, Matud Nila, The Flor Contemplacion Story, Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay, Lapu-lapu, Bida si Mister, Bida si Misis, and El Presidente .
Sevilla also appeared in Philippine television. During the 1970s she top billed the comedy "Ang Biyenan kong Mangkukulam" with Pancho Magalona and Chichay. She also produced and starred in the sitcom, "Mommy ko si Mayor" with children, Mat, Dandin Lilibeth and Suzette with fellow Cebuana Flora Gasser. Sevilla also lent support in dramas Be Careful With My Heart.

Personal life

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 and Lilibeth Ranillo, actor Mat Ranillo III, and singer-composer Dandin Ranillo.

Filmography

Film

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