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Gloria Sevilla

Gloria Sevilla

Actor · Born 1932-01-01 · Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

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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 & TV Shows

  1. You're My Boss (2015) — Lola
  2. Lapu-Lapu (2002) — Reyna Bauga
  3. Once a Moth (1976) — Chedeng de la Cruz
  4. Banaue: Stairway to the Sky (1975) — Agurang
  5. Pacquiao: The Movie (2006) — Nanay Parcon
  6. El Presidente (2012) — Maria Agoncillo's mother
  7. The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995) — Flor's mother
  8. Thalia (1997)
  9. Be Careful With My Heart (2012) — Fe Marcelo
  10. Angelita's Eyes (1978) — Belen
  11. Dear Diary (1989) — Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")
  12. Dyesebel (1978)
  13. Megamol (1994)
  14. Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista (1997) — Liza
  15. Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw (2013) — Esther Dagohoy
  16. Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita (1995)
  17. Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala (1997) — Luming
  18. Tsikiting Master (1979)
  19. Molave (1961)
  20. May Bakas Ang Lumipas (1954)
  21. Ang Pulubi (1969)
  22. Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill (2013) — Aling Puring
  23. Apat Na Maria (1980)
  24. Once Upon a Time in Manila (1994) — Amparo Lagman
  25. Line of Life (1969)
  26. Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay (1998) — Manang Vi
  27. Ifugao (1954) — Aniway
  28. I'm Sorry, My Love (1998)
  29. Kakampi (2016)
  30. This Is a Filipino (1966)
  31. Pepe en Pilar (1983) — Gloria
  32. Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling (1997)
  33. P're Hanggang Sa Huli (1995) — Gloria
  34. Return (2019)
  35. Guhit Ng Palad (1988) — Norma Baldivino
  36. Fantastic Man (2007) — Cedes
  37. Recuerdo de Amor (2001) — Doña Conchita La Fuente
  38. Iskandalo (1979)
  39. Papa Loves Mambo (1955)
  40. Ito Ang Aming Daigdig (1955)