Gloria Sevilla
Acting • Born 1932-01-01 – Died 2022-04-16
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
71 credits
Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita
Movie • 1995
Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala
Movie • 1997
Luming
Tsikiting Master
Movie • 1979
Iskandalo
Movie • 1979
Molave
Movie • 1961
Papa Loves Mambo
Movie • 1955
Ito Ang Aming Daigdig
Movie • 1955
Divisoria Quiapo
Movie • 1955
North Harbor
Movie • 1961
Umaapoy na Bakal
Movie • 1962
Mister Dupong
Movie • 1954
May Bakas Ang Lumipas
Movie • 1954
Ang Pulubi
Movie • 1969
Pitong Pasiklab sa Bahay na Tisa
Movie • 1963
Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill
Movie • 2013
Aling Puring
Tatlong Baraha
Movie • 1961
Pacquiao: The Movie
Movie • 2006
Nanay Parcon
Apat Na Maria
Movie • 1980
Children's Show
Movie • 2014
Lola Alice
Once Upon A Time In Manila
Movie • 1994
Amparo Lagman
In Darkness We Live
Movie • 2014
Sa Dulo ng Ating Landas
Movie • 1966
Dodong Ko
Movie • 1970
M. (Mother's Maiden Name)
Movie • 2014
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Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
Movie • 1960
Si Inday sa Balitaw
Movie • 1970
Ang Asawa Kong Barat
Movie • 1963
Basta Bisaya
Movie • 1970
You're My Boss
Movie • 2015
Lola
Line of Life
Movie • 1969
Salamat sa Alaala
Movie • 2015
Herself
El Presidente
Movie • 2012
Maria Agoncillo's mother
The Flor Contemplacion Story
Movie • 1995
Flor's mother
4 Worlds of Horror
Movie • 1967
Angelita's Eyes
Movie • 1978
Belen
Lapu-Lapu
Movie • 2002
Reyna Bauga
The Long Wait
Movie • 1998
Manang Vi
Wansapanataym: The Movie
Movie • 1999
Bising
Ifugao
Movie • 1954
Aniway
Once a Moth
Movie • 1976
Chedeng de la Cruz
I'm Sorry, My Love
Movie • 1998
Kakampi
Movie • 2016
Kusina
Movie • 2016
Mga Daing sa Libingan
Movie • 1961
Palad ta ang Nagbuot
Movie • 2013
Angeling
Dear Diary
Movie • 1989
Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")
This Is a Filipino
Movie • 1966
Dyesebel
Movie • 1978
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
Movie • 1975
Agurang
Pepe en Pilar
Movie • 1983
Gloria
Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling
Movie • 1997
Thalia
Movie • 1997
Megamol
Movie • 1994
Adiong Sikat ng Tondo
Movie • 1962
P're Hanggang Sa Huli
Movie • 1995
Gloria
An Educator
Movie • 2017
Return
Movie • 2019
Nang Em
Movie • 2020
Nang Em
Si Adiang Waray
Movie • 1963
Boy Pana
Movie • 1978
Aliw-iw
Movie • 1979
Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina
Movie • 1979
Belen
Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista
Movie • 1997
Liza
Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya
Movie • 1986
Guhit Ng Palad
Movie • 1988
Norma Baldivino
Be Careful With My Heart
TV • 2012
Fe Marcelo
Fantastic Man
TV • 2007
Cedes
Recuerdo de Amor
TV • 2001
Doña Conchita La Fuente
Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw
TV • 2013
Esther Dagohoy
Alyna
TV • 2010
Susana
Calle Siete
TV • 2016
Lola Nitz