Gloria Sevilla
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1932-01-01
Day of Death
2022-04-16 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Gloria Sevilla
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.
Known For
Acting
(2020)
Nang Em
as Nang Em
(2019)
(2017)
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
You're My Boss
as Lola
(2015)
Salamat sa Alaala
as Herself
(2014)
(2014)
(2014)
Children's Show
as Lola Alice
(2013)
Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill
as Aling Puring
(2013)
Palad ta ang Nagbuot
as Angeling
(2012)
El Presidente
as Maria Agoncillo's mother
(2006)
Pacquiao: The Movie
as Nanay Parcon
(2002)
Lapu-Lapu
as Reyna Bauga
(1999)
Wansapanataym: The Movie
as Bising
(1998)
Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay
as Manang Vi
(1998)
(1997)
(1997)
(1997)
Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala
as Luming
(1997)
(1995)
P're Hanggang Sa Huli
as Gloria
(1995)
The Flor Contemplacion Story
as Flor's mother
(1995)
(1994)
Once Upon A Time In Manila
as Amparo Lagman
(1994)
(1989)
Dear Diary
as Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")
(1983)
Pepe en Pilar
as Gloria
(1980)
(1979)
(1979)
(1979)
Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina
as Belen
(1979)
(1978)
Mga Mata ni Angelita
as Belen
(1978)
(1978)
(1976)
Once A Moth
as Chedeng de la Cruz
(1975)
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
as Agurang
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
(1969)
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1960)
(1955)
(1955)
(1955)
(1954)
Ifugao
as Aniway
(1954)
(1954)