Gloria Sevilla

Gloria Sevilla

Known for
Acting
Born
January 1, 1932
Died
April 16, 2022 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

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

Filmography

2020
Nang Em poster

Nang Em

Movie · as Nang Em

2019
Return poster

Return

Movie

2017
An Educator poster

An Educator

Movie

2016
Kakampi poster

Kakampi

Movie

2016
Kusina poster

Kusina

Movie

2016
Calle Siete poster

Calle Siete

TV · as Lola Nitz · 94 eps

2015
You're My Boss poster

You're My Boss

Movie · as Lola

2015
Salamat sa Alaala

Salamat sa Alaala

Movie · as Herself

2014
Children's Show poster

Children's Show

Movie · as Lola Alice

2014
In Darkness We Live poster

In Darkness We Live

Movie

2014
M. (Mother's Maiden Name)

M. (Mother's Maiden Name)

Movie · as as

2013
Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill poster

Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill

Movie · as Aling Puring

2013
Palad ta ang Nagbuot poster

Palad ta ang Nagbuot

Movie · as Angeling

2013
Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw poster

Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw

TV · as Esther Dagohoy · 63 eps

2012
El Presidente poster

El Presidente

Movie · as Maria Agoncillo's mother

2012
Be Careful With My Heart poster

Be Careful With My Heart

TV · as Fe Marcelo · 618 eps

2010
Alyna poster

Alyna

TV · as Susana · 100 eps

2007
Fantastic Man

Fantastic Man

TV · as Cedes · 31 eps

2006
Pacquiao: The Movie poster

Pacquiao: The Movie

Movie · as Nanay Parcon

2002
Lapu-Lapu poster

Lapu-Lapu

Movie · as Reyna Bauga

2001
Recuerdo de Amor

Recuerdo de Amor

TV · as Doña Conchita La Fuente · 433 eps

1999
Wansapanataym: The Movie poster

Wansapanataym: The Movie

Movie · as Bising

1998
Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay poster

Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay

Movie · as Manang Vi

1998
I'm Sorry, My Love poster

I'm Sorry, My Love

Movie

1997
Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala poster

Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala

Movie · as Luming

1997
Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling poster

Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling

Movie

1997
Thalia poster

Thalia

Movie

1997
Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista poster

Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista

Movie · as Liza

1995
Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita poster

Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita

Movie

1995
The Flor Contemplacion Story poster

The Flor Contemplacion Story

Movie · as Flor's mother

1995
P're Hanggang Sa Huli poster

P're Hanggang Sa Huli

Movie · as Gloria

1994
Once Upon a Time in Manila poster

Once Upon a Time in Manila

Movie · as Amparo Lagman

1994
Megamol poster

Megamol

Movie

1989
Dear Diary poster

Dear Diary

Movie · as Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")

1988
Guhit Ng Palad poster

Guhit Ng Palad

Movie · as Norma Baldivino

1986
Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya poster

Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya

Movie

1983
Pepe en Pilar poster

Pepe en Pilar

Movie · as Gloria

1980
Apat Na Maria poster

Apat Na Maria

Movie

1979
Tsikiting Master

Tsikiting Master

Movie

1979
Iskandalo poster

Iskandalo

Movie

1979
Aliw-iw poster

Aliw-iw

Movie

1979
Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina poster

Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina

Movie · as Belen

1978
Angelita's Eyes poster

Angelita's Eyes

Movie · as Belen

1978
Dyesebel poster

Dyesebel

Movie

1978
Boy Pana poster

Boy Pana

Movie

1976
Once a Moth poster

Once a Moth

Movie · as Chedeng de la Cruz

1975
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky poster

Banaue: Stairway to the Sky

Movie · as Agurang

1970
Dodong Ko poster

Dodong Ko

Movie

1970
Si Inday sa Balitaw poster

Si Inday sa Balitaw

Movie

1970
Basta Bisaya poster

Basta Bisaya

Movie

1969
Ang Pulubi poster

Ang Pulubi

Movie

1969
Line of Life poster

Line of Life

Movie

1967
4 Worlds of Horror

4 Worlds of Horror

Movie

1966
Sa Dulo ng Ating Landas poster

Sa Dulo ng Ating Landas

Movie

1966
This Is a Filipino poster

This Is a Filipino

Movie

1963
Pitong Pasiklab sa Bahay na Tisa poster

Pitong Pasiklab sa Bahay na Tisa

Movie

1963
Ang Asawa Kong Barat poster

Ang Asawa Kong Barat

Movie

1963
Si Adiang Waray poster

Si Adiang Waray

Movie

1962
Umaapoy na Bakal poster

Umaapoy na Bakal

Movie

1962
Adiong Sikat ng Tondo poster

Adiong Sikat ng Tondo

Movie

1961
Molave poster

Molave

Movie

1961
North Harbor poster

North Harbor

Movie

1961
Tatlong Baraha poster

Tatlong Baraha

Movie

1961
Mga Daing sa Libingan poster

Mga Daing sa Libingan

Movie

1960
Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig poster

Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig

Movie

1955
Papa Loves Mambo poster

Papa Loves Mambo

Movie

1955
Ito Ang Aming Daigdig poster

Ito Ang Aming Daigdig

Movie

1955
Divisoria Quiapo poster

Divisoria Quiapo

Movie

1954
Mister Dupong poster

Mister Dupong

Movie

1954
May Bakas Ang Lumipas poster

May Bakas Ang Lumipas

Movie

1954
Ifugao

Ifugao

Movie · as Aniway