Anita Linda

Anita Linda

Known for
Acting
Born
November 23, 1924
Died
June 10, 2020 (aged 95)
Birthplace
Pasay City, Metro Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Biography

Anita Linda (born Alice Bueñaflor Lake; November 23, 1924 – June 10, 2020), was a Filipino actress whose career spanned nearly eight decades and had done close to 400 motion pictures. A romantic lead in her early years, she gained widespread acclaim for her portrayals of maternal, elderly roles depicting Filipino struggles and their lifestyle. Often described as the face of Philippine cinema, she was one of the top box-office draws for two decades and has received numerous accolades from international film festivals and domestic award-giving bodies.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2019
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema poster

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

Movie · as Herself

2019
Circa poster

Circa

Movie

2018
Dark Is the Night poster

Dark Is the Night

Movie

2017
Tatlong Bibe

Tatlong Bibe

Movie

2017
New Generation Heroes poster

New Generation Heroes

Movie

2016
Whistleblower poster

Whistleblower

Movie · as Patring

2016
Padre de Familia poster

Padre de Familia

Movie

2016
Mrs. poster

Mrs.

Movie

2016
An Open Door poster

An Open Door

Movie

2015
The Last Pinoy Action King poster

The Last Pinoy Action King

Movie

2015
Salamat sa Alaala

Salamat sa Alaala

Movie · as Herself

2014
My Illegal Wife poster

My Illegal Wife

Movie

2014
Bride for Rent poster

Bride for Rent

Movie · as Lola Czarina

2014
Moth in Twilight

Moth in Twilight

Movie

2014
Echoserang Frog poster

Echoserang Frog

Movie · as Herself

2013
David F.

David F.

Movie

2013
Nuwebe poster

Nuwebe

Movie

2013
Otso poster

Otso

Movie · as Alice Lake/Anita Linda

2013
Alamat ni China Doll poster

Alamat ni China Doll

Movie

2013
Porno poster

Porno

Movie

2013
Morgue poster

Morgue

Movie

2012
Salo poster

Salo

Movie

2012
The Mistress poster

The Mistress

Movie · as Lola Lina

2012
Mater Dolorosa poster

Mater Dolorosa

Movie · as Ida Lagrimas

2012
Sta. Niña poster

Sta. Niña

Movie · as Lola Bining

2011
Fable of the Fish poster

Fable of the Fish

Movie · as Juling

2011
Flight of an Angel poster

Flight of an Angel

Movie

2011
Machete poster

Machete

TV · as older Aginaya · 40 eps

2010
The Affair poster

The Affair

Movie

2010
Presa

Presa

Movie

2010
Bigasan poster

Bigasan

Movie

2010
Indie Boys poster

Indie Boys

Movie

2009
Grandmother poster

Grandmother

Movie · as Lola Sepa

2009
Dalaw poster

Dalaw

Movie · as Lola Linda

2009
Manila poster

Manila

Movie · as Lola Anita

2009
Booking poster

Booking

Movie

2008
Adela poster

Adela

Movie · as Adela

2008
Caregiver poster

Caregiver

Movie · as Lola Miling

2008
Unspoken Passion poster

Unspoken Passion

Movie · as Lola Ising

2007
Tambolista poster

Tambolista

Movie · as Lola Trining

2007
Ouija poster

Ouija

Movie · as Lola Corazon

2007
Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po! poster

Bahay Kubo: A Pinoy Mano Po!

Movie · as Amelia

2007
A Love Story poster

A Love Story

Movie · as Inang Sion

2007
Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik

Maging Sino Ka Man: Ang Pagbabalik

TV · as Impo · 78 eps

2006
You Are the One poster

You Are the One

Movie · as Lola

2005
Ilusyon poster

Ilusyon

Movie · as Stella's Lola

2005
'Til Death Do Us Part

'Til Death Do Us Part

TV · as Lola / La (Ysabel's grandmother) · 73 eps

2004
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita poster

Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita

Movie · as Old Inya

2004
Liberated 2 poster

Liberated 2

Movie · as Lola

2003
Kiskisan poster

Kiskisan

Movie · as Lola Susana

2002
S2pid Luv poster

S2pid Luv

Movie · as Mother Superior

2001
Halik Ng Sirena poster

Halik Ng Sirena

Movie · as Lola Saling

2001
Blades of the Sun poster

Blades of the Sun

Movie · as Chayong

2000
Pangarap ng Puso poster

Pangarap ng Puso

Movie · as Mercedez

1999
Efren's Paradise poster

Efren's Paradise

Movie

1999
Talong poster

Talong

Movie · as as

1999
D'Sisters: Nuns of the Above poster

D'Sisters: Nuns of the Above

Movie · as Sister Corazon

1999
Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko poster

Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko

Movie · as Lola Benedicta

1999
Bakit Pa?

Bakit Pa?

Movie · as Nicena

1999
Unfaithful Wife 2 poster

Unfaithful Wife 2

Movie

1998
Woman on a Tin Roof poster

Woman on a Tin Roof

Movie · as Amapola

1998
Muling Ibalik ang Tamis ng Pag-ibig poster

Muling Ibalik ang Tamis ng Pag-ibig

Movie · as Milet's Lola

1998
Heart of Christmas poster

Heart of Christmas

Movie · as Lola Angeles

1997
Kulayan Natin Ang Bukas poster

Kulayan Natin Ang Bukas

Movie

1996
Sariwa poster

Sariwa

Movie · as Lola

1996
Cedie poster

Cedie

Movie · as Mrs. Molan

1996
Isang Bala Ka Lang Part 2 poster

Isang Bala Ka Lang Part 2

Movie

1996
Kabilin-bilinan ng Lola ('Wag Uminom ng Serbesa) poster

Kabilin-bilinan ng Lola ('Wag Uminom ng Serbesa)

Movie

1995
Pare Ko poster

Pare Ko

Movie · as Auring

1995
Kill Barbara With Panic poster

Kill Barbara With Panic

Movie · as Yaya Benita

1995
Mangarap Ka poster

Mangarap Ka

Movie · as Celia

1994
Nagkataon...Nagkatagpo poster

Nagkataon...Nagkatagpo

Movie · as Lola Isabel

1992
Even My Life...

Even My Life...

Movie · as Aling Leticia

1992
The Two of Us poster

The Two of Us

Movie · as Lola Ireng

1991
A Plea to God poster

A Plea to God

Movie · as Sister Carmen

1990
Lumaban ka! Sagot kita sa Diyos poster

Lumaban ka! Sagot kita sa Diyos

Movie

1990
Dirty Affair poster

Dirty Affair

Movie · as Levi's Mother

1990
Father, Why Have You Forsaken Me? poster

Father, Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Movie · as Inay Guila

1990
Mana sa Ina

Mana sa Ina

Movie

1988
Moonchild poster

Moonchild

Movie · as Juana

1988
Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit poster

Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit

Movie

1988
Arsenio Cayanan: Alyas Boy Negro poster

Arsenio Cayanan: Alyas Boy Negro

Movie · as Aling Gloria

1988
Vagabond Woman poster

Vagabond Woman

Movie · as Mrs. Ising

1987
Rage of Justice poster

Rage of Justice

Movie

1987
I Carry the World poster

I Carry the World

Movie · as Momay

1986
Si Mister at Si Misis

Si Mister at Si Misis

Movie

1986
Takaw Tukso poster

Takaw Tukso

Movie · as Mrs. Conching

1986
Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita poster

Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita

Movie · as Aling Marta

1986
Narcisa poster

Narcisa

Movie · as as

1986
Arnis: The Sticks Of Death poster

Arnis: The Sticks Of Death

Movie

1986
Bakit Madalas Ang Tibok Ng Puso! poster

Bakit Madalas Ang Tibok Ng Puso!

Movie

1986
Batang Quiapo poster

Batang Quiapo

Movie · as Iska

1986
Iyo ang Tondo, Kanya ang Cavite poster

Iyo ang Tondo, Kanya ang Cavite

Movie · as Desta

1985
Sugat sa Dangal poster

Sugat sa Dangal

Movie

1984
Daang Hari poster

Daang Hari

Movie

1984
Sister Stella L. poster

Sister Stella L.

Movie · as Auring

1984
Adultery poster

Adultery

Movie

1984
Experience poster

Experience

Movie · as Cora Blanco

1984
Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie poster

Lovingly Yours, Helen: The Movie

Movie · as Rosa

1984
Lukas

Lukas

Movie

1983
Exploitation poster

Exploitation

Movie

1983
Midnight Passion poster

Midnight Passion

Movie · as Sion

1983
Naiibang Hayop poster

Naiibang Hayop

Movie · as Juana

1983
Roman Rapido poster

Roman Rapido

Movie

1983
Friends in Love poster

Friends in Love

Movie

1983
Sanggang Dikit

Sanggang Dikit

Movie

1982
Mother Dear poster

Mother Dear

Movie · as Salud

1982
Sugo poster

Sugo

Movie

1982
Anak Ng Tulisan poster

Anak Ng Tulisan

Movie

1982
T-Bird at Ako poster

T-Bird at Ako

Movie · as Landlady

1982
Palipat-lipat, Papalit-palit poster

Palipat-lipat, Papalit-palit

Movie

1982
PX poster

PX

Movie · as Maria

1982
Pepeng Kaliwete poster

Pepeng Kaliwete

Movie

1982
Heavens Were Weighed poster

Heavens Were Weighed

Movie · as Mrs. Formoso

1982
Schoolgirls poster

Schoolgirls

Movie · as Margot's mother

1981
The Wife Is a Bachelorette, the Husband Is a Bachelor poster

The Wife Is a Bachelorette, the Husband Is a Bachelor

Movie · as Dick's Mom

1981
Viva Santiago poster

Viva Santiago

Movie · as Abdul's Mother

1981
Kamay ni Hilda poster

Kamay ni Hilda

Movie

1981
Why Is the Sky Blue? poster

Why Is the Sky Blue?

Movie · as Sofia

1981
Flor de Liza poster

Flor de Liza

Movie

1981
Hello, Young Lovers poster

Hello, Young Lovers

Movie

1981
Ako ang Hari poster

Ako ang Hari

Movie

1980
Milyon poster

Milyon

Movie

1980
Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala poster

Kung Tawagin Siya'y Bathala

Movie

1980
Kristo Zapata poster

Kristo Zapata

Movie

1980
Problem Child poster

Problem Child

Movie

1980
Good Morning, Sunshine poster

Good Morning, Sunshine

Movie

1980
Apat Na Maria poster

Apat Na Maria

Movie

1980
Temptation Island poster

Temptation Island

Movie · as Nenuca Belisario

1980
The Children of An Lac poster

The Children of An Lac

Movie · as Ba Day

1980
Pompa poster

Pompa

Movie · as Chayong

1980
Totoy Boogie

Totoy Boogie

Movie

1980
Dolphy's Angels poster

Dolphy's Angels

Movie

1980
MIssion Terrorize Panay

MIssion Terrorize Panay

Movie

1980
Siga

Siga

Movie

1979
Magkaribal poster

Magkaribal

Movie

1979
Isang Milyon At Isang Kasalanan poster

Isang Milyon At Isang Kasalanan

Movie

1979
Jaguar poster

Jaguar

Movie · as Mother

1979
Vontes V poster

Vontes V

Movie

1979
Durugin Si Totoy Bato poster

Durugin Si Totoy Bato

Movie

1979
Stepsisters poster

Stepsisters

Movie

1978
Kampus? poster

Kampus?

Movie · as Romeo's Mother

1978
Mokong poster

Mokong

Movie

1978
Napoleon Agra (Mad Killer ng Caloocan) poster

Napoleon Agra (Mad Killer ng Caloocan)

Movie

1978
Katawang Alabok poster

Katawang Alabok

Movie

1978
Tatak ng Tundo poster

Tatak ng Tundo

Movie · as Aurelia 'Mameng' Sanchez

1978
Nakawin Natin Ang Bawat Sandali poster

Nakawin Natin Ang Bawat Sandali

Movie

1977
Lalaki, Babae Kami! poster

Lalaki, Babae Kami!

Movie

1977
Masikip, Maluwang... Paraisong Parisukat poster

Masikip, Maluwang... Paraisong Parisukat

Movie

1977
Bawal na Pag-Ibig

Bawal na Pag-Ibig

Movie

1977
Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon poster

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon

Movie · as Lulu

1977
Masarap, Masakit... ang Umibig poster

Masarap, Masakit... ang Umibig

Movie · as Mrs. Bustamante

1976
Kapag Tumabang Ang Asin poster

Kapag Tumabang Ang Asin

Movie

1976
Inday Garutay poster

Inday Garutay

Movie

1976
Divino poster

Divino

Movie

1976
Dateline Chicago: Arrest The Nurse Killer poster

Dateline Chicago: Arrest The Nurse Killer

Movie

1976
Wild Flower poster

Wild Flower

Movie · as Luisa Rallos

1976
Mortal poster

Mortal

Movie · as Dr. Reyes

1976
Bitayin si....Baby Ama! poster

Bitayin si....Baby Ama!

Movie

1975
Blood and Love on a Piece of Land poster

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land

Movie · as Mrs. Marced (segment 2)

1975
Lorelei poster

Lorelei

Movie · as Patring

1975
Batu-Bato sa Langit (Ang Tamaa'y Huwag Magagalit..!) poster

Batu-Bato sa Langit (Ang Tamaa'y Huwag Magagalit..!)

Movie · as Judge

1975
Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi poster

Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi

Movie

1975
Pagsapit ng Dilim poster

Pagsapit ng Dilim

Movie

1975
Andalucia poster

Andalucia

Movie · as Dolores' Mother

1975
Meron Akong Nakita... (Hindi Ko Sasabihin!) poster

Meron Akong Nakita... (Hindi Ko Sasabihin!)

Movie

1975
Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga

Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga

Movie · as Amy’s Mother

1974
Isang Gabi... Tatlong Babae! poster

Isang Gabi... Tatlong Babae!

Movie

1974
Three, Two, One poster

Three, Two, One

Movie · as Lucia

1974
Ransom! poster

Ransom!

Movie

1974
The Bells of San Jose

The Bells of San Jose

Movie

1974
The Devil's Daughter poster

The Devil's Daughter

Movie

1974
Weighed But Found Wanting poster

Weighed But Found Wanting

Movie · as Ortega

1971
Tag-araw

Tag-araw

Movie

1970
Blue Boy poster

Blue Boy

Movie · as as

1970
Haydee poster

Haydee

Movie

1970
Dalawang Daigdig ni Carlota poster

Dalawang Daigdig ni Carlota

Movie

1970
Dodong Ko poster

Dodong Ko

Movie

1969
Ang Pulubi poster

Ang Pulubi

Movie

1969
Bimbo poster

Bimbo

Movie

1969
Bino and Clayd poster

Bino and Clayd

Movie

1967
Kwatang: A Star Is Born poster

Kwatang: A Star Is Born

Movie

1966
This Is a Filipino poster

This Is a Filipino

Movie

1964
Darna At Ang Babaing Tuod poster

Darna At Ang Babaing Tuod

Movie · as Marta

1961
Nag-uumpugang Bato poster

Nag-uumpugang Bato

Movie

1956
Ang Buhay at Pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal poster

Ang Buhay at Pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal

Movie

1954
Lourdes

Lourdes

Movie

1952
Ang Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo

Ang Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo

Movie

1952
Buhay Alamang poster

Buhay Alamang

Movie

1951
Sisa poster

Sisa

Movie · as Sisa