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