Flor de Jasmin, Pre-war Filipino Actress
Actress Carmen Rosales was a former World War II guerilla soldier and a sharpshooter you can notice her bravado posture and feisty personality
Aring Bautista's first film appearance was in the movie Kay Ganda Mo Neneng (1950)
Zandro Zamora
Madel de Leon, daughter of actor-director Van de Leon and became famous after joining the popular 70s - 80s family sitcom John en Marsha
Corazon Rivas, a Premiere Productions Inc. star who is the original screen partner or love team of Fernando Poe Jr. She is the first in billing before Fernando Poe Jr. because she started in 1953 in Sampaguita Pictures before transferred to Premiere Productions Inc. Fernando Poe Jr. entered showbiz a year later in 1954
If Alicia Vergel is the female action star Celia Fuentes is the "Amazona". I was first a bit player to Gloria Romero in the 1954 film Dalagang Ilokana.
Tsing Tong Tsai, a Filipino Chinese actor who became famous for his kung fu martial arts style of action in his films in the 1970s.
Jean Lopez, the Filipina actress touted as the "Living Barbie Doll"
Mario Montenegro's real name is Roger Collin Macalalag. I am originally an LVN star but eventually transferred to Sampaguita upon the closure of the former.
Sharmaine Arnaiz real name is Sharmila Velasco Pribhdas Shahani born in Davao City on November 1, 1974 to an Indian father and an Ilongga mother from Roxas City, Capiz. She is the sister of actress Bunny Paras and also the first cousins of Patrick and Cheska Garcia on their mother's side.
Ronald Corveau became a popular actor in the 1970s and once married to actress Marianne de la Riva but since then separated.
Jesus "Og" Ramos was touted as the "Tarzan of the Philippines" and was formerly Mr. Philippines titleholder. He became an actor and a lead star of the Premiere Productions Inc.
Pilar Delilah Veloso Pilapil was formerly a beauty pageant titleholder before she became an actress. A native of Liloan, Cebu, Pilapil was underage when she competed at both Binibining Pilipinas and Miss Universe in 1967 at the age of only 16.
Rosa Rosal's film character was the antagonist or villain in many of her early films. She won her first acting FAMAS trophy as the best actress for the 1955 film Sonny Boy
Elizabeth Oropesa was crowned as Miss Luzon of the Miss Republic of the Philippines 1972 (post-dated title) for the pageant held in 1971. After the pageant, she became a popular actress in the early 70s.
Taken from a scene in the film Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak (1967) where Charito Solis plays the mother of Liza Lorena
Carmen Rosales and Charito Solis are the blood relatives of Vilma Santos
Rap Fernandez, the twin sibling of Renz Fernandez and twin sons of Rudy Fernandez and Lorna Tolentino. He belongs to the Padilla clan and in fact, Zsa Zsa Padilla and Amy Perez were his aunts. He acted in some films and television series. He also produced and directed some short films.
Tony Marzan was a Sampaguita Pictures actor but was never given a break. He became popular during the late 50s and throughout the 60s. Some of my screen partners were Marlene Dauden, Jean Lopez, and Liberty Ilagan. I left showbiz in the early 1970s and never came back.
Manding Claro and Nenita Vidal in Puppy Love (1956) Film Poster
LVN Pictures' love team - Manding Claro and Nenita Vidal rival Sampaguita Pictures' love team Amalia Fuentes and Juancho Gutierrez and Premiere Productions, Inc. Fernando Poe Jr. and Corazon Rivas
Roberto Rosales starred in dramatic and romantic films in the 1940s while his last film was in the early 1950s.
Mary Walter with her original screen partner Gregorio Fernandez made up the first Filipino screen love team. The "Queen of the Filipino Silent Films" Walter also starred in both the very first Filipino horror film and the first Filipino sound film.
One of comedian Dolphy's nicknames was Ompong. This was his character's name in some of his films. Dolphy played the titular character in the 1988 Angel Labra Film Ompong Galapong. He played the same character some 20 years earlier in the 1968 Jose "Pepe" Wenceslao film Buhay Bumbero.
One of comedian Chiquito's nickname was Gorio. This was his popular character's name in some of his films from the 1962 Pablo Santiago's film Gorio and his Jeepney to Goriong Butete (1990) even up to a Biblical 1996 Filipino film Kristo where he played a fictitious character of Gorio.
Lita Rio, early 1950s Filipino actress
Tange entered showbiz in the 1970s and became popular when he became a part of RPN-9 television sitcom My Son My Son
Sexy and dramatic actress Ilonah Jean is a product of VIVA Films with screen partners that include Julio Diaz and Robin Padilla.
Aurora Pijuan is Miss International 1970 and had a brief stint in showbiz and acted in a few films. She is the mother of sports analysts and reporter TJ Manotoc and is now residing in the United States
Angelu de Leon's aunt include Celia Flor and Priscilla Cellona. She may also be related to LVN matriarch, Narcisa "Doña Sisang" de Leon
Nick Romano started as a bit player in the 1960s but by the 1970s he was included in the films of the biggest stars in the Filipino film industry of the time. Some say that he is the brother of Tony Ferrer.
In the 1966 film Alias Popeye, Dolphy played the character of a skinny sailor who becomes strong after eating kangkong leaves and fights a burly bearded man.
Neonita Bona, Filipina Actress
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