Charito Solis

Acting

Charito Solis

Born — Died

1935-10-06 — 1998-01-09

Place of birth

Tondo, Manila, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Rosario Violeta Solís Hernández, better known as Charito Solís (October 6, 1935 – January 9, 1998), was a FAMAS and Gawad Urian Award-winning Filipino film actress. Her most notable films include Kundiman ng Lahi (1959), Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak (1967), Igorota (1968), Ina, Kapatid, Anak (1979), Kisapmata (1980), Manila by Night (1980), and Hinugot sa Langit (1985). Along with Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos, she is known for having garnered the most FAMAS Best Actress wins.

Known for

Kisapmata poster
8.2

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

Kisapmata

1981

Wrenched From Heaven poster
9.5

A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants.

Wrenched From Heaven

1985

Buddha poster
10.0

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.

Buddha

1961

Malvarosa poster
6.5

A poignant story of a family’s struggles in life. It tells of Rosa, who lives in the slums near the railroad tracks, with her mother and five brothers. Her mother wallows in guilt and depression when her drunkard father is run over by a train. Though she is set to marry her fiancé, Rosa chooses to put her family’s needs before her own. Rosa’s brothers also carry their own burdens, except for one, the youngest, Avelino, who helps his sister shoulder the weight of the family’s problems.

Malvarosa

1958

Manila by Night poster
7.2

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.

Manila by Night

1980

The Flor Contemplacion Story poster
8.7

The story of the Filipina domestic helper who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fellow maid is chronicled in a film that operates on various personal, social, and political levels. Both controversial and critically acclaimed, it has brought Nora Aunor numerous citations for her intense portrayal as the fallen heroine of the story.

The Flor Contemplacion Story

1995

Film credits

1990s · 20 titles

The Flor Contemplacion Story poster
8.7

The story of the Filipina domestic helper who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fellow maid is chronicled in a film that operates on various personal, social, and political levels. Both controversial and critically acclaimed, it has brought Nora Aunor numerous citations for her intense portrayal as the fallen heroine of the story.

The Flor Contemplacion Story

1995

Yesterday's Promise poster
6.0

Three strong-willed sisters face tough choices.

Yesterday's Promise

1994

Because I Love You poster
8.0

Dolzura Cortez has had several men in her life. One returns to her as an AIDS researcher and unwittingly, Dolzura becomes his subject. He encouraged her to come out in public so she can dispel the social stigma that comes with the disease.

Because I Love You

1993

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II poster
7.5

This second feature film based on the popular television series features two true legal cases. The first is of a nanny accused of kidnapping the child in her care, and the second is about how a rich family tries to cover up the murder of a poor man.

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II

1997

Bocaue Pagoda Tragedy poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bocaue Pagoda Tragedy

1995

A Moment Too Long poster
8.0

Ted dreams of becoming rich and powerful. So he certainly doesn't want to marry his equally poor girlfriend, Nina. But when Ted introduces Nina to his rich, sick and old boss, Don Edmundo, his boss becomes infatuated with her. Ted persuades Nina to marry Don Edmundo, hoping for the old man's death and inheritance. Edmundo's daughter Lolit returns from the States and Nina is horrified when Ted marries her.

A Moment Too Long

1990

Alyas Pogi 2 poster
8.0

A 1992 Filipino film starring Bong Revilla, Rita Avila, Charito Solis, and Jay Ilagan.

Alyas Pogi 2

1992

Beloy Montemayor Jr.: Tirador Ng Cebu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beloy Montemayor Jr.: Tirador Ng Cebu

1993

You're the Only One I Loved poster
8.0

Adela is the sheltered daughter of successful Dr. Maximo Sevilla. She has spent her life crocheting alone in the big house, and disappointed her father for failing to qualify for a career in law or medicine, and for lacking the confidence of her departed mother. Adela vainly struggles to cultivate elegance, until she meets and falls for the charms of striking David Javier.

You're the Only One I Loved

1992

Sana Dalawa Ang Puso Ko poster
10.0

Gabriel is torn between the woman he’s married with and another woman whom he has fallen deeply in love with while she was away.

Sana Dalawa Ang Puso Ko

1995

Wherever You Are poster
8.0

A bereaved wife searches for her lost husband, only to be found with no memory of her and a new woman in his life.

Wherever You Are

1993

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Labada, Darling poster
7.0

A rich woman and a middle-class man have a happy marriage and five children, but petty jealousies begin to creep in, prompting the wife to flee.

Hindi Pa Tapos ang Labada, Darling

1994

Mga Batang City Jail poster
9.0

Angelito leads a group of young ex-convicts who will risk going back to prison in order to fight a notorious syndicate.

Mga Batang City Jail

1991

Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum poster
8.0

Behind his bad boy image, Ben (Robin Padilla) has a big heart. The modern day Robinhood collects grease money from jeepney drivers on behalf of the syndicate. He gets a meager amount in return which he uses to feed his adoptive parents whom he loves dearly. One day his boss Salazar (Mark Gil) proposes that he kidnap children who come from wealthy families. The offer would be financially rewarding, but Ben refuses it. Because Salazar is desperate, he kidnaps Ben's loved ones and the only way to redeem them is by abducting Bing (Vina Morales) and her brother.

Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum

1991

Una Kang Naging Akin poster
7.0

Tragedy strikes when the helicopter that Nick is riding suddenly crashes on a remote island and authorities reported no survivors. The apparent death of Nick caused great grief to Vanessa, a socialte already betrothed to the young man. On the remote island, Nick meets Dr. Mallari, a marine biologist. Because of his memory loss, Nick introduces himself as Darwin. Dr. Mallari takes Darwin to his home, where he introduces his daughter, Diosa, a beautiful painter. Darwin admits that he cannot recall his past and Diosa initially doubted his story. However, as time passes by, the two develop feelings for each other and have a child together. Darwin becomes involved in another accident that triggers the return of his past memories. He remembers that he is a wealthy businessman named Nick who is about to marry his beloved girlfriend Vanessa. With the return of his memory, Darwin's identity as well as Diosa and their child no longer exist in Nick's recollection.

Una Kang Naging Akin

1991

Miss na Miss na Kita: Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum Part 2 poster
7.0

A follow up on the big hit Utol Kong Hoodlum

Miss na Miss na Kita: Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum Part 2

1992

Kadenang Bulaklak poster
10.0

Jasmin, Violy, Baby and Daisy are sisters that were separated in their youth.

Kadenang Bulaklak

1993

Megamol poster
7.0

A rich old lady, who was dying, hired a detective agency to go in search of her long lost granddaughter. Lacking the manpower for the job, janitor Andrew was passed off as a private detective. He located the missing girl who was working as a sales lady.

Megamol

1994

Okay Ka, Fairy Ko! poster
5.0

Evil Queen Luka (Tetchie) must meet a quota of wicked dead to regulary feed their guardian dragon or lose her throne to Moynita. Moynita wins the queenship after capturing Aiza. To win her back, the dragon must be killed. Only Enteng, Aiza's father, can save her.

Okay Ka, Fairy Ko!

1991

Sandakot na Kaligayahan poster
NR

A melodrama about a young woman's sexual awakening brought about by childhood trauma.

Sandakot na Kaligayahan

1997

1980s · 27 titles

Kisapmata poster
8.2

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

Kisapmata

1981

Wrenched From Heaven poster
9.5

A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants.

Wrenched From Heaven

1985

Manila by Night poster
7.2

The hidden nightlife of ordinary people living in Manila unveils. Lovers and families conflict with each other as they live on the streets, which are rampant with drugs and prostitution.

Manila by Night

1980

Pati ba Pintig ng Puso? poster
6.5

When Aldrin returns from the States, everyone is as ecstatic as his grandfather. But his reason for going home is not because of his lolo but his sister who is in an asylum. His vow is to take her away from their grandftaher who caused the early death of their parents. To avenge for what happened to his family, Aldrin plans a final revenge and that's when Jenna comes into his life.

Pati ba Pintig ng Puso?

1985

Batch '81 poster
5.8

Sid Lucero, a 21-year old pre-Med student, is an aspiring neophyte of the Alpha Kappa Omega fraternity. Over a six-month initiation period, he and six other neophytes are subjected to severe physical and psychological torture in and outside the fraternity house.

Batch '81

1982

Three Faces of Love poster
9.0

Three stories of love starring Sharon Cuneta. The first, "I Love You, Moo-Moo" (directed by Leroy Salvador), is about a young bride who died on her honeymoon; the second, "Ang Silid" (directed by Lino Brocka) is about an interior decorator who investigates a forbidden room owned by a mysterious woman whose sister was murdered; and the third, "Katumbas ng Kahapon" (directed by Emmanuel Borlaza) follows a young woman torn between her abusive husband and her former lover who returned from the US.

Three Faces of Love

1988

Once, There Was a Mother poster
10.0

A mother juggles her family's dying publishing house along with her troubled relationship with her three daughters.

Once, There Was a Mother

1983

Naked Island: Butil-ulan poster
10.0

After the death of his father, Alex goes back to his native island to find inner peace. There he finds three girls longing for him.

Naked Island: Butil-ulan

1984

Bakit Iisa Lamang ang Puso? poster
10.0

The death of tycoon Ernesto Benitez left behind two daughters by different mothers.

Bakit Iisa Lamang ang Puso?

1989

No artwork available
7.5

During World War II, the "dark years" in the Philippine history, Tacing is a woman involved in different love affairs which resulted in endless trials and tribulations.

You Cannot Trample Me

1984

Hiwaga Sa Balete Drive poster
10.0

A two-part movie: the first tells the story of a couple who encounters a lady ghost that haunts a house in Balete Drive; the second involves a young boy who witnesses a crime through his "third eye."

Hiwaga Sa Balete Drive

1988

The Marriage poster
6.5

As their wedding day approaches, Joel and Grace open up about their past lovers, and just before the wedding day, their ex-lovers meet up with them.

The Marriage

1980

No artwork available
7.0

Ancestral home to a wealthy family is being haunted by malevolent spirits. On other side of town, evil creatures are lurking.

Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon

1980

Of the Flesh poster
6.9

When Narcing brings home his wife Puring to their hometown Mulawin in the 1930s, it sets off a series of events that include parricide, infidelity, betrayal, guilt and redemption.

Of the Flesh

1983

Where Love Has Gone poster
9.0

A young couple's blossoming love against an adult romance gone sour.

Where Love Has Gone

1984

Rosa Mistica poster
5.0

A Filipino fantasy/horror anthology starring Snooky Serna. In "Mga Puting Rosas ni Rosalie", Rosalie dies in a freak accident on the day of her wedding to Mike, who's only after her money. With the help of the white rose, she comes back to earth to correct what is wrong. In "Mga Pulang Rosas ni Rosanna", Rosanna is the daughter of a mausoleum caretaker who happens to be the soulmate of the mysterious heir, Ramil, the victim of a curse of Satan's disciple, Lucila. In "Mga Dilaw Rosas ni Rosario", Rosario or Osang, a maid with an ugly facade, falls in love with a man named Dio.

Rosa Mistica

1987

Selfish Desires poster
8.0

Clarissa is an ambitious young woman born to a poor family. She is later adopted by her rich godmother after a tragedy. Determined to escape a life of poverty, she uses everyone around her, including her friends and family, in her relentless pursuit of wealth and power.

Selfish Desires

1984

Ang Boyfriend Kong Kano poster
NR

In this riotous comedy, Italian import model-turned-actor Dani Diovanni plays an abandoned half-American teenager who catches the fancy of screwball Maricel Soriano who plays the role of a comely lass from Pagsanjan.

Ang Boyfriend Kong Kano

1983

No artwork available
10.0

A cursed woman who is beautiful woman at night but transforms into a hukluban, an aging old woman, by sunrise. Immortal, the woman can only hope for true love to break the curse.

Gabi Kung Sumikat Ang Araw

1983

Lord, Bakit Ako Pa? poster
9.0

A young woman has three men in her life: one has impregnated her, another offers her refuge in her darkest hour, and the third almost destroys both of them.

Lord, Bakit Ako Pa?

1988

Ito Ang Babae poster
NR

A dutiful daughter's love for her mother is tested when she finds out about her mother's scandalous profession.

Ito Ang Babae

1980

Mirror, Mirror On the Wall poster
10.0

Three older women become young again with the help of a magical mirror.

Mirror, Mirror On the Wall

1988

Inday Bote poster
10.0

a film by Luciano B. Carlos.

Inday Bote

1985

Exploitation poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Exploitation

1983

Sensual poster
5.5

The film explores the sexual awakening and coming-of-age journey of a young woman named Niña. Growing up in a small town with her repressed mother, Turing, and her permissive, aging grandmother, Senyang, Niña begins to explore her sexuality. This includes both a lesbian relationship with her classmate Elsa and a subsequent charged, romantic tension with a newly arrived man named Ariel.

Sensual

1986

Don't Bring the Dead Back to Life poster
5.0

Robertito falls in love with Helen. Gabriel is jealous of his brother being the favorite son of their mother so he makes Helen fall in love to him. Robertito is heartbroken. Aurora asks Julie, who is in love with Robertito, to bring comfort and love to Robertito. When Robertito learns about the arrangement, he speed off, meet an accident and dies. Aurora refuses to accept that his favorite son has died so she made a great pact with Lucio to bring Robertito back to life.

Don't Bring the Dead Back to Life

1987

Pieta poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pieta

1983

1960s · 4 titles

Buddha poster
10.0

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.

Buddha

1961

Because of a Flower poster
8.0

A humble provincial girl, Lily, ekes out a living selling flowers in bustling Manila when she musters the courage to present a single bloom to Miguel, a kind-hearted young architect. Their innocent romance blossoms amid family disapproval and the temptations of city life, but when a jealous rival schemes to tear them apart, Lily and Miguel must fight to protect the fragile beauty of their love “because of a flower.”

Because of a Flower

1967

Manila, Open City poster
8.5

War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues.

Manila, Open City

1968

Kung Ako'y Mahal Mo poster
7.0

Ramon is wrongfully imprisoned after killing a man who was attempting to rape a woman he witnessed while driving down a dark highway. That woman, Lydia, fails to testify in his defense and Ramon vows to never forgive that person ever again. Their fates become intertwined after both fall in love with each other, unbeknownst to their past accident.

Kung Ako'y Mahal Mo

1960