Rosa Rosal

Acting

Rosa Rosal

Born 1928-10-16

Rosa Rosal (born Florence Lansang Danon; October 16, 1928 – November 15, 2025) was a Filipino actress and humanitarian. She began her career as an actress in the late 1940s and remained active throughout the Golden Age of Philippine cinema, noted for her roles in Anak Dalita (1956), Badjao (1957), and Biyaya ng Lupa (1959). She ventured television in late 1960s as presenter of public service shows and appeared in several drama series until 2005. Rosal was appointed as a member of Philippine Red Cross board of governors since 1965 and has pioneered mass blood-donating campaigns in the Philippines. Her accolades include a Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Order of the Golden Heart, two FAMAS Awards, and a Gawad Urian. Reader's Digest Asia named her the most trusted Filipino personality in 2010.

Acting credits

Himala Ng Birhen Sa Antipolo poster
NR

Graduating medical student Ramon falls in love with his best friend's sister Pacing, a strong devotee of the Virgin Mary of Antipolo. Though Ramon is not that religious and seldom goes to church, he courts Pacing, even going to church with her.

Himala Ng Birhen Sa Antipolo

1947

Correctional poster
NR

The forthcoming wedding of Norma and Armando, a young lawyer, was supposed to be a great and wonderful event for the two, but everything went haywire.

Correctional

1952

Biglang Yaman poster
10.0

Mariano and Andres are balut vendors who fortuitously save Rosa's life. They adopt her and care for her as their own daughter. One day a lawyer confronts Mariano and Andres and claims that Rosa had inherited a large sum of money.

Biglang Yaman

1949

Vow poster
7.0

Three brothers make a vow on their father's deathbed to be devoted to one another. As they each grow up in their own ways, they struggle to retain their bond as adults.

Vow

1948

Bound Heart poster
7.0

A young woman who all her life has lived under the shadow of her sister, a sister who is not only older but more assertive more intelligent and more appreciated. She knows that even with her best effort she cannot compete with her. Everything is fine with her she is after all more at peace with her kind of uncomplicated existence. But even the most submissive and most patient of people can only take so much. The day comes when she realizes that for her to live her own life she must end her meekness and learn to speak up.

Bound Heart

1986

Faithful poster
7.0

This strikes straight at the heart because it is a tender story of four people, each deserving a Purple Heart.

Faithful

1958

Last Prayer poster
NR

A heavy romance drama about a man poor man and his family who lives in the province. Due to the kind-heartedness of the couple found favor with their godparent, and gave the man an opportunity to work in the metro at a shoe factory. One day the owner of the factory fell ill and so the ownership was transferred to the owners' daughter, due to the man's kind-heartedness the daughter starts to fall in love with the man and so drama ensues.

Last Prayer

1948

Ang Lumang Simbahan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ang Lumang Simbahan

1949

Child of Sorrow poster
5.9

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

Child of Sorrow

1956

No artwork available
10.0

A country lass moves to the city and falls in love with her benefactor

Babaing Hampas-lupa

1952

Sohrab at Rustum poster
NR

A retelling of the famous episode from Ferdowsi's Persian epic Shahnameh, pertaining to the event where the great warrior Rustum had his fateful encounter with Sohrab.

Sohrab at Rustum

1950

Blessings of the Land poster
7.5

Maria and Jose, a young married couple begin life together in an orchard in the countryside. It isn't long until they have four children: Miguel, Arturo, Angelita, and Lito. The eldest, Miguel, is a deaf-mute. Life is good for the family and the children grow up and bring joy to the community. But trouble enters their lives when Jose makes an enemy of Bruno, a widower, much feared in the village.

Blessings of the Land

1959

Ang Pagbabalik ng Ibong Adarna poster
NR

"Ang Pagbabalik ng Ibong Adarna,” looks into our lost film history and the fight to restore and protect films for the future generations. It focuses on “Ibong Adarna,” one of only six surviving pre-war Filipino movies and the first Filipino film partially made with color. Jeff also follows the story of Mila, one of the movie queens during the golden age of Philippine Cinema, who passionately fought to protect the industry she loved.

Ang Pagbabalik ng Ibong Adarna

2020

Bakya mo Neneng poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bakya mo Neneng

1947

Mahal Kita, Walang Iba poster
9.0

Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her boyfriend to appease her grandfather.

Mahal Kita, Walang Iba

1992

Higit sa Korona poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Higit sa Korona

1956

Badjao poster
7.2

Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe. Although the Hassan is willing to give up his lifestyle for Bala Amai and vice versa, the Tausugs plot to break up the union of the happy couple.

Badjao

1957

Sonny Boy poster
10.0

A touching drama of parental love that prolific filmmaker Susana de Guzman adapted from her own serialized novel in Liwayway magazine.

Sonny Boy

1955

Ethan poster
7.0

Ethan, a missionary priest in the Phillipines, falls in love and falls from grace. He sinks into a world of alcohol, loneliness and self-doubt, but dies a hero fighting for the life of the woman he loved.

Ethan

1964

Sanga-Sangang Puso poster
NR

A mother and her four children are alone in a cruel world. Is it the mother's fault if her loved ones go astray after all her sacrifices and concern for their welfare?

Sanga-Sangang Puso

1957

Esperanza: The Movie poster
9.5

A Filipino movie based on the television series Esperanza, opens up where the TV finale left off.

Esperanza: The Movie

1999

The Tenants poster
3.0

A sakada is a farmer who works in a sugarcane field. The film proceeds to document the stages of sugar production once in the mill, then shifts to the unrest outside where a sakada was shot to death by one of the hacienda's guards.

The Tenants

1976

Big Shot poster
NR

An actress Chrisy gets tired of her onscreen partner, so the studio made a nationwide search for a new lead actor. One day Robert gets scouted by Chrisy the only problem is Robert is already in love with Trining a woman from his province.

Big Shot

1956

Sarung Banggi poster
7.0

Nanding is a fisherman/farmer who also happens to possess a fine singing voice. The barrio is astir with the return of Marina, the daughter of the despotic Cabesang Berong the town's richest resident, who was a childhood friend of Nanding. Marina and Nanding renew their old friendship and the friendship inevitably turns into love.

Sarung Banggi

1947