
Acting
Paraluman
Born 1923-12-14 · Tayabas, Quezon
Sigrid Sophia Agatha de Torres von Giese, better known by her screen name Paraluman (December 14, 1923 – April 27, 2009), was an award-winning Filipina German actress. Her contemporaries include the likes of Fernando Poe, Sr. and Carmen Rosales. She was a major contract star of Sampaguita Pictures.
Acting credits
NRFriendship as strong rocks, love as enduring as the heavens sacrifice without any parallel in a story with hardly an equal.
Batong Buhay
1950
7.0After arguing with their playboy father, teenage sisters Amy, Susie and Tessie decide it's time to become independent women. Once the girls realize they can support themselves, they open the door to a whole new world of adventure.
Amy, Susie and Tessie
1960
10.0Serialized in “Bulaklak” and “Alimyon”
Estela Mondragon
1960
4.4A man buys a painting depicting witches being burned at the stake, one of whom bears an uncanny resemblance to his wife.
Daughters of Satan
1972
7.7An unstable young woman finally blows the cover of her repressive family's dark secrets when her memories where unlocked with the help of an ardent suitor.
Lilet
1971
NRThe three movie queens of Sampaguita Pictures lead a star-studded adaptation of the popular CBN program.
Kahapon Lamang
1959
10.0The intriguing story of a strange love affair. Too thrilling for her to resist. Too lovely for him to forget. Too painful for one to remember.
Veronica
1957
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Kamandag
1959
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Ulilang Anghel
1958
8.0A story of a mother and daughter separated by fate, the mother who have no memory of the child she bore, and the daughter who hopes to find her long-lost mother.
Rodora
1956
10.0She was the angel of mercy in a home where love and happiness reigned until tragedy struck.
Lydia
1956
9.0Rudil and Ester are now husband and wife, making Ester the newest addition to the affluent Rioblanca family. She slowly learns about how this family is run by their iron-fisted matriarch.
Tanikalang Apoy
1959
10.0Director John Barnwell's 1959 WWII drama stars Keith Andes as an American soldier in the Philippines who trains a village of headhunters to fight the Japanese. Also in the cast are Susan Cabot and Paraluman.
Surrender - Hell!
1959
8.0A 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
9.0A 1961 Filipino drama starring Paraluman and Mario Montenegro.
Dalawang Kalbaryo ni Dr. Mendez
1961
10.0The 2nd anniversary presentation of Vera-Perez Productions
Ipinagbili Ko ang Aking Anak
1959
9.0An anthology of four stories that capture love and resilience. Featuring Sampaguita Pictures’ biggest stars.
Kuwintas ng Alaala
1960
4.7Two friends face the dilemma of taking their wonderful friendship to the next level.
Hello Lover, Goodbye Friend
1985
10.0The story of a love you will not easily forger and the song that will make you remember.
Sonata
1957
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Awit Ng Bulag
1938
9.0No synopsis available yet.
5 Yugto ng Buhay
1961
8.0Bobby was born during the prewar era, blooming into a troubled, but sensitive young man.
Bobby
1958
7.5The greatest, longest, most expensive film produced in the film history of the Philippines. Five segments with an all-star cast, directed by five directors with a running time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Blood and Love on a Piece of Land
1975
10.0The true-to-life story of Miss Finland Armi Kuusela who was crowned Miss Universe in the first Miss Universe pageant held in 1952. In 1953, some nine months after she won the Miss Universe title, Armi was invited by the Philippine International Fair Committee to crown that year’s Miss Philippines, in the course of her stay, she met Virgilio Hilario, a Filipino businessman, through a blind date in Baguio, the two were eventually married in Tokyo that year. Kuusela chose to relinquish her crown shortly before her reign ended as Miss Universe
Now and Forever
1953