Gloria Sevilla

Acting

Gloria Sevilla

Born 1932-01-01 · Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

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.

Acting credits

Angelita's Eyes poster
6.5

Mga Mata ni Angelita was written by Ricardo Feliciano and became a number one hit radio drama from 1974 to 1978. It was made into a film by Larry Santiago Productions and catapulted Julie Vega into fame.

Angelita's Eyes

1978

Kusina poster
NR

The silent witness to the life and love of Juanita. It is her sanctuary, the place where she creates dishes for her family, her friends, even enemies and strangers. Through cooking, she gets to know the people around her, and in return, reveal herself to them.

Kusina

2016

Once a Moth poster
9.5

Living near the American military-controlled Clark Air Base, Corazon de la Cruz dreams of a better life in America until the unspeakable happens.

Once a Moth

1976

North Harbor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

North Harbor

1961

Iskandalo poster
NR

A love story about a guy with and a broken family a girl who slept with her professor.

Iskandalo

1979

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

Return poster
5.0

A troubled Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) is forced to return home and come to terms with the family she left behind.

Return

2019

Dyesebel poster
8.0

Dyesebel is unique among the merfolk for she is the only mermaid born of human parents from the surface world. A mermaid from birth, she is shunned by the superstitious due to her physical form. After her father is killed by an angry, superstitious mob, Dyesebel is taken to the ocean by her mother where she is sent into exile since her chances for survival are greater there than on land. The young girl-mermaid is found by Banak who adopts her and takes her to their kingdom where she is welcomed into their community.

Dyesebel

1978

Basta Bisaya poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Basta Bisaya

1970

Kakampi poster
8.0

An ordinary taxi ride takes Jun, a young executive, into the unusual story of Ben, a 35 year-old taxi driver in Manila on how he became a lanzones farmer in Camiguin island, Mindanao.

Kakampi

2016

Pitong Pasiklab sa Bahay na Tisa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pitong Pasiklab sa Bahay na Tisa

1963

I'm Sorry, My Love poster
7.0

In the hope of landing a job that will eventually enable her to pay for her sister's operation Tinay leaves her small fishing village and heads for Manila. With only her dreams accompanying her she arrives in the big city and how! She gets hit by a car but that proves to be a blessing in disguise because the accident leads her to her employment. She then meets Randy the son of her boss whose girlfriend Sylvia has been goading that they get married. But Randy feels that he's not yet ready to settle down and when he refuses to marry her Sylvia hooks up with another guy in a desperate attempt to make him change his mind.

I'm Sorry, My Love

1998

Nang Em poster
NR

We will witness how an 85yr old woman, Nang Em, from Cebu survived alone through all of these walls that push you away in these times of Quarantine era. Though falling sometimes into her own depression and anxieties in a time when the world stops and forces people to look into themselves for “renewal” of spirit, body and soul, Nang Em, fights through these negativities. She will show us how it is in the eyes of someone who went through time with grace and reckless abandon. And when an Ilonggo maintenance guy, Tagalog, comes to dip his mundane life into the scene of this wisdom-filled woman, we see how worlds come to connect and fill the gap of these times that don’t seem to mean anything to each other. We realize there is a thin line between old and new for a future set for the taking. Nang Em will open eyes to a whole understanding of being “old” in the time of “new.”

Nang Em

2020

Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill poster
6.0

The film is very, very loosely based on the life of Arturo Porcuna (Jeorge Estregan). Once upon a time, he was known as Boy Anino, notorious leader of the Bahala Na gang. But rival gangster Tony Razon (John Estrada) attacked him in his home, leaving his entire gang and his family dead in the ruins. But Porcuna survived, and now he returns under a new alias, Boy Golden, and he seeks revenge against those that did him wrong. Along the way, he meets Marla D (KC Concepcion), a dancer who also has a bone to pick with Razon. Together, the two carry out a dangerous plan to take on Manila’s toughest gangsters.

Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill

2013

El Presidente poster
6.5

The film begins with his capture by Philippine and US forces under Frederick Funston's command in 1901, then flashes back to 1886, when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona cryptic prophecies. Ten years later, Aguinaldo is inducted into the Katipunan and later assumes leadership of its Cavite chapter while becoming mayor of Cavite El Viejo. When the trouble breaks out in Manila in late August 1896, Aguinaldo tries to assure the Spanish provincial government of non-interference and covertly marshals his forces despite a lack of weapons. Learning that the Spanish mostly put their forces in Manila, Aguinaldo finally mobilizes his troops and take the command of the Katipunan forces in Cavite

El Presidente

2012

No artwork available
NR

Filipino horror anthology from 1967.

4 Worlds of Horror

1967

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

Pacquiao: The Movie poster
4.8

Jericho Rosales portrays Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao as he struggles out of poverty to become a champion and national hero. Yet when the pressures of his sport, his personal life and the high expectations of his countrymen take their toll, he falls from grace. With the help of his wife (Bea Alonzo), will he be able to rise once more to be worthy of being called "the People's Champion"?

Pacquiao: The Movie

2006

Papa Loves Mambo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Papa Loves Mambo

1955

Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig poster
NR

Unraveling the fantastical orgins of lizards, bats, monkeys, and water lilies.

Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig

1960

May Bakas Ang Lumipas poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

May Bakas Ang Lumipas

1954

Dear Diary poster
6.5

Two teen stories in one movie. "Dear Partyline" tells the story of Badong who falls in love with a girl in a Coke commercial who happens to be the other half of their telephone party line. "Dear Killer" tells the story of Lenny and the mysterious disappearance of a girl who was considered the school's best Soprano singer.

Dear Diary

1989

Si Inday sa Balitaw poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Si Inday sa Balitaw

1970

Mga Daing sa Libingan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mga Daing sa Libingan

1961