Vilma Santos

Acting

Vilma Santos

Born

1953-11-03 (72)

Place of birth

Tondo, Manila, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (born November 3, 1953) is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She has currently serving as Governor of Batangas since 2025, which she previously served from 2007 to 2016. Her career as an actress has spanned more than five decades, beginning when she debuted as a child actress in the 1963 film Trudis Liit, for which she won her first FAMAS Award (Best Child Performer). She won the FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her dual role in "Dama de Noche" (1972). She has portrayed the superhero Darna in four films beginning with "Lipad, Darna, Lipad!" in 1973. Santos produced "Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak" (1978), which won both…

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 6 titles

Anak poster
6.6

A woman returns to the Philippines after working abroad to find that her family has fallen apart in her absence.

Anak

2000

Uncensored: Sex In Philippine Cinema 3 poster
NR

This is the 3rd volume of the sought after flesh fest video. Hosted by Jobert Sucaldito the video features the ultimate Filipino sex goddesses in their most memorable and daring roles.Details here

Uncensored: Sex In Philippine Cinema 3

2005

In My Life poster
5.2

A headstrong woman moves to New York and must come to terms with her estranged gay son and his partner.

In My Life

2009

The '70s poster
6.0

Set in the Philippines during martial law, the film follows the Bartolome family’s struggles over several years.

The '70s

2002

D' Lucky Ones! poster
7.9

Tina and Lea are best friends who are also avid fans of Vilma Santos. They were inseparable until Lea decides to leave the country and go to Korea. They promise that someday they will really become one big happy family when their children get married. Years after, by virtue of an old vow, Lucky Girl and Lucky Boy are forced to be together by their mothers. Problem is, they hate each other's guts. But, just when they're falling for each other, love plays a trick on the meddling moms which threatens to bring the young lovers apart.

D' Lucky Ones!

2006

Mano Po III: My Love poster
5.8

Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husband who pampers her; children whom any parent would be proud of; and the respect & admiration of the most powerful people in the land. But just as Lilia prepares for her 25th wedding anniversary celebration, a chance encounter in Thailand with her first love Michael throws Lilia's life into chaos. So begins the resumption of a relationship that threatens to unravel the delicate threads connecting Lilia to the other people in her life. - Written by regalfilms

Mano Po III: My Love

2004

1990s · 7 titles

Heaven's Judgment poster
8.0

An oppressed housemaid has transformed herself into a wealthy and powerful business mogul through sheer dint of talent, ambition and driving need to avenge herself on her tormentors.

Heaven's Judgment

1990

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

Lea's Story poster
9.0

A fiercely independent and unflinchingly candid woman connected with a women's crisis and survival center has to raise her two kids with different fathers. Her first husband has left her when their career options failed to converge. She is now stuck in an extramarital arrangement with another man who cannot bring himself to respect and commit to their quite unorthodox relationship.

Lea's Story

1998

Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre poster
9.0

After her husband goes to work abroad, Helen Arandia and her daughter must handle her jealous neighbour, who plans to do something to her. Based on a crime report that occurred in 1994, this is the most brutal massacre in Lipa's history since the massacres in 1945.

Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre

1994

Ikaw ang Mahal Ko poster
9.0

Pilo, a mild-mannered bodyguard meets Miling, an old-fashioned girl who stows away when she learns that her aunt has betrothed her to the richest man in town. They quickly become enemies, but when they are meant to stay together, it doesn't really matter if their first meeting was disastrous.

Ikaw ang Mahal Ko

1996

Relaks ka, Lang Sagot Kita poster
8.0

CIS agent Gerry Paz is accused of a crime and takes Atty. Vera Villaverde hostage as he escapes from the law. Vera eventually realizes his innocence and a relationship forms between them as they clear his name.

Relaks ka, Lang Sagot Kita

1994

All Be Damned poster
7.8

A corrupt, lonely couple manipulates a naive, young couple using money, power, and lies.

All Be Damned

1990

1980s · 21 titles

T-Bird at Ako poster
5.8

Stern, intelligent Sylvia, a lawyer, finally met her match. Only that the person is a woman, and was convicted of murder.

T-Bird at Ako

1982

An Affair poster
6.4

In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in together, and that is when the problems start.

An Affair

1982

Baby Tsina poster
10.0

A woman develops feelings for a gang leader and is subsequently jailed for murder. While in prison, she undergoes a transformation, eventually leading her fellow inmates in a movement for penal system reform. Seven years later, she is declared innocent. Based on the true story of Evelyn Duave Ortega, also known as Baby Tsina.

Baby Tsina

1984

Charot poster
NR

A young family breadwinner witnesses a crime and assumes a female identity to elude the criminals who doggedly hunt him down.

Charot

1984

Begging for Love poster
6.5

On the outside it looks like a marriage made in heaven. But inside the thick walls of what they call home theirs is a relationship waiting to crumble. They have been waiting a child for so long but the wife does not have the capacity to bear a child. And when her husband cannot take it any it any longer he decides to end his misery once and for all.

Begging for Love

1986

All for You poster
4.7

Strong-willed and sophisticated, Divina takes over the business of her late father Don Ferrer who had requested Divina to ensure that his daughter Nora with his mistress is cared for. But Nora wins the love of Jerry, the only man who has captivated Divina’s discriminating heart. From the start. Jerry is attracted to Nora whose steadfast suitor Oscar respects and honors her chastity, only to find out that she has fallen in love and has given herself to Jerry.

All for You

1982

Where Does Love Hide? poster
8.0

Made pregnant by Ric, Estella was forced to marry his intellectually disabled younger brother, Val, to save herself from the shame of having an illegitimate child. However, what was intended as a marriage of convenience became a fulfilling relationship that eventually opened the eyes and hearts of everybody to the beautiful soul hidden inside the young man nobody wanted.

Where Does Love Hide?

1987

Haplos poster
7.8

Al is a balikbayan who returns to his former hometown where his mother is buried. There he meets his childhood friend Cristy who works as a counselor for family planning. Eventually they develop a romantic relationship and end up as a couple. However, a mysterious lady appears one day while Al tends to his mother’s grave. Al falls in love with the stranger and is now torn between her and Cristy.

Haplos

1982

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Miss X

1980

Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos poster
7.0

When her boyfriend leaves for Japan on a singing contract, a dancer is so distraught she does not see the car that hits her. The driver pretends to be a helpful passer-by; they fall in love and gets married. Only bringing her to a more complicated life.

Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos

1988

Sister Stella L. poster
7.0

A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a cooking oil company.

Sister Stella L.

1984

Unleash the Love Again poster
9.0

Cristy’s persistence and Jim’s longing for a child lead to an illicit relationship. However, too much love suffocates, and covetousness can breed hate.

Unleash the Love Again

1985

Asawa Ko Huwag Mong Agawin poster
10.0

Two couples find themselves in a complicated love triangle.

Asawa Ko Huwag Mong Agawin

1987

Tagos ng Dugo poster
3.3

A young Pina was traumatized when her family was murdered while she had her first menstruation. She grows up into a serial killer transforming herself to different personalities as she seduced one man at a time grossly killing them while in the act of sexual pleasure.

Tagos ng Dugo

1987

Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan? poster
10.0

They are two women in love with one man. One is the wife, the other is the mistress. And between them, the man whose love and time they share. But even the most discreet of affairs can be laid open, and the most submissive of wives can lose her patience. Vilma Santos, Hilda Koronel and Dindo Fernando lend their thespic talents to this moving tale of love, betrayal and retribution.

Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan?

1982

How Is It to Dream? poster
7.0

The story of Lisa and Eric and how they fought for their love. Lisa got pregnant with Benny, Eric's brother. However, Benny died in a motorcycle accident. Eric was kind enough to marry Lisa but Eric's mother disapproved of the relationship and makes life hell for Lisa.

How Is It to Dream?

1983

Langis at Tubig poster
7.0

After his secret crush, Connie discovers her boyfriend is married, Bobby steals her away and gives her the perfect marriage. However, when Bobby accepts a job in the province of Albay, he falls for the lovely local girl Pilar and finds himself flirting with bigamy.

Langis at Tubig

1980

Minsan pa Nating Hagkan ang Nakaraan poster
4.5

Rod leaves Helen for his career and she falls in love with another. Rod becomes successful and goes back to Helen who obviously still feels strongly for him. An illicit affair ensues.

Minsan pa Nating Hagkan ang Nakaraan

1983

To Live Another Day poster
10.0

A determined single parent, she manages to raise a child while remaining successful in her career as an advertising executive. Everything in her life seems to go well until she is diagnosed with a terminal disease. For her son’s sake, and without revealing her condition, she is forced to resolve her most important life relations: rekindling first her connections with her parents, and then with the very man who fathered her son.

To Live Another Day

1989

Takot Ako, Eh! poster
6.5

A story about a family whose mother passed away and the father whose an inventor who built a time machine in search of a new mother for his children.

Takot Ako, Eh!

1987

Broken Marriage poster
8.4

Trapped in a world of hectic schedules, pressure, and little time for each other, married couple Ellen and Rene decide to have a temporary separation.

Broken Marriage

1983

1970s · 17 titles

Darna vs. The Planet Women poster
7.0

Crippled girl Narda finds her boyfriend paralyzed by a mysterious beam shot from a UFO. Together with her powers and brother Ding, she transforms into Darna and fights against alien women who are trying to make the Earth a colony of their own planet.

Darna vs. The Planet Women

1975

Rubia Servios poster
10.0

A woman becomes the object of obsession of a man who will stop at nothing to possess her.

Rubia Servios

1978

Anak ng asuang poster
10.0

Filipino horror movie from 1973.

Anak ng asuang

1973

Batya't Palu-Palo poster
7.0

A story about a rich heiress, Estella, who disguises as a lowly washerwoman in order to find out for herself the true meaning of love that she found in Berting.

Batya't Palu-Palo

1974

Wild Whirlwind poster
9.0

Following Tung's death in a mysterious plane crash, a police investigator replaces him to investigate the shady dealings of a gang of criminals led by Feng Wei, cousin of the dead. Feng's faults soon come to light. He wants to trick cousin Ivy, Tung's sister, the only beneficiary of a significant fortune. To achieve his purpose, Feng does not hesitate to kill Tung's butler, housekeeper and girlfriend. After realizing that Ivy is unaware of where the key to the safe in which the inheritance documents were kept is hidden, Feng tries to escape by taking her cousin hostage, but will be captured by the investigator and imprisoned with all of his band, while Ivy will be able to live peacefully near her savior.

Wild Whirlwind

1974

Bertang Karengkeng poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bertang Karengkeng

1976

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land poster
7.5

The 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

Summer Rains poster
7.3

A young co-ed falls in love with her first-degree cousin, who stays with her family while studying in Manila. Their forbidden affair, which they keep secret from their family, is revealed when she becomes pregnant. For the scandalized family, abortion is the only solution left, which the two lovers resist.

Summer Rains

1975

Pinagbuklod ng Pag-Ibig poster
9.0

Mina is a commercial model struggling to provide financial assistance to her ill mother when she meets the arrogant painter Dino. He offers her to be a model for his work of art which she accepted. This draw them closer to each other until Mina learns of Dino's past relationship that eventually becomes a hindrance to their budding romance.

Pinagbuklod ng Pag-Ibig

1978

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

Burlesque Queen poster
6.5

To support her paralytic father, Chato works as a utility girl for a burlesque star Virgie Nite. But when Virgie gets drunk on the night of her scheduled show, Chato pitches in for her. And she becomes an instant sensation. Enthused by the initial acceptance of the audience, she defies her father's admonitions and presents herself to the manager. And thus, becoming the new burlesque queen.

Burlesque Queen

1977

Dyesebel poster
10.0

Dyesebel is a popular mermaid character in the Philippines. The comic book character was originally conceived by the Filipino comic book illustrator, Mars Ravelo and drawn by Elpidio Torres.

Dyesebel

1973

You Are Mine poster
7.1

Horticulturist Teresita and Rex, a skydiving enthusiast and passenger jeep manufacturer, have been together for five years. Rex then meets the vivacious but fidgety Sandra, who is obviously smitten with him. Rex is then unsettled by his conflicting feelings for the two.

You Are Mine

1978

Bato sa Buhangin poster
7.0

A taxi driver is hired as a bodyguard for an heiress.

Bato sa Buhangin

1976

Nakawin Natin Ang Bawat Sandali poster
10.0

Two desperate lovers snatching every bit of forbidden time.

Nakawin Natin Ang Bawat Sandali

1978

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon poster
3.3

A fashion model is torn between two men: her young boyfriend who is a self-centered fashion model and an older married man who is estranged from his domineering wife.

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon

1977

Mga Rosas sa Putikan poster
9.0

Vilma Santos did Mga Rosas Sa Putikan for her own VS Films where she played a country girl forced into prostitution in the big city. The movie did fairly well at the tills. Good sign…” – Ricardo F. Lo, Expressweek, Jan 19 1978

Mga Rosas sa Putikan

1976

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