Susan Roces

Acting

Susan Roces

Born — Died

1941-07-28 — 2022-05-20

Place of birth

Bacolod City, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

73 titles

Jesusa Purificacion Levy Sonora-Poe (July 28, 1941 - May 20, 2022), better known by her screen name Susan Roces, was a Filipina actress and widow of Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, better known as Fernando Poe Jr. She is known for being the "Queen of Philippine Movies" in the 1960s and 1970s. She is also known for the main role of Flora "Lola Kap" S. Borja-de Leon from FPJ's Ang Probinsyano which began airing on ABS-CBN from September 28, 2015 to May 20, 2022.

Known for

Brothers poster
6.6

Ador is a well known and respected CIDG Police Official, with a loving family as his support. Cardo, on the other hand, loves the solitude of the mountains in the province as a SAF Trooper. Their lives take a sudden turn when Ador gets himself entangled in a syndicate by being betrayed by one of his own colleagues, resulting to his death. To conceal this fact, Cardo was ordered to pretend to be Ador and finish the mission what his brother left behind. He will also be force to pretend to his brother's family and friends, and be re-united with his grandmother, whom he despised, for assuming she abandoned him.

Brothers

2015

Walang Hanggan poster
6.2

Walang Hanggan is a classic Philippine television drama aired by ABS-CBN and worldwide on The Filipino Channel, featuring an ensemble cast. The series is loosely based on the 1991 Gomez-Zulueta film Hihintayin Kita Sa Langit, a film based on the Emily Brontë novel, Wuthering Heights. The drama became a huge hit maintaining the top spot in viewer ratings for most of its run, with its final episode on October 26, 2012 attaining its highest rating of 45.4% nationwide.

Walang Hanggan

2012

Iisa Pa Lamang poster
NR

Iisa Pa Lamang is a Philippine drama series aired in ABS-CBN. It is a suspense melodrama produced by ABS-CBN's drama department. It is led by actress Claudine Barretto, showing her worth not as a multi-awarded actress in movies and television but even with a powerhouse cast and reigning her role as the Second Queen of Philippine Soap Opera. It is also known as the 60th year Of Philippine Soap Opera's Best Soaps to be memorized by Philippine viewers. Throughout its run, NUTAM Ratings in November 2008 made it official that the soap reigned the No.1 spot with a 33.6% Iisa Pa Lamang has also been referenced for soaps such as Tayong Dalawa, Magkaribal, and Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo and Ina Kapatid Anak Since 2011, Iisa Pa Lamang has also been pending to be sold to the Asian Market in 11countries In 2013,Malaysian Network Astro Bella will air the Series gaining rights to all episodes subtitled and dubbed in the Malaysian language. The series is also part of ABS-CBN International Sales line up a popular line up of Pure Filipino Telenovelas by Pioneering Award Winning Network ABS-CBN.

Iisa Pa Lamang

2008

Babaeng Hampaslupa poster
NR

Babaeng Hampaslupa is a soap opera aired in Philippines by TV5 and starred by Susan Roces along with Alice Dixson and Alex Gonzaga and is directed by Eric Quizon and Joyce Bernal. The timeslot was changed through the April Season to 9pm the original time the Series was normally shown was 8:30pm and moved up to 9:00-9:30pm after its Primetime Suspense Series Mga Nagbabagang Bulaklak on its Primetime block.

Babaeng Hampaslupa

2011

Muling Buksan Ang Puso poster
NR

Despite being raised in different worlds and separated by their social class, a young man and woman fall in love with each other, unaware of the buried secrets and deep-seated pain that they will unearth as their lives get more intertwined.

Muling Buksan Ang Puso

2013

No artwork available
NR

Sana Ngayong Pasko is a Philippine drama produced by GMA Network. It stars Susan Roces as a grandmother suffering with dementia, under the direction of Mike Tuviera. Since the show is a Christmas special, it only lasted until January 8, 2010. It premiered on December 7, 2009.

Sana Ngayong Pasko

2009

Film credits

1980s · 14 titles

Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita poster
5.5

A young woman, Cristy, must reconcile the choices she makes for her future with the demands of her overbearing mother, Rosa, in this intricate Filipino drama. When Cristy's father, Julio, abandons the family for his rich mistress, Jenny, Rosa refuses to let Cristy attend college. Tension mounts when Cristy not only seeks help from her dad but also falls in love with Jenny's brother.

Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita

1986

No Retreat...No Surrender...Si Kumander poster
NR

The sequel to Manedyer si Kumander sees Susan Roces and Fernando Poe Jr reprising their roles as Benita and Gener. This is the final screen collaboration of the Filipino filmdom's royal couple.

No Retreat...No Surrender...Si Kumander

1987

Paano Kung Wala Ka Na? poster
9.0

A wife finally realizes that there is life after her separation from her husband and devotes her time and attention instead to their daughter who gives birth to a child out of wedlock.

Paano Kung Wala Ka Na?

1987

Ang Lahat Ng Ito Pati Na Ang Langit poster
9.5

A famous dress designer who adopted the illegitimate daughter of one of her models. The little girl became her only joy after she turned into a recluse when she lost her fiance. Unknown to her that was only the beginning of her troubles with Dina. Dina returned from time to time with threats of blackmail kidnapping and other evil deeds.

Ang Lahat Ng Ito Pati Na Ang Langit

1989

Here Comes the Bride poster
10.0

The approaching marriage of a young daughter brings back memories of how her parents fought for their love.

Here Comes the Bride

1989

Hoy! Wala Kang Paki poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hoy! Wala Kang Paki

1984

Chain poster
NR

Newly trusted to take over the management of a rich family's business, a poet rekindles his love for the matriarch's only daughter, a spinster who is harboring a horrific secret.

Chain

1980

1 + 1 = 12 + 1 poster
5.0

A 1987 Filipino family comedy film starring Susan Roces and Eddie Gutierrez.

1 + 1 = 12 + 1

1987

Clown poster
9.0

St. Peter inadvertently lost his heavenly keys that the Almighty sends his jester planet earth of all places to search for the misplaced keys. Wandering the streets, the petulant clown is greatly grieved by poverty and the moral degradation of man.

Clown

1986

Buy One, Take One poster
7.0

Salve and Sion is a sister living with their grandparents. Trying to make ends meet, they take in any job even if it's not high paying. Ben is a long-time friend/ admirer of Sion. He supports her in her every endeavor. When Ben's cousin, Carding arrives to Ben's place, he meets Salve and is easily smitten by her charm, when he rescues her from trouble. One day both sisters come face-to-face with criminals, they try to run away from them and report to authorities.

Buy One, Take One

1988

Manedyer... si Kumander! poster
7.0

A 1982 Filipino marriage comedy starring Fernando Poe Jr and Susan Roces.

Manedyer... si Kumander!

1982

Kambal Tuko poster
NR

Siamese twins are born to a simple couple and they bring both luck and misfortune to their doting parents.

Kambal Tuko

1988

Love Boat: Mahal, Trip Kita poster
7.5

A 1988 romantic comedy starring Susan Roces, Eddie Gutierrez, and Lotlot De Leon.

Love Boat: Mahal, Trip Kita

1988

Inday Inday sa Balitaw poster
7.0

Abandoned by her mother, Inday suffers many hardships during her childhood. She tries to despise her mother, Monina, who seems to not care that she left her child years earlier.

Inday Inday sa Balitaw

1986

1970s · 8 titles

1960s · 16 titles

5 Yugto ng Buhay poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

5 Yugto ng Buhay

1961

Mariang Kondesa poster
NR

A story about a young feisty female street vendor who undergoes a change when she became a helper of a rich family.

Mariang Kondesa

1966

Amy, Susie and Tessie poster
7.0

After 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

Dandansoy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dandansoy

1965

Lab na Lab Kita poster
10.0

A 1962 Filipino romantic comedy starring Susan Roces and Lito Legaspi.

Lab na Lab Kita

1962

Pag-ibig, Ikaw ang Maysala poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pag-ibig, Ikaw ang Maysala

1965

The Big Broadcast poster
8.0

Two teenagers gatecrash a movie studio to see their idols who promised to choose them as their next leading lady.

The Big Broadcast

1962

Perlas ng Silangan poster
8.0

Set at the backdrop of the colonization of pre-Hispanic Philippine, this historical epic revovles around the story of Ramir, a half-caste warrior falls in love with Princess Mahalina. Ramir has to reckon with another brave native, Kiram.

Perlas ng Silangan

1969

Si Siyanang at ang 7 Tsikiting poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Si Siyanang at ang 7 Tsikiting

1966

Ang Daigdig Ko'y Ikaw poster
NR

A story about Roman a truck driver who meets a woman who tries to hitchhike wanting to escape the man she was arranged to be her husband.

Ang Daigdig Ko'y Ikaw

1965

Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin

1969

Only You poster
7.0

A driver hits a feisty strong headed woman's bike and fate draws them closer when the man was fired and later searches for a place to stay while he pursues his dream of being a writer.

Only You

1968

Jukebox Jamboree poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jukebox Jamboree

1964

Sa Bilis, Walang Kaparis poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sa Bilis, Walang Kaparis

1964

Joey, Eddie, and Lito poster
8.0

A 1961 Filipino romantic musical comedy about three musicians who fell in love with three women.

Joey, Eddie, and Lito

1961

Tulisan poster
7.7

This film is about the warring women bandits. Roberta leads a group that will rescue her kidnapped twin-sister, Senyang, from Fernanda's group.

Tulisan

1962

1950s · 18 titles

Wedding Bells poster
10.0

The wedding anthology consists of four stories 'Pamanhikan' (starring Susan Roces and Jose Mari), 'Pikot' (Amalia Fuentes and Romeo Vasquez), 'Tanan' (Barbara Perez and Greg Martin), and 'Honeymoon' (Gloria Romero and Juancho Gutierrez).

Wedding Bells

1959

Mga Ligaw na Bulaklak poster
8.0

A film of three intersecting love stories.

Mga Ligaw na Bulaklak

1957

Chabacano poster
7.0

The Whole Town's Out To Meet Him - The Dashing "Toreador" From "Spain" - Who Turns Out To Be A - CHABACNO.

Chabacano

1956

Pretty Boy poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pretty Boy

1957

Mga Bituin Ng Kinabukasan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mga Bituin Ng Kinabukasan

1952

Pasang Krus poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pasang Krus

1957

Movie Fan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Movie Fan

1956

Kahapon Lamang poster
NR

The three movie queens of Sampaguita Pictures lead a star-studded adaptation of the popular CBN program.

Kahapon Lamang

1959

Mga Reyna ng Vicks poster
10.0

Four women go on a radio show to share their woes.

Mga Reyna ng Vicks

1958

Madaling Araw poster
7.0

A musical extravaganza set in Baguio.

Madaling Araw

1958

Rodora poster
8.0

A 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

Ulilang Anghel poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ulilang Anghel

1958

Debutante poster
NR

Widowed at an early date and threatened by poverty, Donya Loreta (Carmen Rosales) decides to introduce her daughter Cely (Susan Roces) to society at a lavish coming-out party in the hope of attracting young, wealthy men.

Debutante

1959

Handsome poster
NR

Dubbed the "first star of 1959", Jose Mari stars in the lead role of the big-screen adaptation of Mars Ravelo's 'Handsome.'

Handsome

1959

Tawag Ng Tanghalan poster
9.0

A film that depicts the radio talent search program on DZBB-AM "Tawag ng Tanghalan" which originated in the 1950s.

Tawag Ng Tanghalan

1958

Torkwata poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Torkwata

1957

Sino Ang Maysala? poster
9.0

Bankruptcy drove Don Ramon Versoza to commit suicide leaving nothing to the family his wife, Rosa, and four children, Carmen, Gloria, Lolita, and Bobby. Carmen, the eldest, filled the gap left by her father and swore to send her siblings to school.

Sino Ang Maysala?

1957

Mga Anak ng Diyos poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mga Anak ng Diyos

1957

Series credits

Brothers poster
6.6

Ador is a well known and respected CIDG Police Official, with a loving family as his support. Cardo, on the other hand, loves the solitude of the mountains in the province as a SAF Trooper. Their lives take a sudden turn when Ador gets himself entangled in a syndicate by being betrayed by one of his own colleagues, resulting to his death. To conceal this fact, Cardo was ordered to pretend to be Ador and finish the mission what his brother left behind. He will also be force to pretend to his brother's family and friends, and be re-united with his grandmother, whom he despised, for assuming she abandoned him.

Brothers

2015

Walang Hanggan poster
6.2

Walang Hanggan is a classic Philippine television drama aired by ABS-CBN and worldwide on The Filipino Channel, featuring an ensemble cast. The series is loosely based on the 1991 Gomez-Zulueta film Hihintayin Kita Sa Langit, a film based on the Emily Brontë novel, Wuthering Heights. The drama became a huge hit maintaining the top spot in viewer ratings for most of its run, with its final episode on October 26, 2012 attaining its highest rating of 45.4% nationwide.

Walang Hanggan

2012

Iisa Pa Lamang poster
NR

Iisa Pa Lamang is a Philippine drama series aired in ABS-CBN. It is a suspense melodrama produced by ABS-CBN's drama department. It is led by actress Claudine Barretto, showing her worth not as a multi-awarded actress in movies and television but even with a powerhouse cast and reigning her role as the Second Queen of Philippine Soap Opera. It is also known as the 60th year Of Philippine Soap Opera's Best Soaps to be memorized by Philippine viewers. Throughout its run, NUTAM Ratings in November 2008 made it official that the soap reigned the No.1 spot with a 33.6% Iisa Pa Lamang has also been referenced for soaps such as Tayong Dalawa, Magkaribal, and Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo and Ina Kapatid Anak Since 2011, Iisa Pa Lamang has also been pending to be sold to the Asian Market in 11countries In 2013,Malaysian Network Astro Bella will air the Series gaining rights to all episodes subtitled and dubbed in the Malaysian language. The series is also part of ABS-CBN International Sales line up a popular line up of Pure Filipino Telenovelas by Pioneering Award Winning Network ABS-CBN.

Iisa Pa Lamang

2008

Babaeng Hampaslupa poster
NR

Babaeng Hampaslupa is a soap opera aired in Philippines by TV5 and starred by Susan Roces along with Alice Dixson and Alex Gonzaga and is directed by Eric Quizon and Joyce Bernal. The timeslot was changed through the April Season to 9pm the original time the Series was normally shown was 8:30pm and moved up to 9:00-9:30pm after its Primetime Suspense Series Mga Nagbabagang Bulaklak on its Primetime block.

Babaeng Hampaslupa

2011

Muling Buksan Ang Puso poster
NR

Despite being raised in different worlds and separated by their social class, a young man and woman fall in love with each other, unaware of the buried secrets and deep-seated pain that they will unearth as their lives get more intertwined.

Muling Buksan Ang Puso

2013

No artwork available
NR

Sana Ngayong Pasko is a Philippine drama produced by GMA Network. It stars Susan Roces as a grandmother suffering with dementia, under the direction of Mike Tuviera. Since the show is a Christmas special, it only lasted until January 8, 2010. It premiered on December 7, 2009.

Sana Ngayong Pasko

2009

Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara poster
NR

Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara was an ABS-CBN primetime mini-series adapted from the movie, Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara, originally starring Susan Roces in 1974 and later by Lorna Tolentino in 1995. It was supposed to be aired weekly in a mini-series format on January 12, 2008, but it was later placed in ABS-CBN's primetime Bida. This is the first installment of Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection.

Patayin Sa Sindak Si Barbara

2008

John en Shirley poster
NR

John en Shirley was a sitcom aired weekly on ABS-CBN. The show was a spin-off from the original John En Marsha, which was the longest-running primetime comedy sitcom in Philippine television history. On 2006, the classic 70's sitcom was revived on ABS-CBN under the new title, John En Shirley. Dolphy and Maricel were the only ones from the original cast. One of the original cast members, Evelyn Bontogon as Matutina and Isko Salvador as Isko, made an appearance on one of the episodes.

John en Shirley

2006

Behind the camera