Gloria Romero

Acting

Gloria Romero

Born 1933-12-16 · Denver, Colorado, USA

Gloria Romero (born Gloria Anne Borrego Galla; December 16, 1933 – January 25, 2025) was an American-born Filipino actress. Regarded as the "Queen of Philippine Cinema", she has appeared in more than 300 film and television productions throughout her career that spanned seven decades. She was Philippines' highest paid movie star of the 1950s and became the biggest box-office draw of the period. Romero began appearing as a background actor at the age of 16. She made her feature film debut with a secondary role in Madame X (1952) and won the FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her performance as a tobacco-smoking maiden in Dalagang Ilocana (1954). She was posthumously conferred with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 2025 and has been the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award from government agencies and major award-giving bodies, including the Luna Awards in 2002, FAMAS, Gawad Urian (both in 2004), the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) in 2009 and Film Development Council of the Philippines in 2024.

Acting credits

Dalagang Ilocana poster
4.3

A funny poignant film about an Ilocana maiden.

Dalagang Ilocana

1954

Daddy O! Baby O! poster
7.3

A middle aged bachelor Mario spent his life taking care of his eccentric sister Brenda. He sells goodies in a mobile cart for a living. His daily routine gets a sudden turnaround when his dying friend Arnold made him promise to take care of his daughter Ana. But Ana is not just an ordinary little girl, despite her angelic look; she is cunning and mischievous who is in search of her estranged mother. Mario and Ana agreed that they would earn money to look for Ana’s mother in Cebu, but Ana should tame down. Mario performs his new task as a father to the orphan child in a very unconventional way. But through the help of a beautiful teacher named Maribel, he would always keep things going.

Daddy O! Baby O!

2000

No artwork available
NR

Silup is “Pulis” (police) spelled backwards. We peek into the life of a Manila cop whose day is made up of dealing with denizens and the crimes they commit. At work, he may be all tough and stern, but at home, we see his more sensitive side. He has this mysterious routine of taking out a can of sterilized milk from a cupboard and depositing his revolver in its place. Later on, it is revealed why he makes the switch and how it is like to live by his duty as a policeman to serve and protect.

Silup

2011

Once Upon a Time poster
7.0

The "Tikbalang" Puga searches for the magic crystal which will restore peace in his land. His dangerous quest leads him to earth where he meets three young men.

Once Upon a Time

1987

A Change of Heart poster
7.0

Three siblings Danny, Art and Grace are now well settled with their respective families, in widely contrasting lifestyles. The one common thing that binds them loosely together is the love that their mother Dolores "Loleng" Rosales holds for all of them and her grandchildren, albeit expressed in varying ways and degrees, but always equally nurturing and self-giving. Much as they are held together by her, they are in turn separated by physical distance and the sad legacy left behind by their deceased, erstwhile strong-willed, patriarchal father.

A Change of Heart

2000

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

Vacacionista poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Vacacionista

1956

Pagoda poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pagoda

1958

Mister Kasintahan poster
7.0

The hilarious adventures of a swooning movie fan when she meets her favorite movie star.

Mister Kasintahan

1953

Schoolgirl poster
9.0

A story about Camilla a college student who is just about to graduate receives tragic news that her parents got killed in a car accident. Upon receiving the news her cousin Priscilla along with her uncle visits and comforts her. One day the fiance of Priclila returns home and meets Camilla and falls in love with her.

Schoolgirl

1957

Madame X poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Madame X

1952

Paruparong Bukid poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Paruparong Bukid

1958

Alabang Girls poster
3.3

Four city boys rich in experience but undeniably penniless, meet rich and pretty girls from an upscale suburb. With nothing but a sense of humor and confidence, they try their luck to get the hearts of these Alabang Girls.

Alabang Girls

1992

Kahapon Lamang poster
NR

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

Kahapon Lamang

1959

Recuerdo poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Recuerdo

1953

Serenata poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Serenata

1961

Monghita poster
NR

She had everything a woman would wish for beauty, a man's love, and devotion, security yet, there was that longing for Someone beyond this world.

Monghita

1952

Paula poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Paula

1969

Singsing Ni Lola poster
8.0

The curse was cast by Dona Guada on the family of GLORIA ROMERO -- any female born to the family will die on the day they turned 18. Gloria Romero as lola possessed a magical ring that is being guarded by a mysterious and furious cat. However, the ring was misplaced and Gina Alajar, as the sacrificing mother, will do everything to save her daughter, Maxene Magalona, from a mysterious and thrilling ailment. The quest for the ring and the feline that guards it creates a mysterious and thrilling theme throughout the movie. The cast is also joined by Allan K as the naive security guard who is later on possessed by thje feline and Aiza Seguerra as the media person who unravels the mystery behind lola's ring, and the cat that oversees the jewel.

Singsing Ni Lola

2002

No artwork available
3.5

An unconventional love story between a man who lost his passion and a weather-beaten homosexual torn between his forbidden love and his devotion to his God set off inside a makeshift lovenest called "Tarima"

Tarima

2010

Palasig poster
NR

Filmed with the exotic splendour of Mohammendan pageantry, filmed with the fire of a great romance, filmed with suspense that soars to breathless heights.

Palasig

1952

Avenida Boy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Avenida Boy

1971

No artwork available
4.5

Small town folk struggles in life in their hometown and in hustle of Manila.

Lady L

1989

Hootsy Kootsy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hootsy Kootsy

1955