
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
4.3A funny poignant film about an Ilocana maiden.
Dalagang Ilocana
1954
7.3A 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
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
7.0The "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
7.0Three 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
10.0The 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
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Vacacionista
1956
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Pagoda
1958
7.0The hilarious adventures of a swooning movie fan when she meets her favorite movie star.
Mister Kasintahan
1953
9.0A 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
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Madame X
1952
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Paruparong Bukid
1958
3.3Four 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
NRThe three movie queens of Sampaguita Pictures lead a star-studded adaptation of the popular CBN program.
Kahapon Lamang
1959
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Recuerdo
1953
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Serenata
1961
NRShe 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Paula
1969
8.0The 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
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
NRFilmed 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Avenida Boy
1971
Small town folk struggles in life in their hometown and in hustle of Manila.
Lady L
1989
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Hootsy Kootsy
1955