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Vilma Santos

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn November 3, 1953 (71 years)
Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (born November 3, 1953) is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She is currently serving as a House Deputy Speaker since 2019, and as the Representative of Batangas' 6th district since 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 the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and the Gawad Urian for Best Film. In local media, she has been referred to as "Star for All Seasons" for the varied genres of her films and holds the titles of Grand Slam Queen, Queen of Queens, and the Longest Reigning Box Office Queen of Philippine Cinema. She was hailed as the enduring Grand Dame of the Philippine Film Industry by a foreign critic at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the first Filipina actress to be bestowed such a tile.
Known For
  • The Healing
  • The Seventies
  • The Bit Player
  • Everything About Her
  • Anak
  • In My Life
  • Lea's Story
  • Imortal
  • Sister Stella L.
  • When I Met You in Tokyo
  • Broken Marriage
  • Tagos ng dugo
  • The House in the Woods
  • Gaano kadalas ang minsan?
  • Karma
  • Mano po III: My Love
  • On Borrowed Time
  • Saan nagtatago ang pag-ibig?
  • When Heaven Judges
  • T-Bird at ako
  • Tag-ulan sa tag-araw

Filmography

2024
Uninvited · as Lilia/eva
2023
2016
Everything About Her · as Vivian Ribaya
2013
The Bit Player · as Loida Malabanan
2012
The Healing · as Seth
2011
100 Days To Heaven (TV Series) · as Tagabantay (government Employee)
2009
In My Life · as Shirley Templo
2004
2002
The Seventies · as Amanda
2000
Anak · as Josie
1998
Lea's Story · as Lea Bustamante
1991
Ipagpatawad mo · as Selina
1991
Memories (TV Series) · as Daisy Hernandez
1990
1990
Hahamakin lahat · as Lucinda
1989
1989
On Borrowed Time · as Juliet Espiritu
1987
1987
1987
1987
Tagos ng dugo · as Josefina 'pina' Ramos Regala
1986
1986
1985
1984
Baby Tsina · as Baby Tsina
1984
Sister Stella L. · as Sister Stella Legaspi
1983
1983
Broken Marriage · as Ellen
1983
1982
1982
1982
T-Bird at ako · as Isabel
1982
Sinasamba kita · as Divina
1982
Relasyon · as Maria Lourdes 'marilou' Castañeda
1981
1980
Langis at tubig · as Cory
1979
Magkaribal · as Lily
1978
You Are Mine · as Sandra Aragon
1977
Burlesk Queen · as Chato / Czarina
1975
1974
Cinderella · as Cinderella
1970
Sixteen · as Cast
1970
Sixteen · as Cast
1967

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