Gloria Sevilla

Acting Jan 1, 1932 Apr 16, 2022 (aged 90) Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Gloria Sevilla was an award-winning Filipino film actress. Sevilla is widely regarded as the "Queen of Visayan Movies" for her contributions in Visayan-made movies in the Philippines in the 50’s and 60’s.

Sevilla received her first FAMAS Award Best Supporting Actress in the movie Madugong Paghihiganti (1962). She won the FAMAS Award Best Actress for the movie Badlis Sa Kinabuhi (1969).

Sevilla appeared in movies such as Dyesebel (1978), Guhit Ng Palad (1988), Matud Nila (1991), The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay (2002), Lapu-lapu (2002), Bida si Mister, Bida si Misis (2002), and El Presidente (film) (2012).

Sevilla also appeared in the Philippine television drama Be Careful With My Heart.

Her first husband was Mat Ranillo Jr., a movie actor who died in a plane crash in 1969. They had six children. She got married the second time to Amado Cortez, a movie actor and director who also served as the country's ambassador to the U.S. until his death in 2003. They had one daughter.

She is the mother of actress Suzette Ranillo, actor Mat Ranillo III, and singer-composer Dandin Ranillo.

She died on April 16, 2022 at the age of 90 in Oakland, California.

71 Acting Credits

Gloria Sevilla

Acting

You're My Boss

Lapu-Lapu

Once a Moth

Banaue: Stairway to the Sky

Pacquiao: The Movie

El Presidente

The Flor Contemplacion Story

Thalia

Be Careful With My Heart

Angelita's Eyes

Dear Diary

Dyesebel

Megamol

Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista

Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw

Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita

Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala

Tsikiting Master

Molave

May Bakas Ang Lumipas

Ang Pulubi

Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill

Apat Na Maria

Once Upon a Time in Manila