Sunday, June 20, 2010

DENNIS TRILLO


BIOGRAPHY OF DENNIS TRILLO

Popularly known as Dennis Trillo, he was born Gaudencio Carlos Alejandro Trillo on May 12, 1981 in Quezon City, Philippines. He is a television singer and film actor in the Philippines. His film debut was in Aishite Imasu (Mahal Kita) 1941.

Trillo graduated from Jose Abad Santos Memorial School in Quezon City while he finished his grade school years Grade at the Ateneo De Manila University. earned his AB in in International Studies from Miriam College.

He started his entertainment career in 2000 at ABS-CBN,in its Star Circle. He was seen in the television soap opera Pangako Sayo & Sa Dulo ng Walang Hanggan where he played the confidante of one of the lead stars.

He moved to GMA Network where he was cast in several television outings like Kahit Kailan, Twin Hearts and Love to Love.

In 2004, he became one of the lead stars in the telefantasya (fantasy-themed TV series) Mulawin. He made his film debut in Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita, where he portrayed a cross-dressing spy for the Hukbalahap during the advent of the Japanese invasion in World War II. For Aishite Imasu, he received several awards and citations including Best Supporting Actor from the 30th Metro Manila Film Festival and Best Actor trophies from the Film Academy of the Philippines, the PMPC Star Awards For Movies, and the Young Critics Circle. He was also included in the third installment of Mano Po.

In 2005 Trillo was part of the TV adaptation of the Mars Ravelo comic, Darna, where he played the love interest of both the titular super-heroine as well as her archenemy Valentina. He was later part of the drama anthology Now and Forever: Agos. That same year he reprised his role for Mulawin: The Movie, and was also in the film Blue Moon. He won best actor trophies that year.

Trillo was again cast as a lead in Etheria, where he portrayed the Sapirian prince, Raquim. Midway through the series, GMA Network management announced that Trillo would be pulled out of Etheria to once again star in Majika, another fantasy-themed television series, but Trillo was allowed to complete Etheria.

Aside from his television show, Trillo also starred in the horror-suspense film Pamahiin. GMA also included him as a co-host for the network's noontime show "SOP" where he also plays drums as part of the show's Starband. He made a "Lenten Presentation" in GMA-7 entitled "Unico Hijo" which he played the role of Agnes, son of a well-known politician in their province who is gay, and has AIDS.

On 2007, Trillo was started doing Kulam for Regal Films. On August 21, 2007, he started taping for GMA-7's fantaserye Zaido.
On April 27, 2008, 5,000 spectators viewed the "Battle of Mactan" play, with Dennis Trillo playing Ferdinand Magellan at the Mactan, Cebu Shrine.

On May 12, 2008, Dennis Trillo joined an afternoon soap, Pablo Gomez's "Magdusa Ka".

In Late 2008, Trillo starred in "Gagambino" where he played the main character. The series ended in early 2009.

After Gagambino, he starred in the comedy, "Adik Sa'Yo" and as Pancho in Darna. Trillo replaced Dingdong Dantes as one of the hosts in StarStruck V.[8]

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Sunday, June 13, 2010

ROMEO VASQUEZ

ROMEO VASQUEZ- BIOGRAPHY



Romeo Vasquez was born in 1942 at Tayabas, Quezon. He was married to another popular actress during their time, AMALIA FUENTES. They have one daughter, Liezl Sumilang who briefly joined the show business until she migrated to the Philippines. She is now married to another actor Alber Marinez.

Romeo Vasquez was he matinee idol in 1960s.

Among his movies were:

• Reputasyon (1997) ....
• Urban Rangers (1995) .... Colonel Castillo
• The Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre 2 - God Have Mercy on Us (1994) .... Lauro Vizconde
• Vizconde massacre (1993) .... Lauro
• Hello Lover, Goodbye Friend (1985) .... Gary
• Ayaw kong maging kerida (1983) ....
• Bakit may pag-ibig pa? (1979) ....
• Pinagbuklod ng pag-ibig (1978) ....
• Isang gabi sa iyo... Isang gabi sa akin (1978) ....
• Bakit kailangan kita (1978) ....
• Namangka sa dalawang ilog (1977) ....
• Dupax (1977) ....
• Dalawang pugad, isang ibon (1977) ....
• Pulot gata (1977) ....
• Ibulong mo sa hangin (1971) .... Daniel Castillo
• Rowena (1969) .... Rommel
• Bakasin mo sa gunita (1968) ....
• Kailanma'y di ka mag-iisa (1968) ....
• Bandana (1968) ....
• Maruja (1967) .... Gabriel
• Honey-honeymoon (1967) ....
• Ang Nasasakdal! (1966) ....
• Ikaw... ang gabi at ang awit (1966) ....
• Mula nang kita'y ibigin (1966) ....
• Doble trece (1966) ....
• Sapagkat ikaw ay akin (1965) ....
• Isinulat sa dugo (1965) ....
• Romansa sa World's Fair (1965) ....
• Tatlong siga sa Maynila (1964) ....
• Tres bravos (1964) ....
• Bilis at tapang (1964) ....
• Pag-ibig, ikaw ang maysala (1964) ....
• Daigdig ng matatapang (1964) ....
• Scout Rangers (1964) ....
• Ang Mahal ko'y ikaw (1963) ....
• Sa muling pagkikita (1963) ....
• Tiger Unit (1963) ....
• Isinusumpa ko! (1963) ....
• Ako'y iyong-iyo (1963) ....
• Limang kidlat (1963) ....
• Cuatro condenados (1962) ....
• Suicide Commandoes (1962) ....
• Pitong kabanalan ng isang makasalanan (1962) ....
• Kambal na baril (1962) ....
• Gulo kung gulo (1962) ....
• Mga tigreng taga-bukid (1962) ....
• Mga Anak ng Diyos (1962) ....
• Batas ng lipunan (1961) ....
• Habagat sa tag-araw (1961) ....
• Apat na yugto ng buhay (1961) ....
• 28 de mayo (1960) ....
• Amy, Susie & Tessie (1960) ....
• Isinakdal ko ang aking ama (1960) ....
• Bilanggong birhen (1960) ....
• Debutante (1959) ....
• Pitong pagsisisi (1959) ....
• Wedding Bells (1959) ....
• Ipinagbili ko ang aking anak (1959) ....
• Madaling araw (1958) ....
• Bobby (1958) ....
• Tawag ng tanghalan (1958) ....
• Ako ang maysala! (1958) ....
• Mga Reyna ng Vicks (1958) ....
• Prinsesa gusgusin (1957) ....
• Mga Ligaw na bulaklak (1957) ....
• Ismol bat teribol (1957) ....
• Ate Barbara (1957) ....
• Sino ang maysala (1957) ....
• Pasang krus (1957) ....
• Pretty Boy (1957) ....
• Miss Tilapia (1956) ....
• Chabacano (1956) ....
• Kilabot sa Makiling (1950) ....

Friday, June 11, 2010

PILAR PILAPIL

Biography of PILAR PILAPIL. BY RICKI LO





MANILA, February 27, 2006 (STAR) FUNFARE By Ricardo F. Lo - You wonder why the autobiography is entitled The Woman Without a Face when the author, Pilar Pilapil, is one of the loveliest and most visible faces to ever grace the silver screen.

You find the answer at the Conclusion chapter of the book subtitled The Life Story of Pilar Pilapil.

"Looking back," writes Pilar, "I tried very hard for many years to look for the love of a father and find happiness by doing what I wanted, and what everyone wanted me to do. I did what my parents wanted. I did what my directors wanted. I did what my fans wanted. I did what my men wanted, but most of all I did what I wanted! I soared to the highest levels of success that this world had to offer, only to find when I got there that I was empty, did not know who I was, and even despaired of life itself. I really did not have a face of my own."

But this book, which reads more like a testimony that renewed Christians (like the author is) deliver before a rapt audience than a real autobiography, Pilar Delilah "Lailing" Veloso Pilapil has finally put a face on that woman, and what a face it is!

Writing in all candidness in an easy style, as if she’s just writing a long-overdue revealing/revelatory letter to a trusted friend, Pilar starts her story from her childhood in Liloan town, Cebu, where she was born on Oct. 12, 1950, explaining without any apology that she has two sides – the Pilar Side which she claims is her "saintly nature" (the name Pilar having been taken from Mary of Pillar whose feast day falls on her birthday); and the Delilah Side, her "sinful nature" (Delilah having been derived from the woman who betrayed Samson, her lover, by cutting his hair, source of his strength and power).

She’s the woman without a face but with two distinct sides quite contrary to each other.

The youngest of six girls (with four brothers after her) recalled that childhood, spent with a spinster aunt since age five, with an overtone of bitterness toward a father who, she insists, didn’t love her, citing an incident when she was 14 and starting to be "mischievous" with the guys: She obeyed terrified when her father, depressed after losing his job at a tire company, summoned her to his room and, she narrated, "shut the door behind me and I learned just how very cruel my father could be."

What that "cruelty" was she didn’t elaborate. But after that incident, she says, "My life was never again the same."

Faking her age (18, she indicated in the application when in fact she was only sweet sixteen), she won as Bb. Pilipinas-Universe in 1967. After representing the country in that year’s Miss Universe Pageant, Pilar succumbed to the lure of showbiz, rising above being "a mere beauty" by winning a Best Actress award (for Imelda, ang Uliran) at the Manila Film Festival.

And she fell in love with, you guessed it, older men, first with Dolphy (who, according to some sources, she almost married) and then with a man whom she identifies only as Doy, father of her only child Pia who married a handsome blind model. Pilar recalled that on their first meeting, the man Doy tried to seduce her ("...the fact that he was proposing sex without romance was a big turn-off to me..."), so she ran out of the back entrance and down the stairs because the elevator of the apartment building was out of order, much like "Cinderella running away from my Prince Charming."

Well, to make a long story short, Pilar fell deeply in love with the man Doy, "even though he was married with several children," convinced that "I believed I learned to love him, and I believed that he loved me," foolishly desiring that they would be together forever even if she knew that that could never happen.

One of Pilar’s poignant recollections of the man Doy was when he fought with his wife (unidentified in the book) and he stayed with Pilar for one week: Midnight came and my helper used the intercom and told me that Doy’s two daughters were downstairs. I went down to see them while Pia (then only about three years old) and her dad were fast asleep. As we talked, his daughter told me, "You finally found what you wanted." I replied, "It’s not a matter of what I want, it’s a matter of how many people get hurt in the process. There are eight of you, nine including your mother. There are only two of us." They both became quiet and asked if they could see their father. I led the elder daughter to our bedroom upstairs and she woke her dad, saying, "Dad, mom is already home." He woke up and told me, "Mama (our term of endearment), I’ll go home first."

I guess you and I have an idea what happened to that "affair to remember."

This much is clear: Pilar had a fixation for older men because of her desperate search for a father figure...for a redemption from the painful memory of a father who, she said, never loved her.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

ANGEL ESMERALDA


BIOGRAPHY OF ANGEL ESMERALDA

Ángel Esmerelda (born 1915) is a prewar Filipino actor. He is the husband of Sampaguita pictures leading lady Corazon Noble and the father of Jay Ilagan also known as Ángel Ilagan.

  • 1934 Ang Dangal
  • 1936 - Sa Paanan ng Krus
  • 1937 - Mga Pusong Dakila
  • 1937 - Nasaan ka Irog
  • 1937 -Ang kumpisalan at ang Batas
  • 1937 -Anak ng Kadiliman
  • 1938 Ruben
  • 1938 Ang Pagbabalik
  • 1938- Sanggumay
  • 1938 -Binatang Bukid
  • 1938 -Dasalang Perlas
  • 1938 - Isang Halik Lamang
  • 1939 - Lihim ng Dagat-dagatan
  • 1939 -Yaman ng mahirap
  • 1939 -Langit at Karimlan
  • 1940 -cadena de amor
  • 1940 pangarap
  • 1940 Prinsesa ng kumintang
  • 1940 Bawal na Pag-ibig
  • 1940 Sana
  • 1941 mariposa
  • 1944 Liwayway ng Kalayaan
  • 1946 - Ligaya
  • 1947 Maria Kapra
  • 1948 Meme na bunso
  • 1949 Dasalang Ginto
  • 1954 -Ang manyika ng Sta. Monica


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