Gloria Sevilla

Gloria Sevilla was an awardwinning Filipino film actress Sevilla is widely regarded as the Queen of Visayan Movies for her contributions in Visayanmade movies in the Philippines in the 50s and 60s 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 Lapulapu 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 countrys ambassador to the US until his death in 2003 They had one daughter She is the mother of actress Suzette Ranillo actor Mat Ranillo III and singercomposer Dandin Ranillo She died on April 16 2022 at the age of 90 in Oakland California