Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1933-12-16
Day of Death
2025-01-25
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Gloria Romero
Biography
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.
Filmography (194)
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
2019
Rainbow's Sunset
2018
The Last Pinoy Action King
2015Salamat sa Alaala
2015Alfredo S. Lim: The Untold Story
2013
Just One Summer
2012Silup
2011Tarima
2010
Petrang Kabayo
2010
Nobody Nobody But Juan
2009
Tarot
2009
Kamoteng Kahoy
2009Fuschia
2009
Paupahan
2008
