Amalia Fuentes
Birth : 1940-08-27, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Death : 2019-10-05
History
Amalia Fuentes was born Amalia Muhlach in Bicol. She was educated in Catholic school. She was dubbed as the "Elizabeth Taylor of the Philippines" by the movie industry during the late 1950s. Fuentes, said to have a German lineage.
Her father died during the war and as the eldest, she became the family bread winner. Her two younger brothers, Alex and Alvaro, are also actors. Amalia married fellow actor Romeo Vasquez in 1965 in Hong Kong but they separated in 1969. They have a daughter, Liezl Sumilang (wife of actor Albert Martinez). After her divorce from Vasquez, Amalia married Joey Stevens, an American businessman with whom she has an adopted son, Geric Stevens. She divorced Stevens after 28 years of marriage, citing infidelity. Stevens died in 2012.
Herself
The documentary serves as a tribute to National Artist for Cinema Gerardo de Leon in celebration of his Centennial Year. “Salamat sa Alaala.” is inspired by the music composed by the late film director when he was a teenager playing background music for silent movies in Manila theatres. The video opens up with a capsulated history of the birth of the Filipino movies followed by a series of shots of veteran actresses, the academe and the young generation of filmmakers affirming his unique qualities as a world-class film figure. Then we unravel his private life as a family man. The documentary is one way of thanking him for his lasting legacy in the art form he left behind.
Two couples find themselves in a complicated love triangle.
A young couple's blossoming love against an adult romance gone sour.
A 1982 Filipino bomba film directed by Joey Gosiengfiao.
Camille
Billy and Cindy are teeners trapped in the conflicted world of their parents. Two children of two marriages gone sour. Young and confused by the whole situation, they try to look for answers, but the whole business of life is not as simple as it seems. Left with no choice but to come to terms with whatever it is that life presents, they rely on each other for emotional support. And in the process, they learn that despite their parents marital woes, much remains in life and love reserved for the two of them.
Isabel
Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father.
Producer
A woman recently separated from her politician husband has an affair with a male friend.
Anna Karenina
A woman recently separated from her politician husband has an affair with a male friend.
Taxi Passenger
A three-part, social drama on parent-child relationships, it stars the Philippine movies’ most beautiful face, Amalia Fuentes as the Phaedra-like, upper-crust stepmother who falls in love with her stepson, the adorable Boots Anson Roa as the slum mother who has to choose between her bastard son and her good-for-nothing love, the alluring Pilar Pilapil as the social climbing fashion model who belittles her sacrificing adoptive parent.
Rosa/Rina
A 1974 film starring Amalia Fuentes, Vic Vargas, and Alona Alegre
Filipino version of the stage play.
Leonore Escudero
Siblings discover that their father has their vampire mother chained up in the cellar. The mother bites her son and soon everyone in the community is either dead or a vampire.
Beauty on the run, every friend a suspect, every breath a gasp of fear, and only one gallant to brave all odds.
Charito / Katrina
Dr. Marco's most beloved Katrina has died. As a vampire, Marco has devised a plan to bring her back from the dead. It requires large amounts of human blood and will eventually necessitate the transplantation of a human heart.
Aurora
Together again Mr. and Miss No 1. The Much-Acclaimed Love Team. In the Most Sophisticated Comedy of the Year.
Fernanda
This film is about the warring women bandits. Roberta leads a group that will rescue her kidnapped twin-sister, Senyang, from Fernanda's group.
Two teenagers gatecrash a movie studio to see their idols who promised to choose them as their next leading lady.
A 1961 Filipino romantic musical comedy about three musicians who fell in love with three women.
segement 'The Rebel'
Seven stories contained in letters received by the Mother of Perpetual Help Shrine at Baclaran, Phillippines.
Flora
A story of a woman suffering under the viciousness of the worst kind of enemy imaginable: her family. Will her determined efforts to break free of their clutches succeed and allow her to find her rightful place in the world?
Serialized in “Bulaklak” and “Alimyon”
After arguing with their playboy father, teenage sisters Amy, Susie and Tessie decide it's time to become independent women. Once the girls realize they can support themselves, they open the door to a whole new world of adventure.
The wedding anthology consists of four stories 'Pamanhikan' (starring Susan Roces and Jose Mari), 'Pikot' (Amalia Fuentes and Romeo Vasquez), 'Tanan' (Barbara Perez and Greg Martin), and 'Honeymoon' (Gloria Romero and Juancho Gutierrez).
The three movie queens of Sampaguita Pictures lead a star-studded adaptation of the popular CBN program.
The 2nd anniversary presentation of Vera-Perez Productions
Filomena Tulongbituon
A film that depicts the radio talent search program on DZBB-AM "Tawag ng Tanghalan" which originated in the 1950s.
A musical extravaganza set in Baguio.
Four women go on a radio show to share their woes.
A remake of Carlos Vander Tolosa’s original 1937 hit of the same name, which launched Sampaguita Pictures.
She's lovely, she's cute, she's 'ismol.' But--look out. She's 'teribol.'
A story of a mother and daughter separated by fate, the mother who have no memory of the child she bore, and the daughter who hopes to find her long-lost mother.
She was the angel of mercy in a home where love and happiness reigned until tragedy struck.
