Celia Rodriguez

Celia Rodriguez

Birth : 1938-03-17, Laguna - Philippines

History

Maria Cecilia Rodriguez (born March 17, 1938) is a multi-awarded Filipina actress. She appeared in more than 130 movies and television shows. She won four FAMAS Awards in the films Kulay Dugo Ang Gabi, The Passionate Strangers, Lilet and Magnifico. She also received an award for Best Supporting Actress in the Metro Manila Film Festival for the movie Bulaklak Sa City Jail (1984). Rodriguez joined the movie industry in the late 1950s, appearing in Sa Ngalan Ng Espada (1958), and Shirley, My Darling (1958). She performed in movies such as Lilet, released in 1971, Super Gee (1973) and Mrs. Eva Fonda, 16 (1976). She was known as the original Valentina in Darna movies. She was included in the GMA-7 TV sitcom Who's Your Daddy Now? (2007) and the romantic-comedy series I Heart You, Pare! (2011) starringDingdong Dantes and Regine Velasquez.

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Celia Rodriguez

Movies

Ganito Kami Muli
A documentary produced by Cinema One that sees through fully restored film in the eyes of young filmmakers.
Shake, Rattle & Roll 13
Epang (segment "Tamawo")
An old man Lando (Ronnie Lazaro) has buried something under his house. When he is finished, he encounters a group of white people. The chieftain (Manu Respall) demands Lando to give back something that belongs to them which he refuses. Angered, he and his tribesmen savagely killed him.
I'll Be There
Mrs. Conching Collins
The story revolves around Maxi dela Cerna, a young, aspiring New York-based fashion designer who returns to the Philippines shortly after her mother’s death to find her father. She had been swindled by her ex-boyfriend and hopes to pay off her debts by selling the piece of provincial land that her parents co-owned. But this means spending time with her father whom she hates for walking out on her and her mother 15 years ago. As the uptight and guarded Maxi struggles to immerse herself in farm life and deal with a father she despises, she crosses paths again with Tommy, her childhood friend, now an architect who is trying to heal from his own mistakes in the past with his 7-year-old son.
Tarot
Lola Nena
A young woman uses her grandmother's tarot cards to find her missing boyfriend.
Fuschia
Priscilla
A story about an old woman, a cool hip Lola who likes the color Fuchsia, must deal with her old siblings in matters of life.
Ligalig
Martha
A series of murders takes place in the Metropolis in a span of three weeks, the latest of which happens on the night Junior, a taxi driver, makes love to a prostitute...
Naglalayag
Mrs. Roces
After a chance decision sends her home in a taxicab, Dorinda (Nora Aunor), a widowed judge, strikes up a friendship with the young and charming driver, Noah (Yul Servo), who's overcome with respect for her profession. But soon enough, their fondness for each other results in love -- and an unexpected surprise: At 47 years old, Dorinda becomes pregnant. Will her scandalous romance ruin her future?
Magnifico
Ka Doring
Even though he is not good in school and belongs to a poor and unfortunate family, Magnifico still have a big heart and a large amount of optimism that enabled him to help not only his family but also the community.
Bullet
He has the mind and temper of a young child but when it comes to guns, Bullet (Cesar Montano) is as adept as a highly trained marksman. But this very special talent comes into a harrowing play when Bullet accidentally films gangsters beating up a kidnap victim and eventually he and his cousins witness a vicious gangland murder.
Ikaw Pala Ang Mahal Ko
Corinne Balmaceda
A Filipino romance drama film directed by Jose Javier Reyes.
Secrets of Madonna
Viring
A surreal melodrama about a deranged woman raising a child.
Sanay
This is a story of love about a man and woman in which the mother of the former comes between them. The ignominy suffered by the woman (Eliza) from the mother of the man he loved, motivated her to do well in life and also avenge the insult hurled to her. Her child entrusted to her sister grew and became liberated and unfortunately landed in a whorehouse. See how she (Venus) was able to extricate herself from this predicament and eventually be reunited with her mother once more.
Bulaklak sa City Jail
Luna
A pregnant woman arrested for frustrated murder is sent to the Manila City Jail where she meets several women with shocking pasts.
Hayop sa Sarap
A story of a Family that was been broken for the reason of the mother making an affair with her boss. Their Father became paralyze. The main character Irma Alegre decided to be a prostitute and so is her sister Angela Perez but their father suicides.
Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin?
Myrna's mother
Myrna and Lito plunge into marriage at a very young age. Both unprepared and still immature. But their relationship suddenly collapses when Lito gets into an illicit relationship with an older woman, Glacilda.
Bagets
Ermat
Experiencing the forbidden. Experiencing rejection. Hating your parents. Hating the world around you. Discovering what's hot. Discovering what's cool. Discovering your first true love. Discovering who you are. Growing up can be such a wild time. But not when you've got the best guys to hang out with. Five chaste young men immerse themselves in the superficialities and superfluity of adolescence over the course of their last year in high school. But as they make their gradual transition from boyhood to manhood, they realize it is their formidable bond that stands as the real deal.
Angkinin Mo Ako
A young woman desperately long intimacy.
Diary of Cristina Gaston
Donya Madonna
A woman is desired by all men and hated by all women.
Anak
Gloria
A daughter defies her mother to pursue her passionate yet ill fated relationship.
Mother Dear
Nilda
This film probes into the minds and hearts of illegitimate children and their mothers.
First Kiss, First Love
Julie (Snooky Serna) comes from a broken family. Rommie (Albert Martinez) is an athlete from a rich sophisticated family. This is a story of young lovers facing challenges against their relationship.
Kapitan Kidlat
Macho Gigolo
Charisma
Bilibid Boys
Steve's Mother
The movie portrays wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary.
Bantay-Salakay
A story of three young, provincial highschool graduates who set sail for Manila with visions of fame and fortune, only to realize that reality is a far cry from their expectations.
Angela Markado
Rona
Angela Delmar works as a waitress for one of the seedier bars in Manila. There she meets five patrons of the bar, who also turn out to be a gang specializing in drugging and raping girls and later on selling them to prostitution.
Under-age
Three Sisters Corazon,Cecilia and Celina are students of the school. Corazon allways never think about men until a pouplar student came for her Second Sister Cecilia was rebellous kid who was with A Handsome teacher Professor David who having a girlfriend but he fall in love with Cecilia and Third sister Celina who nickname Diva by male admirers who fall in love with Migs however they faced real world to become women.
Katorse
She's a child, a woman and a mother at 14.
Aguila
Margo
Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father.
Darna at Ding
Lei Ming
Narda receives superhuman powers and becomes Darna. Darna and her child brother Ding start by fighting the Hawk Woman; next they face-off with the Giant, and both foes are destroyed. They meet Dr. Vontesberg a good Samaritan woman doctor, who actually plans in secret to destroy an entire village to avenge her grandfather who had been mistakenly accused of being a devil worshiper. She too has powers to summon the dead and terrorize the townspeople. Narda is captured by the evil doctor, who shows Darna how she intends to achieve her plan. Just in time, Ding arrives to rescue his helpless sister and together they stop Vontesberg's plan. Darna and Ding flow their way to the city, but they are captured by a Sorceress, and they join a bunch of other prisoners. The sorceress Lei Ming and Darna measure their strength and powers. After losing her face, Lei Ming takes her own life.
Tonyong Bayawak
The Witch
Story of Tonyong Bayawak who was given strong powers but in return turns him into a wild boar whenever he gets angry.
Iskandalo
A love story about a guy with a broken family a girl who slept with her professor.
Roberta
Bella
A young female hero is unjustly accused of murder and intimidated to say that she committed the crime so that her family would not be harmed.
Darna, Kuno?
A male cab driver is transformed into a female superhero.
Bomba Star
Estrella Montana
A story about Estelita a young girl who dreams of becoming a movie star like her idol Stella Fuego. In the course of Estelita's rise to stardom, she gets entangled in the corruption of show business and makes enemies along the way.
Maligno
Blanca Garchitorena
A blood-curdling motion picture about witchcraft, Satan's disciples, witches and warlocks to steal a beautiful maiden's soul.
The Enforcer and the Pussycats
Tony Ferrer action movie.
Sapagka't Kami'y mga Misis Lamang
Divino
Divino was doubly blessed with good looks and an irresistible charm that made him the most desirable man in town. He was also blessed with a voracious appetite, much to the annoyance of his companion, Panchito.
Mrs. Eva Fonda, 16
Mylene Mineros
A story about Eva who was raped at 14, became a mother at 15, and a stripper at 16. She has gone through a hard life and learned the ropes of how to live and survive by becoming practical.
Karugtong Ang Kahapon
May Isang Tsuper Ng Taxi
Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives
A 1974 film from Ishmael Bernal about a man with seven wives.
World of Awe and Dread
Stella
A horror anthology. One of the tales features possession by Satan.
Kampanerang Kuba
Tating
Vilma Santos is Andang, a kind, honest, and devout hunchback who lives in the church's bell tower.
Why Blood is the Color of the Night
The poster promises visions of Satan's altar, an underground black mass, blood rituals of the undead, the birth of Satan's messiah, a dead village of the damned, the assassination of the Prince of Darkness and a zombie attack. Why isn't this available for viewing again?
Si Popeye, Atbp
Si Popeye, atbp (Popeye etc.) is an unofficial Popeye film released in the Philippines in 1973. A live-action film, it consists of three stories: Episode 1: "Popeye", Episode 2: "Dracula" and Episode 3: "Dyango". Popular Filipino personality Ariel Ureta stars as a mustachioed Popeye (and as the protagonist in the other two segments) while former Miss International Aurora McKenny Pijuan portrays Olive Oyl. The Popeye segment was directed by renowned Filipino filmmaker Ishmael Bernal.
Super Gee
Zoom, Zoom, Superman!
The Spiderwoman
A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.
Fly, Darna, Fly!
Babaing Ahas
The first Darna movie featuring Vilma Santos.
Lilet
Lilet
An unstable young woman finally blows the cover of her repressive family's dark secrets when her memories where unlocked with the help of an ardent suitor.
Wanted: Johnny L
The biggest anti-crime picture of the year.
The Passionate Strangers
Lydia Transmonte
An angry husband accidentally kills an old man while trying to find out where his wife and her Filipino lover are meeting. Because the old man had been trying to improve labor conditions for Filipino field workers, it is thought that the unsolved murder was politically motivated. This sparks labor riots.
The Blood Drinkers
Tanya
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.
Konsiyerto ng Kamatayan
(segment "Noche Azul")