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Occupation
  
Actress

Years active
  
1955–1998


Name
  
Charito Solis

Role
  
Film actress

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Full Name
  
Rosario Violeta Solis Hernandez

Born
  
October 6, 1935 (
1935-10-06
)

Died
  
January 9, 1998, Calamba, Laguna, Philippines

Movies
  
Igorota, In Just the Wink of an Eye, Manila by Night, Because of a Flower, Of the Flesh

Similar People
  
Eddie Rodriguez, Mike De Leon, Gerardo de Leon, Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal

Remembering The Great Charito Solis


Rosario Violeta Solís Hernández, better known as Charito Solis (October 6, 1935 – January 9, 1998) was a FAMAS and Gawad Urian award-winning Filipino film actress.

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Profile

Charito Solis PELIKULA ATBP CHARITO SOLIS 1967 ASIA39S BEST ACTRESS

Rosario Violeta Solís Hernández was born in Manila. At age 19, she was introduced by her uncle, the film director F. H. Constantino to Doña Narcisa de Leon, the head of LVN Pictures, who cast her to star in her initial movie Niña Bonita, an adaptation of Frank Capra's It Happened One Night. The film was a success, and marked the beginning for Solis of a 43-year career in film that lasted until her death. Solis died on January 9, 1998 in Calamba City from cardiac arrest.

Film career

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Solis would star in well over 100 films starting with LVN Pictures' classics such as Niña Bonita (1955), Charito, I Love You! (1956), Walang Sugat (1957), Malvarosa (1958), Kundiman Ng Lahi (1959) and Emily (1960). She was featured in several of the best-known and critically acclaimed movies of Philippine cinema. She played the female lead in the 1962 film adaptation of Jose Rizal's El filibusterismo, directed by Gerardo de Leon.

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Among her many films she also appeared in Eddie Romero's Manila, Open City (1967), Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi (1975) and Agila (1980); in Mike de Leon's Kisapmata (1981) and Batch 81 (1982); in Ishmael Bernal's City After Dark (1980) and Hinugot sa Langit (1985); in Lino Brocka's Init (1979) and Ina, Kapatid, Anak (1979); and as the narrator in Marilou Diaz-Abaya's Karnal (1982). Other notable performances of Solis were featured in Angustia (1963), Tatlong Mukha Ni Pandora (1963) and Magda Sales (1964).

From 1967-71, she was under contract in Nepomuceno Productions. Her films for that outfit were Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak, Ang Langit Sa Lupa, Luha Sa Karimlan, Manila Open City, Igorota, Ang Pulubi, Pipo and The Hunted. Her performance in Dahil sa... earned her the Best Actress award from the Asian Film Festival. Dahil sa... also brought a bonus to Solis: with the film being the country's entry to the Best Foreign Film category at the Academy Awards (the film did not make it to the semi-finals), she and Luis Nepomuceno, the film's producer, were given tickets to see the 40th Academy Awards, the first Filipinos to ever do so.

After her association with Nepomuceno Productions ended, she appeared in several more films such as Shake, Rattle & Roll, Hindi Kami Damong Ligaw, Ms. Teresa Abad Ako Si Bing, Hugasan Mo Ang Aking Kasalanan, Babae Sa Likod Ng Salamin, Beerhouse, Babae Huwag Kang Tukso, Babae Ngayon At Kailanman, Walang Katapusang Tag-araw, Mga Tinik Ng Babae, Iwasan Kabaret, Hubad Sa Mundo, Mga Huwad Na Mananayaw, Init, and Alaga.

Solis became the first Filipino actress to play the lead role in an internationally released Japanese movie, in 1961 when she starred in Kenji Misumi's Shaka, a film biography on the life of Buddha. She appeared in another Japanese film The Princess and I produced by Daiei Japan which had its Philippine Premiere in Lyric Theater on Escolta on October 10, 1962. Solis starred in another international production, alongside Tetchie Agbayani and John Saxon in Eddie Romero's Desire (1982).

Awards

Her performance in 1967's Dahil sa Isang Bulaklak, directed by Luis Nepomuceno, won her Best Actress award at the 1967 Asian Film Festival. She again starred for Nepomuceno the following year in Igorota, where she became the first Filipina actress to bare her breasts on film. Her role in Igorota won her the 1968 FAMAS Best Actress Award, one of 5 she would win during her career. Her other four FAMAS Best Actress wins came in 1959 for Kundiman ng Lahi; in 1960 for Emily; in 1963 for Angustia; and in 1983 for Don't Cry for Me, Papa. After her fifth win, in 1984, she became the first actress to be inducted into the FAMAS Hall of Fame. She also won the Gawad Urian Best Actress award in 1979 for Ina, Kapatid, Anak, and for Best Supporting Actress for in 1981 and 1982 for Kisapmata and Karnal, respectively. In 1984, Solis won Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a narrator in Karnal from Philippine Academy of the Philippines (FAP Awards).

In the first-ever Metro Manila Film Festival held in 1975, Solis won the Best Actress Award for Araw Araw, Gabi Gabi and a Best Supporting Actress in the 1981 Metro Manila Film Festival for Kisapmata. She received Ulirang Artista Lifetime Achievement Award from Philippine Movie Press Club (Star Awards) on March 1997.

Television career

From 1966 to 1968, Solis had a weekly TV show on ABS-CBN entitled The Charito Solis Show (1966 to 1968). In 1973, Solis also had a TV weekly drama show named Obra Maestra on RPN.

In the late 1980s, Solis won the chance to showcase her comedic skills, as well as to gain a younger set of fans, when she was cast opposite Vic Sotto, Alice Dixson and Aiza Seguerra in the sitcom Okey Ka Fairy Ko!. She played the imperious Ina Magenta, Enteng Kabisote's mother-in-law, a character which was loosely modeled after Agnes Moorehead's Endora on Bewitched. The popular show lasted nine years and spawned several film adaptations that continued after Solis' death. Giselle Tongi took over the role of Ina Magenta in the Enteng Kabisote movie franchises.

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Filmography

Actress
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Isang dakot na kaligayahan
1999
Bayad puri
1998
Ikaw pa rin ang iibigin as
Lola Fatima
1997
Ipaglaban mo II: The Movie as
Mrs. Agoncillo (episode 1)
1997
Masarap, masakit ang magmahal
1991
Maalaala Mo Kaya (TV Series)
- Visa (1997)
- Bituin (1997)
- Lumang bahay (1993)
- Calling Card (1992)
- Trahedya (1991)
1997
Hanggang ngayon ika'y minamahal as
Mrs. Perez
1997
Mula sa puso (TV Series) as
Agnes Delgado
1996
Enteng and the Shaolin Kid as
Tia Rosa
1996
Tierra Sangre (TV Series) as
Alfonsita Sangre
1996
Itataya ko ang buhay ko as
Edmond's Mother
1995
Muntik ng maabot ang langit as
Doña Josefa Aquino
1995
Sana dalawa ang puso ko as
Emily
1995
The Flor Contemplacion Story as
Lydia Montilla
1995
Isang kahig, tatlong tuka... (Daddy ka na, Mommy ka pa!)
1995
Bocaue Pagoda Tragedy as
Melba
1994
Lab kita... Bilib ka ba? as
Chayong
1994
Megamol as
Atty. Enriquez
1994
Silya elektrika as
Aling Rowena
1994
Hindi pa tapos ang labada, darling
1994
Yesterday's Promise as
Doña Nena Tavera
1994
Kadenang bulaklak as
Miss Conchita Carbonell
1993
Paranaque Bank Robbery: The Joselito Joseco Story
1993
Wherever You Are as
Elena
1993
Because I Love You as
Mother
1993
Kahit may mahal ka ng iba (as Ms. Charito Solis)
1993
Beloy Montemayor Jr.: Tirador Ng Cebu as
Aling Juvita
1993
Ayoko na sanang magmahal
1992
50 Karats (TV Series)
1992
True Confessions (Evelyn, Myrna, & Margie)
1992
Okay ka, fairy ko! Part 2 as
Ina Magenta
1992
Alyas Pogi 2 as
Sianang
1992
Kapag May Katwiran, Ipaglaban Mo! (1992-1999) (TV Series)
1992
Only You as
Paula
1992
Ali in Wonderland as
Nena
1992
Miss na miss kita (Utol kong hoodlum II) as
Madame. Lily
1991
Joey Boy Munti: 15 anyos ka sa Muntinglupa
1991
Tatlong patak ng dugo ni Adan
1991
Una kang naging akin as
Agnes
1991
Okay ka, fairy ko! as
Ina Magenta
1991
Angelito San Miguel at Ang Mga Batang City Jail as
Judge Patero
1991
Daddy Goon as
Lola Gracia
1991
Ipagpatawad mo as
Carmen
1991
Zaldong tisoy
1991
Spark in the Dark as
Nena
1991
Bingbong: The Vincent Crisologo Story as
Governor Carmeling Crisologo
1991
Ang utol kong hoodlum as
Mdme. Lily
1990
Bakit kay tagal ng sandali? as
Lola Chayong
1990
Sagot ng puso
1989
Killer vs. Ninjas
1989
Huminga ka na hangga't gusto mo
1989
Jessa: Blusang itim 2 as
Tiya Upeng
1989
Ipaglalaban ko
1989
Mahirap ang magmahal
1989
Bakit iisa lamang ang puso?
1989
Si Baleleng at ang gintong sirena as
Gungadina
1988
Lord, bakit ako pa?
1988
Lorenzo Ruiz... The Saint... A Filipino! as
Inang (The Mother)
1988
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
1988
Hiwaga sa Balete Drive as
Helga (segment "Ikatlong mata")
1988
3 mukha ng pag-ibig as
Enciang (segment "Ang Silid")
1987
Okay ka, fairy ko! (TV Series) as
Ina Magenta
1987
Anak Badjao
1987
Huwag mong buhayin ang bangkay as
Aurora
1987
Takbo, bilis... takboooo!
1987
Susuko ba ako, inay?
1987
The Sisters as
Mrs. Lucretia
1987
Rosa mistica as
Diday (segment "Episode III: Rosario Karakol - Mga Dilaw na Rosas ni Rosario")
1986
Tuklaw
1986
Sensual
1985
Bala ko ang hahatol
1985
Bomba Arienda
1985
God ...Save Me!
1985
Moises Padilla Story: The Missing Chapter
1985
Inday Bote as
Caring
1985
Pati ba pintig ng puso? as
Nana Rosa
1985
Hinugot sa langit as
Juling
1985
Kay dali ng kahapon, ang bagal ng bukas
1985
Naked Paradise
1985
Ulo ng gapo as
Aling Margie
1985
Sanay as
Rosario
1984
Shake, Rattle & Roll as
Lorna (segment "Pridyider")
1984
Mahilig
1984
Pieta: Ikalawang aklat as
Amanda
1984
Teenage Marriage
1984
Kaya kong abutin ang langit as
Naty Rosales
1984
Piesta
1984
Hindi mo ako kayang tapakan as
Doña Consuelo Romero
1984
Naked Island (Butil-ulan) as
Ceres
1984
Daddy's Little Darlings
1984
Dear Mama
1984
Where Love Has Gone as
Jorge Grande
1984
Sinner or Saint
1984
Pusakal
1983
Of the Flesh as
Storyteller
1983
Minsan, may isang ina
1983
Don't Cry for Me, Papa as
Rosita
1983
Sun Rises at Night as
Dolores' Mother
1983
Pieta as
Amanda
1983
Parang kailan lang
1983
Ang boyfriend kong Kano
1983
Home Sweet Home
1983
Exploitation
1982
Desire
1982
Cross My Heart as
Cecille
1982
No Other Love
1982
Mother Dear as
Teresa
1982
Batch '81 as
Arni's Mother
1982
Totoy Saudi
1981
Init o lamig
1981
Kisapmata as
Adelina Carandang
1981
Pabling
1981
Playgirl
1981
Bihagin: Bilibid Boys as
Butch's Mother
1980
City After Dark as
Virgie
1980
Broken Home
1980
Alaga
1980
Wanted! Wives
1980
Ito ang babae
1980
Gabi ng lagim ngayon as
Dra. Soledad de la Serna
1980
The Marriage as
Wedding Sponsor (uncredited)
1979
Modelong tanso as
Ramona Ferreira
1979
Mga huwad na mananayaw
1979
Dakpin si Junior Bumbay
1979
Gabun
1979
Ina, kapatid, anak as
Emilia
1979
Init as
Osa
1978
Lalaki, ikaw ang dahilan as
The woman
1978
Mga tinik ng babae
1978
Hubad sa mundo
1978
Iwasan ... kabaret
1977
Babae ngayon at kailanman as
Lumnay (segment "Wedding Dance")
1977
Walang katapusang tag-araw
1977
Babae, huwag kang tukso
1977
Tundo: isla puting bato
1977
Bianong Bulag as
Sabel
1977
Beerhouse as
Rosario
1976
Babae sa likod ng salamin as
Laura / Lorna
1976
Hugasan mo ang aking kasalaman
1976
Mrs. Teresa Abad ako po si Bing
1976
Bergado, Terror of Cavite
1976
Hindi kami damong ligaw
1975
Araw-araw, gabi-gabi
1974
Mga tigre ng Sierra Cruz as
Ramona
1973
Ang bukas ay atin
1970
The Hunted
1970
Pipo as
Maria
1969
The Beggar
1968
Igorota as
Princess Maila
1968
Luha sa karimlan
1968
Manila, Open City as
Sor Matilde
1967
Ang langit sa lupa as
Maria
1967
Ito ang aking kasaysayan
1967
Dahil sa isang bulaklak as
Margarita
1967
Sino ang dapat sisihin?
1967
Malupit ang pag-ibig
1966
Matinik na Landas
1966
Mga pag-ibig ni Christine as
Christine
1966
Ang tao ay makasalanan
1966
Boomerang
1966
Kapag langit ang umusig
1966
Claudia as
Claudia
1966
John Doe
1964
Lagablab sa Maribojoc
1964
Nagbabagang paraiso
1964
Ginintuang ani
1964
Magda Sales as
Magda Sales
1963
Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Daigdig
1963
Ang bukas ay akin! as
Rosario
1963
Sugapa
1963
3 mukha ni Pandora as
Pandora / Margarita / Rowena
1963
Dear Eddie
1963
Maria Dolores as
Maria Dolores
1963
Isinusumpa ko! as
Leonor
1963
Mga batong hiyas as
Amatista
1963
Angustia
1963
Madugong daigdig ni Aurora as
Aurora
1962
The Princess and I
1962
Falcon
1962
Baliw O Martir
1962
Mahal kita inay
1962
Ano Ba Choy
1962
Nessa no tsuki
1962
El filibusterismo as
Juli
1962
Jikiri
1962
Umaapoy na Bakal
1961
Buddha as
Yashodara
1961
Rancho Bravo
1961
Lahing Texas
1961
Pasong Diablo
1961
Sandata at pangako as
Dolores
1961
Luis Latigo
1960
Kung ako'y mahal mo as
Lydia Amante
1960
Dahlia as
Dahlia
1960
Emily as
Emily
1960
Unos sa laot as
Julie
1960
Juan Tamad Goes to Society
1960
Pakipot
1960
Black Beauty
1959
Kundiman ng lahi as
Isang
1959
Mucho Dinero
1959
Ginintuang Tinig
1958
Limang dalangin
1958
Rose Tattoo ng buhay ko
1958
Casa grande as
Second Story
1958
Ana Maria
1958
Malvarosa as
Rosa
1958
Villa milagrosa as
Virginia
1957
Walang sugat
1957
Krisalis as
Adelina
1957
Sampung libong pisong pag-ibig as
Loida
1957
Turista
1957
Sanga-sangang puso
1957
Tiririt ng Ibon
1956
Dama Juana Gang
1956
Big Shot
1956
Medalyong perlas as
Episode 2 'Eskirol'
1956
Ulillang Bituin
1956
Charito, I Love You
1955
Dinayang pagmamahal
1955
Niña bonita as
Citas Revilla
Thanks
2000
3rd World Hero (dedicatee - 1935-1998)
Archive Footage
2010
Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote as
Ina Magenta
2007
Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay ka fairy ko... The beginning of the legend as
Ina Magenta

References

Charito Solis Wikipedia