Occupation Actress Years active 1935–1958, 1983 | Name Tita Duran Role Film actress | |
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Full Name Teresita Durango-Magalona Movies Pangarap, Sawing Gantimpala, Huwag Ka Ng Magtampo, Lihim ng Lumang Simbahan, Sabas, ang barbaro, Bahaghari Children Francis Magalona, Martin Magalona, Susan Magalona Similar People Pancho Magalona, Francis Magalona, Maxene Magalona, Manuel Conde, Eddie Romero Died April 27, 1990 (aged 61), Manila, Philippines | ||
Teresita "Tita Durán" Durango-Magalona (June 14, 1929 – December 2, 1991) was a Filipina film actress who began as a child actress. She was the first ever successful child star of Philippine cinema. She is the daughter of Juana Duran, who is from Pinamungahan in Cebu.
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TITA DURAN Biography: Ang Unang Batang Superstar ng Showbiz
Personal life
Actor Pancho Magalona was her husband. She is the mother of the late Filipino rapper Francis Magalona and grandmother to Maxene Magalona who, as a child, showed a striking resemblance.
Career
Durán joined a movie in her early career as an eight-year-old child abandoned by her mother in 1936 family-drama of Awit ng mga Ulila (The Songs of the Orphans).
In 1938, Sampaguita Pictures spotted the child and cast her in a tear-jerker movie of Inang Mahal (Dear Mother). Her second movie for Sampaguita was Ang Magsasampaguita (The Sampaguita Vendor).
Durán made two movies under LVN Pictures: Pangarap (Dream) and Sawing Gantimpala (Lost Prize) both in 1940.
Following World War II, she resumed her career at Sampaguita Pictures, starring in a war film alongside Carmen Rosales titled "Guerilyera." She was subsequently cast in a variety of musical films, often paired with some of Sampaguita's leading actors.
Following her final film with Sampaguita titled "Isang Halik Mo Pancho," she proceeded to work on "Maria Went to Town," produced by Deegar Cinema Inc.
