Nationality Filipina Movies Alyas Sakay Occupation Actress Siblings Aurora Aragon | Name Zeny Zabala Role Actress | |
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Full Name Emerenciana Ortiz Santos Born July 21, 1937 ( 1937-07-21 ) Parents Ursula Ortiz, Enrique Santos People also search for Johnny Delgado, Ben Feleo, Ding M. De Jesus, Victorina Marasigan | ||
Actress Zeny Zabala Died at 80
Emerenciana Ortiz Santos (21 July 1937 – 8 August 2017) was a Filipina actress, known as Zeny Zabala. She was known as the villain of Sampaguita Pictures for her frequent roles as the villainess in her films.
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- Actress Zeny Zabala Died at 80
- 24 oras batikang aktres na si zeny zabala pumanaw na
- Death
- Filmography
- References
One of 9 siblings, she was the fourth child of Enrique Santos and Ursula Ortiz. She was discovered when she was accompanying her sister Aurora Aragon who was then in the movie industry away back in 1954. She started her career in Sampaguita picture on September 1954. In Sampaguta her first movie was Binibining Kalog opposite Lolita Rodriguez and Ramon Revilla.
In 1964, Zabala earned her first acting nomination as Best Supporting Actress for “Ang Bukas ay Akin!” topbilled by Charito Solis and Nestor de Villa. She continued to appear in more Dolphy films like “Kalabog En Bosyo Strike Again” in 1985 and her last known big screen appearance, “Tataynic,” in 1998, both directed by her husband, Ben Feleo who died in 2011.
She appeared as Vilma Santos' cruel mother-in-law in Chito Roño's Ikaw Lang in 1993. She co-starred with the Star for all Seasons in Marilou Diaz-Abaya's Baby Tsina in 1984.
24 oras batikang aktres na si zeny zabala pumanaw na
Death
Zabala died on 8 August 2017, aged 80, in Manila, Philippines.