Acting

Vilma Santos

Born November 3, 1953 · Tondo, Manila, Philippines (age 72)

Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (born November 3, 1953) is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She has currently serving as Governor of Batangas since 2025, which she previously served from 2007 to 2016. Her career as an actress has spanned more than five decades, beginning when she debuted as a child actress in the 1963 film Trudis Liit, for which she won her fi…

Known For

King & Queen for a Day

King & Queen for a Day · 1963

King & Queen for a Day

MovieComedyRomance

The Child

The Child · 2000

A woman returns to the Philippines after working abroad to find that her family has fallen apart in her absence.

An Affair

An Affair · 1982

MovieDramaRomance

In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in together, and that is when the problems start.

The '70s

The '70s · 2002

Set in the Philippines during martial law, the film follows the Bartolome family’s struggles over several years.

Haplos

MovieHorrorRomance

Al is a balikbayan who returns to his former hometown where his mother is buried. There he meets his childhood friend Cristy who works as a counselor for family planning. Eventually they develop a romantic relationship and end up as a couple. However, a mysterious lady appears one day while Al tends to his mother’s grave. Al falls in love with the stranger and is now torn between her and Cristy.

Bertang Karengkeng

Bertang Karengkeng · 1976

Bertang Karengkeng

MovieComedyDrama

All for You

All for You · 1982

MovieRomanceDrama

Strong-willed and sophisticated, Divina takes over the business of her late father Don Ferrer who had requested Divina to ensure that his daughter Nora with his mistress is cared for. But Nora wins the love of Jerry, the only man who has captivated Divina’s discriminating heart. From the start. Jerry is attracted to Nora whose steadfast suitor Oscar respects and honors her chastity, only to find out that she has fallen in love and has given herself to Jerry.

Darna vs. The Planet Women

Darna vs. The Planet Women · 1975

Darna vs. The Planet Women

MovieActionFantasy

Crippled girl Narda finds her boyfriend paralyzed by a mysterious beam shot from a UFO. Together with her powers and brother Ding, she transforms into Darna and fights against alien women who are trying to make the Earth a colony of their own planet.

Filmography

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King & Queen for a Day

King & Queen for a Day · 1963

King & Queen for a Day

MovieComedyRomance

The Child

The Child · 2000

A woman returns to the Philippines after working abroad to find that her family has fallen apart in her absence.

Josie

An Affair

An Affair · 1982

MovieDramaRomance

In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in together, and that is when the problems start.

Maria Lourdes 'Marilou' Castañeda

The '70s

The '70s · 2002

Set in the Philippines during martial law, the film follows the Bartolome family’s struggles over several years.

Amanda

Haplos

MovieHorrorRomance

Al is a balikbayan who returns to his former hometown where his mother is buried. There he meets his childhood friend Cristy who works as a counselor for family planning. Eventually they develop a romantic relationship and end up as a couple. However, a mysterious lady appears one day while Al tends to his mother’s grave. Al falls in love with the stranger and is now torn between her and Cristy.

Christy

Bertang Karengkeng

Bertang Karengkeng · 1976

Bertang Karengkeng

MovieComedyDrama

Berta

All for You

All for You · 1982

MovieRomanceDrama

Strong-willed and sophisticated, Divina takes over the business of her late father Don Ferrer who had requested Divina to ensure that his daughter Nora with his mistress is cared for. But Nora wins the love of Jerry, the only man who has captivated Divina’s discriminating heart. From the start. Jerry is attracted to Nora whose steadfast suitor Oscar respects and honors her chastity, only to find out that she has fallen in love and has given herself to Jerry.

Divina

Darna vs. The Planet Women

Darna vs. The Planet Women · 1975

Darna vs. The Planet Women

MovieActionFantasy

Crippled girl Narda finds her boyfriend paralyzed by a mysterious beam shot from a UFO. Together with her powers and brother Ding, she transforms into Darna and fights against alien women who are trying to make the Earth a colony of their own planet.

Narda / Darna

Rubia Servios

Rubia Servios · 1978

A woman becomes the object of obsession of a man who will stop at nothing to possess her.

Rubia Servios

In My Life

In My Life · 2009

MovieComedyDrama

A headstrong woman moves to New York and must come to terms with her estranged gay son and his partner.

Shirley Templo

The Healing

The Healing · 2012

MovieThrillerHorror

A community rushes to a faith healer after learning that one of them was miraculously healed from a deadly disease by the same person. They are torn apart afterwards as the healing brings them a terrible curse that wreaks harm and death.

Seth

Charot

A young family breadwinner witnesses a crime and assumes a female identity to elude the criminals who doggedly hunt him down.

Baby Tsina

Baby Tsina · 1984

A woman develops feelings for a gang leader and is subsequently jailed for murder. While in prison, she undergoes a transformation, eventually leading her fellow inmates in a movement for penal system reform. Seven years later, she is declared innocent. Based on the true story of Evelyn Duave Ortega, also known as Baby Tsina.

Baby Tsina

Dyesebel

Dyesebel · 1973

MovieFantasyAdventure

Dyesebel is a popular mermaid character in the Philippines. The comic book character was originally conceived by the Filipino comic book illustrator, Mars Ravelo and drawn by Elpidio Torres.

Dyesebel

Angelita's Eyes

Angelita's Eyes · 1978

Angelita's Eyes

MovieHorrorThriller

Mga Mata ni Angelita was written by Ricardo Feliciano and became a number one hit radio drama from 1974 to 1978. It was made into a film by Larry Santiago Productions and catapulted Julie Vega into fame.

Worried Wife

One and Only Star

One and Only Star · 1994

One and Only Star

Miggy is not an ordinary boy. He grew up as a learning, mentally challenged person. He becomes the center of his brother's life. A psychiatrist gives her time and attention to help Miggy. Together, they face the odds and joys of bringing up Miggy in his different world.

Cecille

Masarap, Masakit... ang Umibig

Masarap, Masakit... ang Umibig · 1977

Masarap, Masakit... ang Umibig

A wealthy couple’s sacrificing adopted son, Alonzo (Christopher de Leon) and wayward biological son, Alvaro (Mat Ranillo III) vie for the love of the same woman, Estella (Vilma Santos).

Estela

Begging for Love

Begging for Love · 1986

Begging for Love

MovieRomanceDrama

On the outside it looks like a marriage made in heaven. But inside the thick walls of what they call home theirs is a relationship waiting to crumble. They have been waiting a child for so long but the wife does not have the capacity to bear a child. And when her husband cannot take it any it any longer he decides to end his misery once and for all.

Fina

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land · 1975

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land

MovieActionDrama

The greatest, longest, most expensive film produced in the film history of the Philippines. Five segments with an all-star cast, directed by five directors with a running time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Linda (segment 5)

Sister Stella L.

Sister Stella L. · 1984

Sister Stella L.

MovieDramaCrime

A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a cooking oil company.

Sister Stella Legaspi

Summer Rains

Summer Rains · 1975

MovieRomanceDrama

A young co-ed falls in love with her first-degree cousin, who stays with her family while studying in Manila. Their forbidden affair, which they keep secret from their family, is revealed when she becomes pregnant. For the scandalized family, abortion is the only solution left, which the two lovers resist.

The Longest Hundred Miles

The Longest Hundred Miles · 1967

The Longest Hundred Miles

During the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, an assorted group of refugees, including an American soldier, an Army nurse, a priest and a group of local children, try to make their getaway aboard a rattletrap, creaky bus.

Maria

Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre

Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre · 1994

Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre

MovieActionCrime

After her husband goes to work abroad, Helen Arandia and her daughter must handle her jealous neighbour, who plans to do something to her. Based on a crime report that occurred in 1994, this is the most brutal massacre in Lipa's history since the massacres in 1945.

Helen Arandia

Pinay, American Style

Pinay, American Style · 1979

Pinay, American Style

PX, short for Paula Xavier (Vilma Santos) was an illegal alien in New York City. She’s broke and waiting for her fiancé to fulfill his promise of marriage despite the fact that he has already married an American to secure a green card. Hiding from the authorities, PX met two men who are willing to take care of her but conflicts arise as the two want to maintain a serious relationship with her.

PX