Monang Carvajal (born Patrocinio Tagaroma Carvajal; June 30, 1898
– 22 June 1980) was a Filipina film
actress
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best known for her roles in thriller and horror movies. She was dubbed the "Queen of Horror Pictures."
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Biography
Carvajal was born in Manila
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on June 30, 1898, the daughter of Spanish Zarzuela
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actors Don Jose Carvajal and Patrocinio Tagaroma de Carvajal. By the age of 4, she was appearing on stage, appearing alongside her parents. In her teens, she was touring the bodabil
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circuit together with Manuel Silos
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as a comedy duo known as "Monang & Sano." Silos would later become a prominent film director
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Carvajal made her film debut in 1920, in the silent film ''El Trust de los Tenorios''. Soon, she found herself frequently cast in ]horror film
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s, often as a monster, a witch (''mangkukulam'') or some other supernatural being.[ Along her roles in this vein were in such films as ''Sumpa ng Aswang'' (1935), ''Gamu-Gamong Naging Lawin'' (1937), ''Halimaw'' (1941), and ''Malaya, Mutya ng Gubat'' (1948).
Carvajal was also adept as a film comedian as well, appearing in comic roles in ''Ay Monang'' (1939), ''Victory Joe'' (1946), and ''Principe Amante'' (1950). In 1962, she would be nominated for a FAMAS Best Supporting Actress award for her role in '' El Filibusterismo'', ]Gerardo de Leon
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's film version of Jose Rizal
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's second novel. Thirty-two years earlier, Carvajal had appeared in a silent film version of Rizal's first novel, '' Noli Me Tangere''.[
Carvajal maintained an active film career until nearly the end of her life, appearing in ''Mga Bilangong Birhen'' (1977). She died from cancer at ]Cardinal Santos Medical Center
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in June 1980.
Family
Her brothers, Jose Carvajal and Alfonso Carvajal,prosthetics
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Monang Carvajal's nephew, Carlos K Carvajal, is an internationally known choreographer and director. He is the present co-artistic director of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2015.
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_Filmography
_silent_movie
*1930:_''Noli_me_Tangere''
*1932:_''Sa_Labi_ng_Lumang_Libingan''
*1933:_''Ang_Aswang''
_sound_movie
*1933:_''Doctor_Kuba''
*1934:_''X3X''
*1935:_''Sumpa_ng_Aswang''
*1935:_''Himala_ni_Bathala''
*1937:_''Gamu-gamong_Naging_Lawin''
*1939:_''Ay!_monang''
*1940:_''Hali''
*1941:_''Panibugho''
*1941:_''Binibini_ng_Palengke''
*1941:_''Halimaw''
*1941:_''Serenata_sa_Nayon''
*1941:_''Palaris''
*1941:_''Mariposa''
*1941:_''Manilena''
*1946:_''Principeng_hindi_tumatawa''
*1946:_''Ligaya''
*1946:_''Victory_Joe''
*1947:_''Nabasag_ang_banga''
*1947:_''Ikaw_ang_mahal_ko''
*1947:_''Si_Juan_Tamad''
*1947:_''Oh,_Salapi!''
*1947:_''Maling_Akala''
*1948:_''Malaya''_(aka_''Mutya_sa_Gubat'')
*1949:_''Gitano''
*1950:_''Doctor_X''
*1954:_''Dalaginding''
*1954:_''Mabangong_Kandungan''
*1954:_''Dambanang_Putik''
*1955:_''Lapu-Lapu''
*1955:_''Indian_Pana''
*1955:_''Talusaling''_-_Inang
*1955:_''Tagapagmana''
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Filmography
silent movie
*1930: ''Noli me Tangere''
*1932: ''Sa Labi ng Lumang Libingan''
*1933: ''Ang Aswang''
sound movie
*1933: ''Doctor Kuba''
*1934: ''X3X''
*1935: ''Sumpa ng Aswang''
*1935: ''Himala ni Bathala''
*1937: ''Gamu-gamong Naging Lawin''
*1939: ''Ay! monang''
*1940: ''Hali''
*1941: ''Panibugho''
*1941: ''Binibini ng Palengke''
*1941: ''Halimaw''
*1941: ''Serenata sa Nayon''
*1941: ''Palaris''
*1941: ''Mariposa''
*1941: ''Manilena''
*1946: ''Principeng hindi tumatawa''
*1946: ''Ligaya''
*1946: ''Victory Joe''
*1947: ''Nabasag ang banga''
*1947: ''Ikaw ang mahal ko''
*1947: ''Si Juan Tamad''
*1947: ''Oh, Salapi!''
*1947: ''Maling Akala''
*1948: ''Malaya'' (aka ''Mutya sa Gubat'')
*1949: ''Gitano''
*1950: ''Doctor X''
*1954: ''Dalaginding''
*1954: ''Mabangong Kandungan''
*1954: ''Dambanang Putik''
*1955: ''Lapu-Lapu''
*1955: ''Indian Pana''
*1955: ''Talusaling'' - Inang
*1955: ''Tagapagmana''
*1956: ''Child of Sorrow (film)">Anak Dalia''
*1960: ''Katotohanan o guniguni?'' - Fourth Story
*1960: ''Si Marita at ang Pitong Duwende''
*1961: ''Prinsipe Diomedes at ang mahiwagang gitara''
*1961: ''The Moises Padilla Story''
*1962: ''El filibusterismo''
*1962: ''Puro labis puro kulang''
*1962: ''Kababalaghan o kabulastugan?'' - Sepulturero (Second Story)
*1965: ''Tagisan ng mga agimat''
*1977: ''Mga Bilanggong Birhen''
*1979: ''Angelita... Ako ang iyong ina'' - the Witch (final film role)
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1898 births
1980 deaths
Deaths from cancer in the Philippines
Filipino silent film actresses
Actresses from Manila
Date of birth missing
Filipino film actresses
20th-century Filipino actresses