Juanita Ángeles (1900 - after 1942) was a

Filipina Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or other ...

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

, noted as a major female silent star of early

cinema of the Philippines The Cinema of the Philippines (Filipino: ''Pelikulang Pilipino'' or ''Sine Pilipino'') began with the introduction of the first moving pictures to the country on August 31, 1897, at the ''Salón de Pertierra'' in Manila. The following year, local ...

. Ángeles portrayed many leading roles. She was often paired with major silent film

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

s, including Julián Manansala, Marcelino Ilagan, Fernando Poe, Sr., and Ben Rubio. Angeles stopped making movies before

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struck the city of

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. She never returned to her former life's work. She was married to

Severino Reyes Severino Reyes y Rivera (February 11, 1861 – September 15, 1942) was a Filipino writer, playwright, and director of plays. He used the pen name Lola Basyang. He was nicknamed "Don Binoy". Early life and education Severino Reyes was born on F ...

, until his death in 1942.

Filmography

*1923 – Hoy O Nunca Besame *1925 – Miracles of Love *1925 – The Filipino Woman *1929 – Ang Mutya ng Pamilihan *1930 – Maria Luisa *1932 - Ang Gayuma *1932 – Ang Magpapawid *1934 - Krus na Bato *1934 - Sawing Palad *1935 - Kalbario *1935 - Sumpa ng Aswang *1936 - Hagase tu Voluntad *1937 - Nang Magulo ang Maynila *1938 - Biyaya ni Bathala ilippine*1939 - Ang Magsasampaguita ampaguita*1940 - Prinsesa ng Kumintang vn*1940 -

Lambingan ''Lambingan'' is a 1940 Filipino film directed by Lorenzo P. Tuells. It stars Rosa Aguirre, Rogelio de la Rosa and Carmen Rosales Januaria Constantino Keller (March 3, 1917 – December 11, 1991), better known by her stage name Carmen Rosa ...

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* Filipino film actresses 1900 births Year of death missing {{Philippines-actor-stub