Teresita Rigo Durango Magalona (born Teresita Rigo Durango; September 30, 1928 – April 27, 1990), known professionally as Tita Duran, was a Filipina

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who began as a

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. She was the first successful child star of

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Career

Duran 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,

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spotted the child and cast her in a tear-jerker movie titled ''Inang Mahal'' ("Dear Mother"). Her second movie for Sampaguita was ''Ang Magsasampaguita'' (The Sampaguita Vendor). Duran made two movies under LVN Pictures: ''Pangarap'' ("Dream") and ''Sawing Gantimpala'' ("Lost Prize") both in 1940. After

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, she made a comeback in her studio

. She joined in a

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with

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titled ''Guerilyera'' and typecasted in numerous musical films paired by some of Sampaguita's finest actors. Her last movie with Sampaguita was ''Isang Halik Mo Pancho''. She made ''Maria Went to Town'' under Deegar Cinema Inc. Her career is similar to that of Hollywood's

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Personal life

Duran was married to

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on October 2, 1948. She was the mother of

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and grandmother to

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Filmography

*1936 - ''Awit ng mga Ulila'' *1936 - ''Sa Paanan ng Krus'' *1937 - ''Milagro ng Nazareno sa Quiapo'' *1937 - ''Anak ng Kadiliman'' *1938 - ''Inang Mahal'' *1938 - ''Ang Magmamani'' *1938 - ''Alipin ng Palad'' *1938 - ''Mariang Alimango'' *1938 - ''Ang Pusong Wasak'' *1939 - ''Anak ng Hinagpis'' *1939 - ''Tatlong Pagkabirhen'' *1939 - '' Tunay Na Ina'' *1939 - ''Palaboy ng Diyos'' *1939 - ''Ang Magsasampaguita'' *1940 - ''Awit ng Magulang'' *1940 - ''Pangarap'' *1940 - ''Lihim ng Lumang Simbahan'' *1940 - ''Sa Duyang ng Pagmamahal'' *1940 - ''Sawing Gantimpala'' *1940 - ''Bahaghari'' *1940 - ''Nang Mahawi Ang Ulap'' *1941 - ''Panambitan'' *1941 - ''Paraiso'' *1946 - ''Guerilyera'' *1946 - ''Maynila'' *1947 - ''Lantang Asahar'' *1947 - ''Ang Kapilya sa May Daang Bakal'' *1947 - ''Dahil sa Ina'' *1948 - ''Ang Anak ng Dagat'' *1948 - ''Pamana ng Tulisan'' *1948 - ''Bulaklak na Walang Pangalan'' *1948 - ''Dahil sa Iyo'' *1948 - ''Tatlong Puso'' *1948 - ''Maharlika'' *1949 - ''Always kay ganda mo'' *1949 - ''Ulilang Kalapati'' *1949 - ''Tala sa Umaga'' *1949 - ''Milagro ng Birhen ng mga Rosas'' *1949 - ''Sa Piling Mo'' *1950 - ''Huwag Ka ng Magtampo!'' *1950 - ''Umaga na Giliw'' *1950 - ''Kay Ganda Mo Neneng'' *1951 - ''Kasintahan sa Pangarap'' *1952 - ''Barbaro'' *1952 - ''Buhay Pilipino'' *1952 - ''Cumbanchera'' *1953 - ''Ang Ating Pag-ibig'' *1953 - ''Sa Isang Sulyap Mo Tita'' *1953 - ''Vod-A-Vil'' *1954 - ''Sa Isang Halik Mo Pancho'' *1955 - ''Maria Went to Town'' *1956 - ''Mr. & Mrs.'' *1956 - ''Rockin' the Cha-Cha'' *1956 - ''Bella Filipina'' *1957 - ''Bicol Express'' *1957 - ''Yaya Maria'' *1958 - ''Tatak ni Solomon'' *1977 - ''Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?'' *1983 - ''Bundok ng Susong Dalaga'' *1988 - '' Isusumbong Kita sa Diyos''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duran, Tita 1929 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Filipino actresses Actresses from Cebu Filipino child actresses Tita People from Cebu City