Paraluman

Paraluman ( born December 14, 1923 in Tayabas City, Quezon; ibid † April 27, 2009; eigtl Sigrid Sophia Agatha von Giese ) was a Filipino actress.

Biography

In 1940 she was commissioned by producer Luis Nolasco under contract; First they played as Mina de Gracia. Paraluman that called itself based on the film from 1941, which represented her breakthrough, was the daughter of a German father and a Filipino mother. She stood from the beginning of the 1940s, under contract with the Sampaguita Pictures and was one of the big stars of the Philippine film (it was even the " Philippine Greta Garbo " called ). By the end of the 1970s she turned over 60 films.

Four times she was nominated for the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award: 1959 for the films Bobby and Anino ni Bathala, also in 1972 and 1976 In German-speaking only a few films have been listed with Paraluman, for example, the daughters of Satan in 1972., played in the Paraluman on the side of Tom Selleck and Barra Grant. In 1985, she retired to the film Kailan Sasabihing Mahal Kita from the film business. In the last years she suffered from Alzheimer 's disease and Parkinson 's disease.

Her daughter, the actress and former talk show host Cecil Kristin "Baby" O'Brien was appointed a few days before her death in mid-April 2009 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to the Undersecretary of State for the press ( Assistant Press Secretary ). Your granddaughter is the actress Rina Reyes.