Gloria Sevilla was an award-winning Filipino film actress. Sevilla is widely regarded as the "Queen of Visayan Movies" for her contributions in Visayan-made movies in the Philippines in the 50’s and 60’s. Sevilla received her first FAMAS Award Best Supporting Actress in the movie Madugong Paghihiganti (1962). She won the FAMAS Award Best Actress for the movie Badlis Sa Kinabuhi (1969). Sevilla appeared in movies such as Dyesebel (1978), Guhit Ng Palad (1988), Matud Nila (1991), The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay (2002), Lapu-lapu (2002), Bida si Mister, Bida si Misis (2002), and El Presidente (film) (2012). Sevilla also appeared in the Philippine television drama Be Careful With My Heart. Her first husband was Mat Ranillo Jr., a movie actor who died in a plane crash in 1969. They had six children. She got married the second time to Amado Cortez, a movie actor and director who also served as the country's ambassador to the U.S. until his death in 2003. They had one daughter. She is the mother of actress Suzette Ranillo, actor Mat Ranillo III, and singer-composer Dandin Ranillo. She died on April 16, 2022 at the age of 90 in Oakland, California.

Filmography

• 2020Nang Em — Nang Em
• 2019Return
• 2017An Educator
• Calle Siete — Lola Nitz
• 2016Kakampi
• 2016Kusina
• 2015You're My Boss — Lola
• 2014Children's Show — Lola Alice
• 2014In Darkness We Live
• 2014M. (Mother's Maiden Name) — as
• 2013Boy Golden: Shoot-To-Kill — Aling Puring
• Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw — Esther Dagohoy
• 2013Palad ta ang Nagbuot — Angeling
• Be Careful With My Heart — Fe Marcelo
• 2012El Presidente — Maria Agoncillo's mother
• Alyna — Susana
• Fantastic Man — Cedes
• 2006Pacquiao: The Movie — Nanay Parcon
• 2002Lapu-Lapu — Reyna Bauga
• Recuerdo de Amor — Doña Conchita La Fuente
• 1999Wansapanataym: The Movie — Bising
• 1998I'm Sorry, My Love
• 1998Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay — Manang Vi
• 1997Boy Chico: Hulihin si Ben Tumbling
• 1997Haragan: Masahol Pa Sa Bala — Luming
• 1997Kapag Dumanak ang Dugo: Buenavista — Liza
• 1997Thalia
• 1995Manalo, Matalo, Mahal Kita
• 1995P're Hanggang Sa Huli — Gloria
• 1995The Flor Contemplacion Story — Flor's mother
• 1994Megamol
• 1994Once Upon a Time in Manila — Amparo Lagman
• 1989Dear Diary — Manang (segment "Dear Partyline")
• 1988Guhit Ng Palad — Norma Baldivino
• 1986Sobra Na, Tama Na, Asiong Aksaya
• 1983Pepe en Pilar — Gloria
• 1980Apat Na Maria
• 1979Aliw-iw
• 1979Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina — Belen
• 1979Iskandalo
• 1979Tsikiting Master
• 1978Angelita's Eyes — Belen
• 1978Boy Pana
• 1978Dyesebel
• 1976Once a Moth — Chedeng de la Cruz
• 1975Banaue: Stairway to the Sky — Agurang
• 1970Basta Bisaya
• 1970Dodong Ko
• 1970Si Inday sa Balitaw
• 1969Ang Pulubi
• 1969Line of Life
• 19674 Worlds of Horror
• 1966Sa Dulo ng Ating Landas
• 1966This Is a Filipino
• 1963Ang Asawa Kong Barat
• 1963Pitong Pasiklab sa Bahay na Tisa
• 1963Si Adiang Waray
• 1962Adiong Sikat ng Tondo
• 1962Umaapoy na Bakal
• 1961Mga Daing sa Libingan
• 1961Molave
• 1961North Harbor
• 1961Tatlong Baraha
• 1960Mga Alamat Ng Sandaigdig
• 1955Divisoria Quiapo
• 1955Ito Ang Aming Daigdig
• 1955Papa Loves Mambo
• 1954Ifugao — Aniway
• 1954May Bakas Ang Lumipas
• 1954Mister Dupong

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2015Salamat sa Alaala — Herself