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DAISY AVELLANA
26 January 1917 to 12 may 2013
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Lamberto Avellana - Husband
Daisy Avellana (nee Hontiveros) was a stage actress and theater director. She was awarded the Philippine National Artist for Theater and Film in 1999.
Together with her husband, National Artist Lamberto Avellana and other artists, she co-founded the Barangay Theatre Guild in 1939 which paved the way for the popularization of theatre and dramatic arts in the country, utilizing radio and television.
She starred in plays like Othello (1953), Macbeth in Black (1959), Casa de Bernarda Alba (1967), Tatarin. She is best remembered for her portrayal of Candida Marasigan in the stage and film versions of Nick Joaquin’s Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. Her directorial credits include Diego Silang (1968), and Walang Sugat (1971). Among her screenplays were Sakay (1939) and Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1955).
National Artists of the Philippines Birth Centennials #xxx, 13 Dec 2018
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