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1984 FAMAS Awards
The 32nd Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1984 in the Philippines. This is for the Outstanding Achievements of the different films for the year 1983. Karnal won the most awards including the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and best director for Marilou Diaz-Abaya who became the second woman director to win the award. The best actor award was also give to two great actors; Eddie Garcia and Fernando Poe Jr. for the first time in FAMAS History. On the other hand, veteran actress, Charito Solis won her fifth Best Actress trophy, elevating her to Hall of Fame Status Awards Major Awards Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Special Awardee *Lifetime Achievement Award **Ben Perez References External linksFAMAS Awards {{FAMAS Awards FAMAS Award FAMAS FAMAS The FAMAS ( French: ''Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne'', lit. 'Assault rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory') is a bul ...
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Filipino Academy Of Movie Arts And Sciences Award
The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards, or simply the FAMAS Awards, are the annual honors given by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS), an organization composed of writers and movie columnists, for achievements in Philippine cinema for a calendar year. Members of the academy including avid movie viewers, fans or enthusiasts cast their votes on who should win the statuettes in the different categories they were nominated. Established in 1952, it is the oldest existing film industry award-giving body in the Philippines and one of the oldest in Asia. The FAMAS Award, from 1952 to 1982, was the highest Filipino film award a filmmaker or artisan could receive in the local movie industry. In 1982, after the inception of the Film Academy of the Philippines (Luna) Awards, the Philippine equivalent of the Oscars (where academy members are film professionals who nominate and choose awardees of the year) was mandated by the Philippine government, FAM ...
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Christopher De Leon
Christopher Strauss de León (born October 31, 1956), also known as Boyet, is a Filipino actor, filmmaker and politician. Often referred to as the "King of Philippine Drama", he gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous film and television productions including period, romantic drama and thriller. His work, covering more than five decades, has received various accolades, including eight FAMAS Awards, two Gawad Urian Awards, four Luna Awards, nine Star Awards, and eight Metro Manila Film Festival Awards. De León began acting as a teenager, winning the FAMAS Award for Best Actor for his screen debut in Lino Brocka's '' Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang'' (1974). He gained wider recognition for his portrayal of a naive peasant in Eddie Romero's '' Ganito Kami Noon... Paano Kayo Ngayon?'' (1976), earning him his second FAMAS for Best Actor. He won his first Gawad Urian Award for Best Actor for his portrayal in Ishmael Bernal's '' Ikaw ay Akin'' (1978). De León c ...
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Tommy Abuel
Tomas "Tommy" Rosales Abuel Jr. (born September 16, 1942) is a Filipino actor and lawyer. He won the FAMAS Best Supporting Actor Award in '' Maynila, Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag'' (1975), and ''Karma'' (1981); and Cinemalaya Best Actor Award in '' Dagsin'' (2016). He appeared in movies ''T-Bird At Ako'' (1982) with Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos, ''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (1985) with Sharon Cuneta and Cherie Gil. He is also an award-winning stage actor. He received the Aliw Award for Best Stage Actor for three consecutive years. His memorable theater roles in stage plays like ''Antigone'', ''Mga Ibong Mandaragit'', ''Anak Ng Araw'', ''Andres Bonifacio'', ''El Filibusterismo'', and ''Florante At Laura'', among others. He performed musical plays like ''Carousel'', ''The King And I'', and ''West Side Story'', among others. Filmography Film *''Mana'' (TV film; 1973) *''Now and Forever'' (1973) *''Paru-parong Itim'' (1973) *''Dalawang Mukha ng Tagumpay'' (1973) *''Diligin Mo ng Hamog ang Uha ...
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Robert Arevalo
Robert Ylagan Arevalo (; born Robert Francisco Ylagan; May 6, 1938 – August 10, 2023) was a veteran Filipino film and television actor. Early life Robert Arevalo was born as Robert Francisco Ylagan in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental on May 6, 1938. He was the son of Filipino film actor, composer, and musician Tito Arevalo and Guadalupe Francisco. His uncles included actor and director Angel Esmeralda, who was the father of actor Jay Ilagan, Gerardo de León, who was a national artist and an award-winning movie director, and actor and director Conrado Conde. He was also an uncle of actress Liberty Ilagan. He attended the Legarda Elementary School, San Beda College and Ateneo de Manila where he studied Business Administration. Career Arevalo first began acting as a drama actor for Premiere Productions. His major screen debut was in Gerardo de Leon’s ''Huwag Mo Akong Limutin'' (1960), which was banned by censors for perceived immoral themes. He later worked for an advertis ...
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FAMAS Award For Best Supporting Actress
The FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress is one of the FAMAS Awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award, which are voted on by Palanca Award The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Memorial Awards, are a set of literary awards for Philippine writers. Usually referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of the Philippines," it is the country's highest ...-winning writers and movie columnists and writers within the industry. Winners and nominees The list may be incomplete such as some of the names of the nominees and the roles portrayed especially during the early years of FAMAS Awards. *Note - The year indicates the awards for the films of that year when those films were originally released. Please refer to the Academy Awards how they label the awards for the films original release date and not the awards ceremony date. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2 ...
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FAMAS Award For Best Supporting Actor
The FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the FAMAS Awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award, which are voted on by Palanca Award The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Memorial Awards, are a set of literary awards for Philippine writers. Usually referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of the Philippines," it is the country's highest ...-winning writers and movie columnists and writers within the industry. It was first awarded in the first FAMAS Ceremony in 1953. Winners and nominees The list may be incomplete. In particular, it may not include some of the names of the nominees and the roles portrayed especially during the early years of FAMAS Awards. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s References External linksThe Unoff ...
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Nida Blanca
Dorothy Guinto Jones (January 6, 1936 – November 7, 2001), known professionally as Nida Blanca, was a Filipino actress. In a career spanning five decades, she is known for her dramatic and comedic roles in Cinema of the Philippines, film and television in the Philippines. After signing with LVN Pictures, she starred in films during the 1950s; in most of the films, she co-starred alongside Nestor de Villa. She gained further prominence in the television sitcom ''John en Marsha'' (1973–1990). Blanca was found dead at the Atlanta Centre in San Juan, Metro Manila, San Juan City on November 7, 2001. Biography Born as Dorothy Guinto Jones on January 6, 1936, in then municipality of Gapan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (then a U.S. territory) to an American soldier father of Filipino mestizo, mestizo descent named John William Jones, Jr. (1916–1942) and a local Filipina mother with Tagalog people, Tagalog roots named Inocencia Vélez Guinto (1913–2006), she appeared in her firs ...
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Vivian Velez
Vivian Zapata Rodriguez (born May 21, 1960), known professionally as Vivian Velez, is a Filipino actress who previously served as Director General of Film Academy of the Philippines. As one of the radio host of the 8TriMedia's weekly program called ''Double V'' and a DZRJ 810am's program called ''Chit Chat with Double V''. She was known as the "Ms. Body Beautiful" of Philippine movies in the 1980s. She won the Film Academy of the Philippines FAP Award for Best Actress in ''Pieta'' (1983) and FAMAS Award and Metro Manila Film Festival for Best Actress in ''Paradise Inn'' (1985). Career Vivian Velez started her career in show business in 1976 when she was only 16 years old. She won the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) Award for Best Actress for Pieta (1983) and won two Best Actress Awards for her 1985 film Paradise Inn; one from FAMAS Awards and another from the Metro Manila Film Festival. She performed her own stunts in ''Ang Babaing Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang'' (1981), d ...
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Laurice Guillen
Laurice Ilagan Guillen-Feleo (born January 31, 1947) is a Filipino actress, film and television director, and college professor. Early life and acting career Guillen studied at St. Theresa's College, Cebu City, earned an AB English degree before finishing an MA in Communication at Ateneo de Manila University, where she taught at the college level. She took a television production course under Nestor Torre, in 1967. She then began work as an actress, starring in productions of '' Mrs. Warren's Profession'', before crossing over to film and television work, playing a seductress in ''Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang'', and Corazon Aquino in the drama '' A Dangerous Life''. In 2009, she accepted a role in the indie film ''Karera'', her first role in an independent production. Other credits include such notable films as ''Tinimbang ka Ngunit Kulang'' (1974), ''Lunes, Martes ...'' (1975), ''Inay'' (1977); ''Init'' (1978); ''Ina, Kapatid, Anak'' (1979), ''Moral'' (1982); ''Nagalit ang Bu ...
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Constancia Angeline Reyes Nubla (born May 27, 1954), better known by her screen name Coney Reyes, is a Filipino film and television actress, comedian, television host and producer. Reyes made her acting debut in the 1974 film ''Return of the Dragon''. She became the primary female co-host for noontime variety shows '' Student Canteen'' (1975–1982) and ''Eat Bulaga!'' (1982–1991). This was further cemented by her eponymous '' Coney Reyes on Camera'' (1984-1998) which ran for fourteen years, as well as her main role in '' Ang Munting Paraiso'' (1998-2002). After a long career in day-time television, she started to appear in primetime '' teleseryes'' in supporting roles, and even as an antagonist. In contemporary Filipino popular culture, Reyes is famous for her lead roles in family-oriented television dramas '' 100 Days to Heaven'', ''Nathaniel'', and ''My Dear Heart,'' as well as for her role in '' Four Sisters and a Wedding.'' Her most recent television project was being ...
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Vilma Santos
Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (born November 3, 1953) is a Filipino actress and politician. In a career spanning over seven decades, she is recognized for her versatility in acting across various genres of film and television in the Philippines, earning her the title "Star for All Seasons." She is also known as the Queen of Queens, the Grand Slam Queen, and the Longest Reigning Box Office Queen of Philippine Cinema. A foreign critic hailed her as the enduring Grand Dame of the Philippine Film Industry at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. She began her career as a child actress in the 1963 film ''Trudis Liit'', for which she won her first FAMAS Award (Best Child Performer). She won the FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her dual role in ''Dama de Noche'' (1972). She has portrayed the superhero Darna in four films beginning with ''Lipad, Darna, Lipad!'' (1973). Santos produced ''Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak'' (1978), which won both the FAMAS Award for Best Pictur ...
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Nora Aunor
Nora Cabaltera Villamayor (May 21, 1953 – April 16, 2025), known professionally as Nora Aunor (), was a Filipino actress, producer and singer. Known for her leading roles with patriotic, feminist and Political sociology, socio-political themes, she has appeared in more than Nora Aunor filmography, 170 motion pictures throughout her career that spanned over five decades. Regarded as the List of awards and nominations received by Nora Aunor, most awarded Filipino actress in history, she was known as the Cinema of the Philippines, Philippines' "Superstar" and was conferred as a National Artist of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022. Aunor started her career as a singer, after winning a local talent search. She rose to fame in the following years as both a singer and actress. After her film debut in ''All Over the World'' (1967), she transitioned into heavy drama with highly acclaimed performances in films such as ''Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos'' (Three Years With ...
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