Daisy Avellana (January 26, 1917 – May 12, 2013) was a
Filipino stage
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
and
theater director
A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...
. Avellana was honored as a
National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film in 1999.
Early life and education
Avellana was born Lourdes Genoveva Dolores Pardo Hontiveros on January 26, 1917, in
Capiz, Capiz, (now
Roxas City
Roxas (, ), officially the City of Roxas (Capiznon language, Capiznon/; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Capiz, Philippines. According to the 2 ...
).
She was the eldest child of
Jose Hontiveros and Vicenta Ruiz Pardo.
Avellana was one of the first graduates of the UST Graduate School with Master of Arts (MA) in English.
Personal life
Her husband was
Lamberto Avellana, a film and stage director who was also named a National Artist in 1976.
Daisy and Lamberto Avellana co-founded the Barangay Theater Guild (BTG), together with forty-eight colleagues, in 1939.
They had four children, the second being actor and director
Jose Mari Avellana.
Death
Avellana died on May 11, 2013, at the age of 96.
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References
1917 births
2013 deaths
National Artists of the Philippines
Filipino stage actresses
People from Capiz
Visayan people
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