Maria Cristina Labalan (born January 20, 1943), known professionally as Vangie Labalan is a Filipino actress, comedian, acting coach, and voice actress.

Life

Maria Cristina Labalan was born on January 20, 1943 in Bago, Negros Occidental. She is the widow of Noli, a former casino-dealer, and has four children and nine grandchildren. Labalan owns a company called "Synch Masters", which specialized in dubbing Mexican

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s and anime shows in Filipino.

Career

She began her career in radio in 1962 in

Bacolod Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; ; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Negros Island Region in the Philippines. With a total of 600,783 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, it is th ...

before going on to television and film, and she has been in the entertainment industry for half a century. She was discovered by the filmmaker, stage and television director, actor, and screenwriter,

Ishmael Bernal Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996) was a Philippines, Filipino filmmaker, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas, particularly with feminist and moral issues, he directed many landmark ...

when he noticed the natural actress in her while supervising the dubbing of the film ''Aliw'' starred by

Lorna Tolentino Victoria Lorna Perez Aluquin-Fernandez (born December 23, 1961), better known by her stage name Lorna Tolentino, sometimes known as ''L.T.'', an abbreviation of her screen name, is a Filipino actress, model, film producer and television persona ...

in 1979. Labalan rose to prominence for her breakout performance as Aling Saling,

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 th ...

's mother in '' Himala'' (1982), in which she co-starred alongside

, Veronica Palileo, and Spanky Manikan, among others. Labalan also starred in several Philippine feature films including ''Alyas Baby Tsina'' (1984), ''Miguelito: Ang Batang Rebelde'' (1985), and ''Curacha: Ang Babaeng Walang Pahinga'' (1998).

Filmography

Film

Television

As a dubbing supervisor

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Labalan, Vangie Living people 1943 births Actresses from Bacolod Filipino television actresses Filipino film actresses 21st-century Filipino actresses Filipino women comedians Comedians from Bacolod