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Daisy Avellana (January 26, 1917 – May 12, 2013) was a Filipino stage actress and theater director. Avellana was honored as a National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film in 1999.
May 13, 2013 · Daisy Avellana, a pioneering actress, director and writer whose career spanned the emergence and flowering of modern Philippine theater, and whose seminal contributions to the field led to her being declared a National Artist for Theater in 1999, died Sunday morning. She was 96.
DAISY Hontiveros Avellana, 1917-2013. “I just hope to be remembered as a good human being. And that I tried my best.” When I first worked with Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, she was all of 88.
May 16, 2013 · THE First Lady of Philippine Theater, Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana, made her last true-to-life stage exit on a Mother’s Day, May 12. She was 96. Those who missed her prime as a stage actress should turn to her autobiography, “The Drama of It: A Life on Film and Theater.”
Daisy Avellana, a name etched in the annals of Philippine theater and film, left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape. Born Lourdes Genoveva Dolores Pardo Hontiveros on January 26, 1917, in Capiz, Capiz (now Roxas City), she embodied the spirit of artistic excellence and innovation.
Daisy H. Avellana was born on 6 January 1917 in Roxas City, Philippines. She was a writer and actress, known for A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965), Pag-asa (1951) and Sakay (1939). She was married to Lamberto V. Avellana. She died on 12 May 2013 in Manila, Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines – On May 12, Mother’s Day, National Artist for Theater Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana passed away at the age of 96. Dubbed ‘the first lady of Philippine theater,’...
