Tita Duran

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name = Tita Duran


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birthdate = 1929
birthplace = Philippines
deathdate = 1991
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occupation = Actress
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Tita Duran (1929-1991) was a Filipina film actress who began as a child actor. She was the first ever successful child star of Philippine cinema.

She is the mother of a well-Filipino rapper Francis Magalona and grandmother to Maxene Magalona who, as a child, shows a striking resemblance.

Charming, Sweet and Youthful, Duran joined a movie in her earliest career as an 8 yr old child who abandoned by their mother in 1936 family-drama of Awit ng mga Ulila aka (The Songs of the Orphans.

She married her all-time partner Pancho Magalona, and one of those children is a Master Rapper from the Philippines Francis Magalona.

In 1938, Sampaguita Pictures spotted the child and cast her in a tear-jerker movie of Inang Mahal aka (Dear Mother). Her second movie in "Sampaguita" where her home is, Ang Magsasampaguita] aka (a Sampaguita Vendor).

Duran made 2 movies under LVN Pictures and it was Pangarap aka (Dream) and Sawing Gantimpala aka (Lost Price) both in 1940.

After World War II, she made a comeback in her studio "Sampaguita Pictures",not a child actress but a beautiful lady. She joined in a War Pictures with Carmen Rosales in Guerilyera and typecasted in numerous Musical Movies paired by some of the "Sampaguita's" finest actor.

After her last movie in "Sampaguita" Isang Halik Mo Pancho, she made Maria Went to Town under Deegar Cinema Inc.

Filmography

*1936 -Awit ng mga Ulila
*1936 -Sa Paanan ng Krus
*1936 –Tunay na Ina
*1937 -Milagro ng Nazareno sa Quiapo
*1937 -Anak ng Kadiliman
*1938 -Inang Mahal
*1938 -Alipin ng Palad
*1938 -Mariang Alimango
*1938 -Ang Pusong Wasak
*1939 -Anak ng Hinagpis
*1939 -Tatlong Pagkabirhen
*1939 -Palaboy ng Diyos
*1939 -Ang Magsasampaguita
*1940 -Awit ng Magulang
*1940 -Pangarap
*1940 -Lihim ng Lumang Simbahan
*1940 -Sa Duyang ng Pagmamahal
*1940 -Sawing Gantimpala
*1940 -Bahaghari
*1941 -Panambitan
*1941 -Paraiso
*1946 -Guerilyera
*1946 -Maynila
*1947 -Lantang Asahar
*1947 -Ang Kapilya sa Daangbakal
*1947 -Dahil sa Ina
*1948 -Ang Anak ng Dagat
*1948 -Pamana ng Tulisan
*1948 -Bulaklak na Walang Pangalan
*1948 -Dahil sa Iyo
*1948 -Tatlong Puso
*1948 -Maharlika
*1949 -Always kay ganda mo
*1949 -Ulilang Kalapati]
*1949 -Tala sa Umaga
*1949 -Milagro ng Birhen ng mga Rosas
*1949 -Sa Piling Mo
*1950 -Huwag ka ng Magtampo!
*1950 -Umaga na Giliw
*1950 -Kay Ganda mo Neneng
*1951 -Kasintahan sa Pangarap
*1952 -Barbaro
*1952 -Buhay Pilipino
*1952 -Cumbanchera
*1953 -Ang Ating Pag-ibig
*1953 -Sa Isang Sulyap mo Tita
*1953 -Vod-A-Vil
*1954 -Sa Isang Halik mo Pancho
*1955 -Maria Went to Town
*1956 -Mr. & Mrs.
*1957 -Bicol Express
*1957 -Yaya Maria
*1958 -Tatak ni Solomon