Teresita Rigo Durango-Magalona (September 30, 1928 – April 27, 1990), better known as Tita Duran, was a Filipino actress whose career spanned more than two decades. After the second world war, she achieved continued success as a romantic lead in musical dramas with frequent on-screen partner Pancho Magalona.
Personal life Teresita Rigo Durango was born September 30, 1928. Duran married Pancho Magalona on October 2, 1948. She was the mother of Francis Magalona and grandmother of Maxene Magalona. Duran died on April 27, 1990, in Manila, Philippines, she was 61 years old.
Career Duran played a seven-year-old child abandoned by her mother in the 1936 family drama, Awit ng mga Ulila (The Songs of the Orphans).
In 1938, Sampaguita Pictures cast Duran in a tear-jerker movie titled Inang Mahal (Dear Mother). Her second movie for Sampaguita Pictures was Ang Magsasampaguita (The Sampaguita Vendor).
Duran made two movies for LVN Pictures: Pangarap (Dream) and Sawing Gantimpala (Lost Prize), both in 1940.
She was named the most popular child star of Pre-war Philippine cinema.
After World War II, she returned to Sampaguita Pictures. She was in a war film with Carmen Rosales titled Guerilyera, and typecasted in numerous musical films paired with some of Sampaguita's finest actors. Her last movie with Sampaguita Pictures was Isang Halik Mo, Pancho (One Kiss From You, Pancho). She made Maria Went to Town for Deegar Cinema, Inc.
In 1987, Duran was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Film Academy of the Philippines.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Director Ref: 1936 Awit ng mga Ulila Mar I. Esmeralda 1936 Sa Paanan ng Krus 1937 Milagro ng Nazareno sa Quiapo Anak ng Kadiliman 1938 Mariang Alimango Alipin ng Palad Ang Magmamani Ang Pusong Wasak 1939 Yaman ang mahirap Palaboy ng Diyos Tunay Na Ina Ang Magsasampaguita Inang Mahal Tatlong pagkabirhen Anak ng Hinagpis 1940 Sawing gantingpala 1940 Pangarap 1940 - Nang Mahawi ang ulap 1940 - Awit ng Magulang 1940 - Lihim ng Lumang Simbahan 1940 - Sa Duyang ng Pagmamahal 1940 - Bahaghari 1941 - Paraiso 1941 - Panambitan 1946 - Guerilyera 1946 - Maynila 1947 - Dahil Sa Ina 1947 - Lantang Asahar 1947 - Ang Kapilya sa May Daang Bakal 1948 - Ang Anak ng Dagat 1948 - Pamana ng Tulisan 1948 - Bulaklak na Walang Pangalan 1948 - Tatlong Puso 1948 - Maharlika 1949 - Ulilang Kalapati 1949 - Always kay ganda mo 1949 - Milagro ng Birhen ng mga Rosas 1949 - Dahil sa Iyo 1949 - Tala sa Umaga 1949 - Sa Piling Mo 1950 - Huwag Ka ng Magtampo! 1950 - Umaga na, Giliw 1950 - Kay Ganda Mo Neneng 1950 - Umaga ng Neneng 1951 - Kasintahan sa Pangarap 1952 - Barbaro 1952 - Buhay Pilipino 1952 - Sabas, ang Barbaro. Director Eddie Romero.Sampaguita Pictures. 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 - Bella Filipina 1956 - Mr. & Mrs. 1956 - Rockin' the Cha-Cha 1957 - Bicol Express 1957 - Yaya Maria 1958 - Tatak ni Solomon 1977 - Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping? 1983 - Bundok ng Susong Dalaga 1988 - Isusumbong Kita sa Diyos
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