Daisy Avellana
Daisy Avellana | |
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Avellana on a 2017 stamp of the Philippines | |
Born |
Daisy Hontiveros January 26, 1917 Capiz, Philippine Islands |
Died |
May 12, 2013 96) Philippines | (aged
Nationality | Filipino |
Occupation | Actress, Theater director |
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.[1]
Avellana was born Daisy Hontiveros on January 26, 1917, in Capiz, Capiz, (now Roxas City).[1] Her husband was Lamberto Avellana, a film and stage director who was also named a National Artist in 1976.[1] Daisy and Lamberto Avellana co-founded the Barangay Theater Guild (BTG), together with forty-eight colleagues, in 1939.[1]
Avellana died on May 12, 2013, at the age of 96.[1]
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