Bella Flores

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Bella Flores

Born Remedios Dancel
February 27, 1936 (1936-02-27) (age 72)
Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
Years active 1950 - present

Remedios P. Dancel (born February 27, 1936),[1] better known as Bella Flores, is a FAMAS award-winning Filipino film actress. She is best known for her "iconic" portrayals of film villains.[2]

[edit] Biography

Flores was born in Manila. She was a college sophomore at the Far Eastern University when she appeared in her first film, Tatlong Balaraw (1950), at age 14.

Flores was signed by Sampaguita Pictures. She was cast in Roberta as the cruel stepmother of Tessie Agana's titular character, despite her being all of 15 years old. The film was a box-office success, credited with saving Sampaguita Pictures from bankruptcy after a fire had destroyed its studio.[1] The film's success also elevated Flores into the upper tier of stars, and typecast her in villainous roles. The film critic Nestor Torre remarked that Flores had "been making life miserable for many generations of hapless stars—all the way back to little Tessie Agana and Boy Alano in 'Roberta' in the early 1950s, to her fresh batch of victims in the New Millennium... doing it without skipping a beat—and without aging (much) to boot."[2]

Flores has appeared in over 100 films.[3] She received the 1967 FAMAS Best Supporting Actress award for her role in Ang Kaibigan Kong Santo Niño.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Lena Pareja (1994). "Philippine Film". CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art (1st) VIII. Ed. Nicanor Tiongson. Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines. p.250. ISBN 971-8546-31-6. Retrieved on January 2008. 
  2. ^ a b Nestor U. Torre. "Guilty pleasures in the biz", Viewfinder, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2007-07-24. Retrieved on 2008-03-05. 
  3. ^ IMDB: Bella Flores. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.

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Persondata
NAME Flores, Bella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dancel, Remedios
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH 1936-2-27
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH