Marianne dela Riva

Marianne dela Riva
Born Marianne dela Riva
1956
Philippines
Nationality Filipino
Other names Marianne De La Riva
Occupation Actress, Television series
Years active 1973-presents
Spouse(s) Oscar Ortiz

Marianne dela Riva, is a Filipina actress, popularly known as Luisa in Gulong Ng Palad, a classic TV series in the Philippines aired in 1977. She was the favorite leading lady of action king Fernando Poe, Jr. and other action stars in the '80s.

Career

It was fashion designer Pitoy Moreno who discovered Marianne at the age of 16. She used to be one of his models. She became one of Manila's Prettiest. She became a fashion model and then became a print model. She appeared in more than 75 movies and television shows since she started as leading lady of Cocoy Laurel in 1973 movie Love Song. She was nominated as Best Supporting Actress 1975 FAMAS Award for Krimen: Kayo Ang Humatol (1974).

She used to be the most visible actress in the action movie genre. In the '80s, Marianne would come into mind as the leading lady of action stars. Fernando Poe, Jr. openly admitted that Marianne his favorite leading lady. Marianne did movies with action stars: Dante Varona in Carding Estrabel: Tirador Ng Malabon (1980), Rey Malonzo in Kumander .45 (1982), Lito Lapid in Zigomar (1984), Rudy Fernandez in Anak Ng Tondo (1985), Phillip Salvador in Delima Gang (1989), and Eddie Garcia in Mayor Latigo (1991), among others. She did much action movies with Fernando Poe, Jr.

On television made the characters of Marianne as Luisa, Ronald Corveau as Carding, Caridad Sanchez as Aling Idad, Romnick Sarmenta as Peping, Beth Bautista as Mimi, in 1977 TV series Gulong Ng Palad, a great love story of Luisa & Carding, rolled over to television via Banahaw Broadcasting Network, the Philippine TV's first soap opera made household names, ended in 1985. ABS-CBN produced in 2006 remake of Gulong Ng Palad topbilled by Kristine Hermosa and TJ Trinidad.

Marianne's last project was the television remake of Panday, released in December 2005. She was Flavio's wife in Panday IV (the original Panday played by FPJ), which hit the theaters in 1984.

In 1996, She starred in her Villainous role on the Viva Television Produced "Afternoon Telenovela" RJ Nuevas' Mukha Ng Buhay where she starred alongside Main Casts Pilar Pilapil who played Amanda, Lovely Rivero as Emily, and Shintaro Valdez as Eric the series was based on the concept of RJ Nuevas who is now a headwriter at GMA-7 The series ran for a year and she then made various appearances to different telenovelas such as ABS-CBN' Top Rated Teleserye (Television Series) Esperanza in 1999 as a guest appearance and also joined the cast of the first Sex-Political Soap on GMA-7 Halik Sa Apoy

Personal life

Marianne and Ronald Corveau fell in love while doing the series Gulong Ng Palad. They got married and later separated, they had two daughters.

Now, she is based in the New Jersey. Her marriage to Dr. Oscar T. Ortiz was her reason for leaving the country.

Selected filmography

Television

Movies

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pep.ph/spotlight/finder/15773/marianne-dela-riva-and-the-fame-she-didn%5C%5C%5C't-quite-expect "Marianne dela Riva and the fame she didn't quite expect"
  2. ↑ http://www.pinoyparazzi.com/60-taon-ng-pinoy-soap-opera "60 Taon Ng Pinoy Soap Opera"
  3. ↑ http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=72220 "Gulong ng Palad"
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295740/awards "Awards for Marianne dela Riva"
  5. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1295740/ "Marianne dela Riva"
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405546/trivia "Gulong ng Palad (1977-1985)"

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