Liza Lorena

Elizabeth Ann Jolene Luciano Winsett (born October 31, 1949),^[1] known by the stage name Liza Lorena, is a Filipino former beauty queen and multi-awarded actress in the Philippines.^[2][3] She was a First Runner-Up in the Bb. Pilipinas pageant in 1966.

Career

Lorena was a flight stewardess (for PAL domestic flights), tourist guide and PTTA receptionist before she became first runner-up in the 1966 Binibining Pilipinas pageant to Maria Clarinda Soriano, who placed in the Top 15 of the 1966 Miss Universe contest. After her pageantry stint, she received movie offers from Dr. Jose Perez of Sampaguita Pictures, but Jose Nepomuceno won over her. She was chosen from among 64 candidates who read the lines of Esperanza for Dahil Sa Isang Bulaklak (1967), topbilled by Charito Solis and Ric Rodrigo.

She won the FAP Best Supporting Actress award for her performance in Oro, Plata, Mata (1982). In 1986, she received the Best Supporting Actress award from Gawad Urian for the movie Miguelito: Batang Rebelde.

Lorena appeared in GMA's TV series Kung Mawawala Ka (2001-2003) with Sunshine Dizon, and in ABS-CBN's Maria Flordeluna (2007) starring Eliza Pineda. She also in the cast of ABS-CBN's Apoy Sa Dagat premiered on February 11, 2013, which stars Angelica Panganiban, Diether Ocampo and Piolo Pascual.

As a veteran actress, Lorena appeared in more than 185 movies and television shows since 1967. The most notable movies she played in were "May bukas pa" (2009), "Legacy" (2012) and "Guns and Roses" (2011).^[4]

Personal life

Lorena was born in Pampanga in 1949.^[1] She is the mother of actor Tonton Gutierrez to former matinee idol Eddie Gutierrez.^[5] She gave birth to Tonton a year after she joined Bb. Pilpinas. Lorena has a daughter named Wednesday by businessman Honey Boy Palanca. She has a grandson, Wednesday's child Carlos Philippe Winsett Palanca, who won first place in the 2009 Kids Golf European Championships beating 30 other golfers from around the world, held in Scotland.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Television

Selected movies

• The Achy Breaky Hearts (2016)
• Everyday I Love You (2015)
• Starting Over Again (2014)
• Pagpag: Siyam na Buhay (2013)
• Thy Womb (2012)
• Captive (2012)
• Rosario (2010)
• Presa (2010)
• Working Girls (2010)
• The Red Shoes (2010)
• I Love You, Goodbye (2009)
• Maximus & Minimus (2009)
• Last Supper No. 3 (2009)
• Villa Estrella (2009)
• Katas Ng Saudi (2007)
• Sukob (2006)
• Matakot Ka Sa Karma (2006)
• Mother Nanny (2006)
• Barang (2006)
• The Wedding Curse (2006)
• Summer Heat (2006)
• Kutob (2005)
• My First Romance (2003)
• Kailangan Kita (2002)
• Ikaw Lamang Hanggang Ngayon (2002)
• The Life Of Rosa (2001)
• May Minamahal (1993)
• Tinik Sa Dibdib (1985)
• Bagets (1984)
• Oro, Plata, Mata (1982)
• Supergirl (1973)
• Zoom, Zoom, Superman! (1973)
• Because of a Flower (1967)

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References

External links

• Liza Lorena on IMDb
• "Movie Celebrities Now And Then: Liza Lorena