Gloria Romero Biography

Fast Facts

• When she was 4, her family decided to visit to her father's parents in Philippines
• Her father kept extending their originally year-long-stay and then got trapped in the country when World War II broke out
• Used to skip school to watch movies at a theater that was about 11 kilometers away from her house
• Started her career in 1950, working as an extra for Premiere Productions and Sampaguita Pictures
• Got noticed for her role in the movie Kasintahan sa Pangarap (1951)
• Got her first speaking part in Ramon Selga (1951), which was her fifth movie
• Dr
• Jose R
• Perez, Sampaguita big boss and Starmaker, gave her the screen name Gloria Romero
• Was crowned Princess of Visayas to Queen at the National Fair Maria Teresa Larrazabal in 1954