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Tita Duran
Teresita Rigo Durango Magalona (born Teresita Rigo Durango; September 30, 1928 – April 27, 1990),[1] known professionally as Tita Duran, was a Filipino film actress who began as a child actress. She was the first successful child star of Philippine cinema. CareerDuran played an eight-year-old child abandoned by her mother in the 1936 family drama, Awit ng mga Ulila (The Songs of the Orphans). In 1938, Sampaguita Pictures cast Duran in a tear-jerker movie titled Inang Mahal (Dear Mother). Her second movie for Sampaguita Pictures was Ang Magsasampaguita (The Sampaguita Vendor). Duran made two movies for LVN Pictures: Pangarap (Dream) and Sawing Gantimpala (Lost Prize), both in 1940. After World War II, she returned to Sampaguita Pictures. She was in a war film with Carmen Rosales titled Guerilyera, and typecasted in numerous musical films paired with some of Sampaguita's finest actors. Her last movie with Sampaguita Pictures was Isang Halik Mo, Pancho (One Kiss From You, Pancho). She made Maria Went to Town for Deegar Cinema, Inc. Her career is similar to that of Hollywood's Shirley Temple. Personal lifeDuran married Pancho Magalona on October 2, 1948. She was the mother of Francis Magalona and grandmother of Maxene Magalona.[2] Duran was the first cousin, once removed, of singer and television personality, Regine Velasquez, as Velasquez's father was Duran's first cousin. DeathTita Duran died on April 27, 1990 in Manila, Philippines. FilmographyFilm
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