Elvira Reyes

Acting

August 24, 1925 — March 7, 1982

25 movies

Biography

Elvira Reyes (born Gloria Madisson; August 24, 1925 – March 7, 1982) was a Filipina film actress whose career flourished from the mid-1940s to the 1960s. She was introduced in Orasang Ginto (1946), topbilled by Mila del Sol and Bimbo Danao, under LVN Pictures—the first film produced after the Liberation following World War II. Over the next two decades, Reyes appeared in more than 60 films, establishing herself as one of the most recognisable actresses of her generation. Her breakthrough came t...

🎬 Elvira Reyes's Filmography

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A satire on the social foibles of Filipinos in and out of government, of society, and politics in general.

Si Juan Daldal: Anak ni Juan Tamad

1948

No description available.

North Harbor

1961

9.0

Digno is an ordinary man with extraordinary strengths. He is known to his fellow townspeople as Markado the knight in shining Armour. However, his life turned upside down when Rilampago pretends to be Markado. Peace and order was eradicated as he portrays to be Markado so he can pursue his illegal acts. Witnessing the preconception and the dreadful effect of the make-believe Markado. Digno seeks vengeance to reinstate the peace and order in their town. Notwithstanding the battle he is into, a mystery is being unraveled as he gets closer to the bad guys.

Markado

1960

Donato Navales, a juvenile delinquent, seeks justice when he is wrongly accused of the death of his father, an honest policeman Sgt. Mariano Navales.

Tough Guy

1959

6.6

Temujin, who later became Genghis Khan is wise, or sometimes cunning. He goes through several heroic episodes; competing at the Man of Men contest, falling in love with the enemy commander's daughter, and struggling to restore his demolished hometown. Meanwhile his steps guide him to be a great conqueror. Khan's witty, humorous side in his adolescent years before he takes the throne.

Genghis Khan

1950

No description available.

Aawitan Kita

1959

No description available.

Dearest One: A Million Thanks to You

1966

No description available.

Siete Infantes de Lara

1950

5.8

Stories tell of a beautiful woman who mysteriously walks out of a cemetery at night, boards a carretela for parts unknown. An old witch who tormented by the unjust death of her son wreaks havoc on those responsible for the tragedy. A dead man, rising from the grave, mingles with the living, turns an innocent young girl into a deadly vampire. A young housewife who becomes the object of the ire of a vengeful witch, undergoing an ugly transformation to the horror of her husband and her child.

Night of Terror

1960

Based on the popular legend of the Nibelungen.

Sigfredo

1951

No description available.

Sa Dulo ng Ating Landas

1966

9.0

A bloodthirsty killer is stalking a woman. But who is the maniac?

Footsteps without a Trace

1961

An omnibus seven-part movie.

Bicol Express

1957

8.0

This is the second movie featuring Darna, but now she is facing another villainess, Ang Babaeng Lawin, played by Elvira Reyes.

Darna and the Hawk Woman

1952

4.0

A story about two brothers from a simple family living in an impoverished area and are striving to make life a little better for them. The elder is a popular fist-fighter in their community and the younger is a vendor who dreams of becoming a singer.

Pitong Gatang

1959

No description available.

Prinsipe Paris

1949

A story about a gallant band of masked swordsmen who swore loyalty to the king reunites to help the beleaguered King from the evil plot of his brother out to overthrow him.