Lolita Rodriguez

Lolita Rodriguez (January 29, 1935 – November 28, 2016), Lolita Clark in real life because her father was an American and she is a multi-awarded actress in the Philippines. She was paired with Eddie Arenas in Gilda (1956), in which she won her first FAMAS Award for Best Actress.

Career

In 1953, at the age of 18, she entered the movies. Her first movie was in Sampaguita Pictures Ating Pag-ibig (1953) starring Tita Duran and Pancho Magalona, followed by Apat Na Taga (1953), Cofradia (1953), Mr. Kasintahan (1953), Sabungera (1954), Pilya (1954) with Gloria Romero and Ric Rodrigo, Jack And Jill (1955) with Dolphy and Rogelio dela Rosa, Binibining Kalog (1955) with Ramon Revilla, Tanikalang Apoy (1955) with Paraluman, Kanto Girl (1956) with Oscar Moreno, and Alipin Ng Palad (1959) with Luis Gonzales.

She also appeared in action films including Tarhata (1957), Kilabot Sa Makiling (1959), Kapitan Lolita Limbas (1961) with Greg Martin, Eddie Garcia, Lito Legaspi and Josephine Estrada, and Diegong Tabak (1962).

After Sampaguita, she continued her work in cinema whenever a good role beckoned. At the 1968 Manila Film Festival, she was the Best Actress awardee for Kasalanan Kaya?, and also at the 1971 Catholic Mass Media Awards for Stardoom. Her most enduring achievement was starring in Lino Brocka's 1974 drama, Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang.

In 1979, she performed stage play Larawan playing Candida, at Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA). She appeared in more than 85 movies in drama, comedy and action.

Personal life

She is daughter of an American father, William Charles Clark, and a Filipino mother, Carmen Maiquez. Lolita was born in Majayjay, Laguna. She married, and later divorced Eddie Arenas, also from Sampaguita Pictures. They have three children: Maria Dolores (Birdie), Eduardo Jr. (Bogey), and Maria Carmen (Par). All three are married with families of their own. The singer, Radha, is Bogey's oldest daughter. Lolita and her children migrated to the US in 1977 to be with her mother and siblings. She died of stroke on November 28, 2016, aged 81, at her home in Hemet, California.^[1]

Awards and nominations

Selected filmography

• Cofradia (1953)
• Apat Na Taga (1953)
• Tres Muskiteras (1954)
• Sabungera (1954)
• Batas Ng Alipin (1955)
• Kanto Girl (1956)
• Sino Ang May Sala (1957)
• Kundiman Ng Puso (1958)
• Pitong Pagsisisi (1959)
• Tatlong Patak Ng Luha (1960)
• Wen Manang (1961)
• The Big Broadcast (1962)
• Trudis Liit (1963)
• Sa Bilis Walang Kaparis (1964)
• Sa Kuko Ng Lawin (1964)
• Kay Tagal Ng Umaga (1965)
• Saan Ka Man Naroroon? (1966)
• Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan (1967)
• Donata (1968)
• Ikaw (1969)
• Tubog sa Ginto (1971)
• Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974)
• Mortal (1976)
• Ina, Kapatid, Anak (1979)
• Ina Ka ng Anak Mo (1979)
• Paradise Inn (1985)
• Lucia (1992)
• Ang Anak ni Brocka (2005)^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

References

External links

• Lolita Rodriguez at the Internet Movie Database