Barbara Perez

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Barbara Perez
Born
Barbara Muñoz Perez III

(1938-01-04) January 4, 1938 (age 86) [1]
Occupation Actress
Years active1956–present
Spouse
(m. 1962;died 2023)
Children3

Barbara Perez (born January 4, 1938) is a Filipina actress in movies and television. She was tagged as the "Audrey Hepburn of the Philippines" due to her doe eyes, pixie face, swan-like neck and 19-inch waistline. In the west she appeared in No Man Is an Island , a 1962 Hollywood movie starring Jeffrey Hunter.

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A Prolific Film Actress in the late '70s to '80s, she lended her thespic talents as a kontrabida or antagonist/villain. In 2002 to 2004, she was a part of the GMA Primetime hit soap Ang Iibigin ay Ikaw and Ang Iibigin ay Ikaw Pa Rin as Felisa.

Career

Perez appeared in more than 75 movies and television shows since 1956. Perez made films included Pagdating ng Takip-Silim (1956), Chabacano (1956), Pampanguena (1956), Gigolo (1956), Ate Barbara (1957), Kalabog En Bosyo (1959) and Tatlong Ilaw sa Dambana (1958).

After she made No Man Is an Island (1962), she was offered a five-year contract by Universal Studios. But she turned it down and decided to marry her boyfriend, Robert Arevalo. She appeared with her real-life husband in Daigdig ng Mga Api (1965) which garnered Best Actor and Best Actress awards for the couple.

She made other films, such as P.S. I Love You (1981) starring Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion, Blusang Itim (1986) starring Snooky Serna and Richard Gomez, Taray at Teroy (1988) starring Maricel Soriano and Randy Santiago, Ang Babaeng Nawawala sa Sarili (1989) with Dina Bonnevie, and Iisa Pa Lamang (1992) with Dawn Zulueta.

She appeared on television via ABS-CBN's series Budoy (2011) and Kahit Puso'y Masugatan (2012).

In 2018 after almost 5 years on hiatus, she returned to showbiz via GMA Network's series Sherlock Jr.

Personal life

Born Barbara Muñoz Perez III, after her grandmother and mother, she is the eldest among the nine children of Antonio Perez from Urdaneta, Pangasinan and Barbara Munoz of Manila. Her grandfather was a Spanish engineer, who was among the builders of the national landmark, the Manila Hotel.

Perez was a journalism junior at University of Santo Tomas before entering showbiz. She married veteran dramatic actor Robert Arevalo, [2] with whom she has three children, Anna, a director of commercials; Georgina, a full-time hands-on mom; and Christian, a student at Xavier School.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

YearAward-giving bodyCategoryWorkResult
1961 FAMAS Awards Best SupportingGumuhong BantayogNominated
1966 FAMAS Awards Best ActressAng Daigdig ng mga ApiWon
1967 FAMAS Awards Best ActressIto ang PilipinoNominated
1969 FAMAS Awards Best ActressBarbaro CristobalNominated

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