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The only living Filipino actress who can claim to have been a movie queen during the 1950s and still appear in a 2006 film. Ever the durable actress, she even had a contract with a television network until her death on January 2025.

Separated from her husband, actor Juancho Gutierrez, but when he got sick, she took him back and nursed him to health.

Parents are Pedro Galla and Mary Borrego.

Sister of Tito Galla.

Has a daughter with husband Juancho Gutierrez, Maritess Gutierrez, who tried acting briefly.

She and Nida Blanca were arch-rivals as movie queens during the 1950s and 1960s, but were very friendly with each other. Ms Romero even agreed to have a lesser role in Ms Blanca's Miguelito (Batang Rebelde) (1985).

The only actress in Philippine movie history to win the FAMAS Best Actress Award for a comedy role.

In 1954, Romero won the title Miss Visayas after placing third runner-up at the National Fair Maria Teresa Larrazabal.

At age 11, Romero started aspiring of becoming an actress. After graduating from high school at the Riverview High, her family moved to Manila and with her father's consent, she tried her luck in the show business. She first appeared as an extra in the 1949 film Ang Bahay sa Lumang Gulod, as well as in two other films under Premiere Productions Prinsipe Don Juan (1951) and Bahay na Tisa (1951).

Romero was the highest-paid movie actress in the 1950s and was one of the top box-office draws for nearly two decades, making her one of the major stars of the first Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.

She gained success for her starring roles in romantic comedies, characters popularized in comic strips and remakes of pre-war musical films.

Romero was described as the Grace Kelly of the Philippines for her "modest", "quiet and gentle gestures". The Philippine Star described her as one of the most revered and recognizable actresses in the Philippines.

Romero was bestowed a two-hour Manila Hotel tribute on February 28, 2024, organized by Daisy Romualdez.

At age 85, she became the oldest woman to win Best Actress at the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival.

Her father was a Filipino who went to the United States to pursue his education. There he met Romero's mother Mary Borrego of Spanish-American descent. In 1937, they went to the Philippines to visit their grandparents in Mabini, Pangasinan. The family's plan of going back to Denver was always postponed, and the supposed vacation was extended. When World War II was declared, the Gallas were trapped in the Philippines.

Described by The Manila Times as one of the most iconic figures in Philippine film industry, Romero was one of the major and last surviving stars from the first Golden Age of Philippine cinema.

She has appeared in over 250 motion pictures and television productions.

After a series of minor film roles, she launched a career with a secondary role in Madame X (1952) and won her first FAMAS Award for Best Actress for playing a wacky tobacco-smoking maiden in Dalagang Ilocana (1954).

Romero attended Mabini Elementary School and Riverview High School in the town of Mabini. She did not finish her studies in high school.

Romero began appearing as a background actor at the age of 16.

Often referred to as the "Queen of Philippine Cinema", she was known for her sophisticated screen persona and restrained acting style.

Gloria Romero was a Filipino actress. With a career spanning 70 years.

Gloria Romero was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by government agencies and major award-giving bodies, including the Luna Awards in 2002, FAMAS, Gawad Urian (both in 2004), the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) in 2009 and Film Development Council of the Philippines in 2024.

She also received international recognition for her performance in Rainbow's Sunset, winning two International Film Festival Manhattan Awards for Best Actress and Best Ensemble Acting.

In celebration of her 90th birthday, Romero made her first public appearance at the Sampaguita Studios in Quezon City since the global pandemic in 2020.