CAPIZ BEST FILIPINO ARTIST FOR THEATER
Daisy H. Avellana, is an actor, director
and writer. Born in Roxas City, Capiz on January 26, 1917, she elevated
legitimate theater and dramatic arts to a new level of excellence by staging
and performing in breakthrough productions of classic Filipino and foreign
plays and by encouraging the establishment of performing groups and the
professionalization of Filipino theater.
Together with her husband, National
Artist Lamberto Avellana and other artists, she co-founded the Barangay Theatre
Guild in 1939 which paved the way for the popularization of theatre and
dramatic arts in the country, utilizing radio and television.
She starred in plays like Othello (1953), Macbeth
in Black (1959), Casa
de Bernarda Alba (1967), Tatarin.
She is best remembered for her portrayal of Candida Marasigan in the stage and film versions of Nick
Joaquin’s Portrait of the Artist as Filipino.
Her directorial credits include Diego Silang (1968), and Walang Sugat (1971). Among her screenplays were Sakay (1939) and Portrait
of the Artist as Filipino (1955).
When she was conferred the National Artist
Theater Award, Avellana was cited as a consummate actor, inspiring director,
pioneer in stage acting, and for having devoted most of her life for the
establishment of professional performing groups and the professionalization of
theater, according to the CCP website.
Avellana was best remembered as Candida Marasigan in Nick Joaquin’s Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. Avellana was buried at the Loyola Park in Marikina City.
Avellana was best remembered as Candida Marasigan in Nick Joaquin’s Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. Avellana was buried at the Loyola Park in Marikina City.
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