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    Amalia Fuentes was a Filipino actress known as the "Queen of Philippine Movies" in the 1960s and 1970s. She starred in over 130 films, many of which she produced through her own production company. Some of her most notable films included Estela Mondragon (1960) and Tatlong Kasaysayan Ng Pag-ibig (1966). Fuentes won Best Actress awards in 1966 and 1973. She retired from films in 2013 and passed away in 2019 due to cardiac arrest and organ failure.

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    Amalia Fuentes was a Filipino actress known as the "Queen of Philippine Movies" in the 1960s and 1970s. She starred in over 130 films, many of which she produced through her own production company. Some of her most notable films included Estela Mondragon (1960) and Tatlong Kasaysayan Ng Pag-ibig (1966). Fuentes won Best Actress awards in 1966 and 1973. She retired from films in 2013 and passed away in 2019 due to cardiac arrest and organ failure.

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    Amalia Fuentes

    Amalia Fuentes

    Amalia Fuentes (Tagalog pronunciation: [aˈmalja ˈfwɛntɛs]; born Amalia Amador Muhlach; August 27,
    1940 – October 5, 2019) was a Filipino actress who reigned as the "Queen of Philippine Movies" in the
    1960s and 1970s. She was once dubbed as the "Elizabeth Taylor of the Philippines".[3] She was the aunt of
    actors Aga Muhlach and Niño Muhlach and the mother of actress Liezl Martinez. She was the first Filipino
    Lux Soap model.

    She produced and starred in her own films in the 1960s to the end of the 1970s. Her movies were big
    moneymakers making her the highest paid movie actress of her generation and a certified Movie and Box
    Office Queen. She later starred in productions by Viva Films (My Only Love), together with Sharon
    Cuneta, Gabby Concepcion and Jackie Lou Blanco. She also starred in later Regal Films such as Asawa Ko
    Huwag Mong Agawin, starring Vilma Santos, Eddie Guttierrez and Gabby Concepcion.
    Career

    In 1956, Fuentes and fellow actor Juancho Gutierrez won Sampaguita Pictures' Mr. & Ms. Number One
    contest. Sampaguita Pictures launched Amalia and Juancho into full stardom in the 1956 film Movie Fan.
    They were initially paired as a "love team" – popular in Philippine cinema – by Sampaguita Pictures, and
    both starred in Rodora (1956), Sonata (1957), Pakiusap (1959), Ang Senyorito at Ang Atsay (1963) among
    others. She was also paired as love team with Romeo Vasquez in Pretty Boy (1957), Bobby (1958), Ako Ang
    May Sala (1958) and Bilanggong Birhen (1960) among others.

    She starred in such notable films as, Estela Mondragon (1960) starring Carmen Rosales, Amy, Susie,
    Tessie (1960) with Susan Roces, Tessie Agana, Joey, Eddie, Lito (1961) starring Jose Mari Gonzales, Eddie
    Gutierrez, Lito Legaspi, Dayukdok (1961) with Carmen Rosales, Luis Gonzales, Barbara
    Perez and Amaliang Mali-Mali (1962) with Luis Gonzales.

    Fuentes wrote the screenplay for the films Tatlong Kasaysayan Ng Pag-ibig (1966), and Ito Ang Aming
    Kasunduan (1973). She starred in and directed Mga Reynang Walang Trono (1976). Fuentes has her own
    production company, AM (Amalia Muhlach) Productions. She produced several movies, most notable of
    which are: Whisper to the Wind (1966), Baril at Rosaryo (1967), and Pwede Ako Pwede Ka Pa Ba?(1976).
    The Philippine Movie Queen's last acting appearance was the ABS CBN hit teleserye Huwag Ka Lang
    Mawawala (2013) with Judy Ann Santos.

    She won Best Actress Awards from Famas in 1966 for Ibulong Mo Sa Hangin and in the 1973 Manila Film
    Festival for the movie Pagibig Mo Buhay Ko!

    Fuentes was a member of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). She
    appeared in more than 130 films.
    Personal life

    Fuentes was born Amalia Amador Muhlach in Bicol. She was educated in Catholic schools.

    After retiring from films in 2013, she suffered a stroke while on vacation in South Korea.[4]

    Her father died during the war and as the eldest child, she became the family breadwinner. Her two younger
    brothers, Alex and Alvaro, are also actors. Amalia married fellow actor Romeo Vasquez in 1965 in Hong
    Kong but they separated in 1969. They had a daughter, Liezl Sumilang (wife of actor Albert Martinez).[5]
    [6]
    After her divorce from Vasquez, Amalia married Joey Stevens, an American businessman with whom she
    adopted a son, Geric Stevens. She divorced Stevens after 28 years of marriage, citing infidelity. Stevens died
    in 2012.
    Death

    Fuentes died on October 5, 2019, due to cardiac arrest and multiple organ failures. [10] She and family are
    buried at Loyola Memorial Park.

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