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1. ANITA LINDA

2. Anita Linda
Anita Linda (born Alice Bueñaflor Lake;[1] November
23, 1924 – June 10, 2020),[2] was a Filipino actress
whose career spanned nearly eight decades and had
done close to 400 motion pictures.[3] A romantic lead in
her early years, she gained widespread acclaim for her
portrayals of maternal, elderly roles depicting Filipino
struggles and their lifestyle.[4] Often described as the
face of Philippine cinema,[5] she was one of the
top box-office draws for two decades[6][7] and has
received numerous accolades from international film
festivals & domestic award-giving bodies.

3. Early career
Linda was born Alice Bueñaflor Lake in Pasay to James
Lake, an American soldier and mining engineer, and
Gorgonia Bueñaflor of Iloilo.
Linda was discovered by renowned director Lamberto
Avellana while watching a stage show at the Avenue
Theater starring Leopoldo Salcedo, Lopito, among
others. Then a Ilongga teenager that couldn't
speak Tagalog, she had second thoughts when she
was asked backstage if she wanted to become an
actress. Avellana then told her to report for rehearsals
for the next show and later had her fetched when she
didn't appear.

4. Linda first did High School with no dialogue,
then Biyernes sa Quiapo with Jaime dela Rosa as
her leading man, then Aksesorya with Leopoldo
Salcedo onstage. Avellana later gave her the
screen name Anita Linda and cast her in Tia
Juana, her first film at LVN Pictures.[11] The film
was completed shortly before the Japanese
invasion of the Philippines, but released only in
1943.

5. With the film studios being shut down for the
duration of the war, Linda spent the war years
performing on bodabil at Avenue Theater in
Manila.[10] After the war in 1947, she was later
offered a contract by Premiere Productions where
she was cast by Avellana in Sekretang Hong
Kong with Pugo and Togo. Her first lead role
in Alyas Sakim with Pol Salcedo in 1947 was
directed by Moises Cagin.

6. In 1951, Linda portrayed the title character
in Gerardo de Leon's Sisa, a film based on the
tragic character in Jose Rizal's novel Noli Me
Tangere. The role garnered her the Best Actress
Maria Clara award (a precursor of
the FAMAS).[10] De Leon then cast Linda in Sawa
sa Lumang Simboryo (1952), a role for which
Linda would be nominated for a FAMAS Best
Actress Award.

7. Later career
In the 1970s, Linda gained renewed critical acclaim in
maternal roles she played for director Lino
Brocka in Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974), Isa
Dalawa Tatlo (1974) and Jaguar (1979). She would win
the FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress for Isa
Dalawa Tatlo. Linda would also be nominated for
the Gawad Urian Best Supporting Actress Award
for Jaguar, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at
the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. In 1982 she was given
the Natatanging Gawad Urian ng Manunuri ng
Pelikulang Pilipino.

8. Linda would appear in several leading films of the
1980s and 1990s, including Joey
Gosiengfiao's Temptation Island (1980), Mike de
Leon's Sister Stella L. (1984), Chito S. Roño's Itanong
Mo sa Buwan and Brocka's Gumapang ka sa
Lusak (1990). For her portrayal of an aging film actress
in Mario O'Hara’s Ang Babae sa Bubungang
Lata (1998), Linda would receive a Star Award for Best
Supporting Actress and her second FAMAS Best
Supporting Actress Award. For this, she set a record as
the oldest actress to ever win a FAMAS at age 74. In
1987, Linda also won a Gawad Urian Best Supporting
Actress award for Takaw Tukso.

9. Linda remained active in the film industry as she
reached her eighties, appearing in such films
as Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita (2004), You Are
the One (2006) and Ouija (2007). In 2009, she
returned to television, starring in the ABS-
CBN drama Tayong Dalawa as Kim Chiu's ruthless
Chinese grandmother Lily and in the upcoming
ABS-CBN horror suspense primetime
series Florinda.

10. Linda garnered widespread acclaim in 2008, she
starred in the independent film, Adela (2008), directed
by Adolfo Alix, Jr. For her performance playing the
loneliness of a woman celebrating her 80th birthday
alone when her children failed to visit her, she was
cited as Best Actress in the 10th Cinemanila
International Film Festival (Southeast Asia Film
Competition),[12] as Best Actress by the Young Critics
Circle,[13] and as Best Actress (tied with Judy Ann
Santos) at the Gawad Tanglaw Awards.[14] The New
York Times film critic Stephen Holden praised Linda's
performance as "quietly transfixing".[15] In 2009, Anita
Linda was given the ENPRESS Lino Brocka Lifetime
Achievement Award.

11. She won the Best Supporting Actress award, for
her performance in Sta. Niña, at the Cinemalaya
2012 under the New Breed Full Length Feature
Category.
In 2014, she made a comeback on primetime
television in an ensemble drama Sana Bukas pa
ang Kahapon as Paulo Avelino's grandmother Lola
Patchi.

12. Personal life
• She was married to actor Fred Cortes Sr.(stage name)
The marriage lasted 2 years. They had a son Fred
Cortes Jr. (stage name)[19]
• In January 2009, Linda was unhurt in a mugging
incident that occurred while she was aboard a
taxicab.[20] In October 1950, Linda's sister Mamey was
murdered in a robbery attempt at the home they had
shared; Linda herself was unharmed after she and her
nieces had locked themselves in a bedroom to evade
the burglars.

13. Death
Linda died on June 10, 2020. She was 95.[22] The
news was confirmed by her daughter, Francesca
Legaspi by a text message to STAR news.

14. 1943 Tiya Juana LVN Pictures
1947 Alias Sakim Premiere Productions
1947 Sekretang Hong Kong Premiere Productions
1947 Ngayon at Kailan Man Premiere Productions
1948 Labi ng Bataan
1948 Perfidia: Kataksilan Premiere Productions
1948 Anghel sa Lupa Premiere Productions
1948 Hiram na Pangalan
1948 Wala Na Akong Luha
1949
Ang Lumang Bahay sa
Gulod

15. 1949 Bakit Ako Luluha?
1949 Bandilang Basahan
1949 Ina ng Awa
1949 Dugo ng Katipunan
1949 Kay Ganda ng Umaga
1949 Kung Sakali Ma't Salat
1949 Magkapilas ng Langit
1949
Suwail (Naglaro ang
Ligaya)
1950 3 Balaraw
1950
Hiwaga ng Tulay na
Bato