Marian Rivera | Marian Gracia Rivera | Captivating Filipina Celebrity

Marian Rivera with a real name of Marian Gracia Rivera born on August 12, 1984 in Madrid, Spain is a Filipina commercial model and actress known for her roles in various Filipino television soap operas like Marimar (2007), Dyesebel (2008), Darna (2009), Amaya(2011), and Temptation of Wife (2012). Marian Rivera was born in Madrid, Spain to Francisco Javier Gracia Alonso, a Spaniard and Amalia Rivera, a Filipina from Cavite. After her parents separated, her mother brought her to the Philippines where she grew up most of her life with her grandmother. She later finished AB Psychology in De La Salle University DasmariƱas.

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Paraluman | Sigrid Sophia Agatha von Giese | Captivating Filipina Celebrity

Paraluman was an award winning Filipino actress active from the 1940s to the 1970s and a major contract star of Sampaguita Pictures. Paraluman whose real name was Sigrid Sophia Agatha von Giese was born on December 14, 1923 in Tayabas, Quezon, of a German father and a Filipino mother in Tayabas, Quezon. She passed away on April 27, 2009 at the age of 85 due to cardiac arrest.

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Paraluman was a major contract star of Sampaguita Pictures and was a contemporary of Fernando Poe Sr. and Marlene Dauden. Paraluman starred in over 60 movies from 1940 to the late 70s. Paraluman's legendary status in Philippine show business and captivating beauty merited her an inclusion in the lyrics of "Ang Huling El Bimbo", one of the most popular songs of Filipino rock band, The Eraserheads. Paraluman was also mentioned in the lyrics of the song "Binibini" by Filipino group, The Rainmakers. A Filipino rock band was also named after the late actress, Paraluman.

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