
Vilma Santos
Department: Acting
Biography
Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (born November 3, 1953) is a Filipina actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She has currently serving as Governor of Batangas since 2025, which she previously served from 2007 to 2016. Her career as an actress has spanned more than five decades, beginning when she debuted as a child actress in the 1963 film Trudis Liit, for which she won her first FAMAS Award (Best Child Performer). She won the FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her dual role in "Dama de Noche" (1972). She has portrayed the superhero Darna in four films beginning with "Lipad, Darna, Lipad!" in 1973. Santos produced "Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak" (1978), which won both the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and the Gawad Urian for Best Film. In local media, she has been referred to as "Star for All Seasons" for the varied genres of her films and holds the titles of Grand Slam Queen, Queen of Queens, and the Longest Reigning Box Office Queen of Philippine Cinema. She was hailed as the enduring Grand Dame of the Philippine Film Industry by a foreign critic at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the first Filipina actress to be bestowed such a tile.
Known For

Iskorokotoy
1981

No Other Love
1982

Engkanto
1992

Ayaw Kong Maging Querida
1983

Makahiya at Talahib
1976

Because I Love: The Dolzura Cortez Story
1993

In My Life
2009

Pinay, American Style
1979

Blood and Love on a Piece of Land
1975

Lea's Story
1998

The Healing
2012

Dalagang Nayon
1972

Happy Days Are Here Again
1974

Batya't Palu-Palo
1974

The Bit Player
2013

When I Met You In Tokyo
2023

Charot
1984

Anim Na Dekada… Nag-Iisang VILMA
2023

Burlesk Queen
1977

Inspiration
1972

Now and Forever
1973

Young Love
1970

Good Morning, Sunshine
1980

When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black
1978

An Affair
1982

Batang Iwahig
1966

Kampus?
1978

Leron-Leron Sinta
1972

Darna vs. The Planet Women
1975

Darna and Ding
1980

Darna and the Giants
1973

Patayan Files: Ang Pinakamalalaking Murder Cases Ng Dekada '90
2022

Asawa Ko Huwag Mong Agawin
1987

Karma
1981

Double Terrible
1975

Mano Po III: My Love
2004

T-Bird at Ako
1982

Love Letters
1970

Dyesebel
1973

Swing It... Baby!
1979

How Often Is Sometimes?
1982

Miss X
1980

The '70s
2002

Heaven's Judgment
1990

The Child
2000

Baby Tsina
1984

Karugtong Ang Kahapon
1975

King & Queen for a Day
1963

The Longest Hundred Miles
1967

Uncensored: Sex In Philippine Cinema 3
2005

Haplos
1982

Remembrance
1972

Takot Ako, Eh!
1987

Edgar Loves Vilma
1970

All Be Damned
1990

Tatlong Mukha ni Rosa Vilma
1972

Aninong Bakal
1963

Broken Marriage
1983

You Are Mine
1978

Sister Stella L.
1984

Ibong Lukaret
1975

Bertang Karengkeng
1976

Mga Rosas sa Putikan
1976

King
1978

Doctor, Doctor, We Are Sick
1985

Pinagbuklod ng Pag-Ibig
1978

Angelita's Eyes
1978

Paano Ba ang Mangarap?
1983

Begging for Love
1986

Let's Embrace the Past Once More
1983

To Live Another Day
1989

Where Is Love Hiding?
1987

All for You
1982

Unleash the Love Again
1985

Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos
1988

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon
1977

Written in Our Destiny
1965

One and Only Star
1994

Everything About Her
2016

Rubia Servios
1978

Langis at Tubig
1980

Sinungaling Mong Puso
1992

Hanggang Ngayon Ika'y Minamahal
1997

Ipagpatawad Mo
1991

Nakawin Natin Ang Bawat Sandali
1978

Anak ng asuang
1973

Only You
1993

Dripping Blood
1987

The Creeping Hand
1974

Adultery
1984

Summer Rains
1975

Fly, Darna, Fly!
1973

This Is a Filipino
1966

Wild Whirlwind
1974

Bato Sa Buhangin
1976

Immortal
1989

Relaks ka Lang Sagot Kita
1994

Lipa 'Arandia' Massacre: Lord, Deliver Us from Evil
1994

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
1986

Magkaribal
1979

Kampanerang Kuba
1974

D' Lucky Ones!
2006

Yakapin Mo ‘Ko, Lalaking Matapang
1980

Ikaw ang Mahal Ko
1996

Pinagbuklod ng Langit
1969

Pakawalan Mo Ako
1981

Masarap, Masakit... ang Umibig
1977

Uninvited
2024

Bukas Sisikat Din Ang Araw
1988

Clown
1986

Fast Talk with Boy Abunda
2023