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Carvajal was born in Manila in 1898, the daughter of Spanish Zarzuela </ref: nephew, Carlos K.Carvajal> actors, Don Jose Carvajal and Patrocinio Tagaroma de Carvajal.
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Monang Carvajal
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She was dubbed the "Queen of Horror Pictures". In her teens, she was touring the bodabil circuit together with Manuel Silos as a comedy duo known as "Monang & Sano". Silos would later become a prominent film director
Carvajal made her film debut in 1920, in the silent film El Trust de los Tenorios.
Soon, she found herself frequently cast in horror films, often as a monster, a witch (mangkukulam) or some other supernatural being. Along her roles in this vein were in such films as Sumpa ng Aswang (1935), Gamu-Gamong Naging Lawin (1937), Halimaw (1941), and Malaya, Mutya ng Gubat (1948).
Carvajal was also adept as a film comedian as well, appearing in comic roles in Ay Monang (1939), Victory Joe (1946), and Principe Amante (1950). In 1962, she would be nominated for a FAMAS Best Supporting Actress award for her role in El Filibusterismo, Gerardo de Leon"s film version of Jose Rizal"s second novel.
Thirty two years earlier, Carvajal had appeared in a silent film version of Rizal"s first novel, Noli Maine Tangere.
Carvajal maintained an active film career until nearly the end of her life, appearing in Mga Bilangong Birhen (1977). She died from cancer at Cardinal Santos Medical Center in June 1980. He is the present co-artistic director of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2015.
1933 - Doctor Kuba 1934 - X3X 1935 - Himala ni Bathala 1935 - Sumpa ng Aswang 1937 - Gamu-gamong Naging Lawin 1940 - Hali 1941 - Mariposa 1941 - Panibugho 1941 - Binibini ng Palengke 1941 - Manilena 1941 - Halimaw 1941 - Palaris 1941 - Serenata sa Nayon 1946 - Ligaya 1947 - Si Juan Tamad 1947 - Maling Akala 1947 - Oh, Salapi! 1948 - Malaya (aka Mutya sa Gubat) 1949 - Gitano 1950 - Doctor X 1954 - Dalaginding 1954 - Dambanang Putik 1954 - Mabangong Kandungan 1955 - Tagapagmana 1955 - Indian Pana 1956 - Anak Dalia 1961 - The Moises Padilla Story 1976 - Mga Bilanggong Birhen.
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