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1.27.2006

Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana



Daisy Hontiveros-Avellana


Co-founder of the first Philippine theater group, the Barangay Theater Guild (1939)

Philippine National Artist in Theater (1999)


ALIAS
"First Lady of Philippine Theatre"


DATE OF BIRTH
January 26, 1917

BIRTHPLACE
Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines


HUSBAND: Lamberto Avellana



USEFUL LINKS

NCCA Culture Profile: Daisy H. Avellana
Hontiveros-Avellana directs ‘The Vigil’
The Filipina as National Artist

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