Зени Забала: Филиппин актрисасының өмірі мен мансабы

Filipino actress

Emerenciana Ortiz Santos (July 21, 1937 – August 8, 2017), professionally known as Zeny Zabala, was a Filipina actress. Born and raised in Marikina, she was known as the villain of Sampaguita Pictures for her frequent roles as a villainess in her films.

The fourth child among nine siblings, Zabala was born in Marikina on April 21, 1937, to shoemaker Enrique Santos and Ursula Ortiz.

She was discovered when she was accompanying her sister Caridad who was then in the film industry in 1953. In 1963, Zabala became a freelance actress. In 1964, Zabala earned her first FAMAS acting nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Ang Bukas Ay Akin!, topbilled by Charito Solis and Nestor de Villa. In the same year, she remarried with director Ben Feleo. In the mid 1960s, Zabala began establishing businesses in Marikina outside her film career, such as a restaurant called Zeny Zabala's Canteen near the town's Shoe Trade Fair, a shoe making shop called LeConstant Shoe Shop, and a furniture store. Zabala is soon offered by businessman Narciso G. Isidro, the grandfather of singer Agot Isidro, a lead role in the film Ruby, to be produced by his newly established film studio in Marikina called NGI Productions. In the 1980s, she continued to appear in more Dolphy films such as Kalabog en Bosyo Strike Again (1985) and her last known big screen appearance, Tataynic (1998), both directed by her husband Ben, who died in 2011. She co starred with Vilma Santos in Marilou Diaz Abaya's Baby Tsina in 1984 and appeared as Santos' cruel mother in law in Chito Roño's Ikaw Lang in 1991. She joined the cast of John en Marsha in 1982 as the mother of Madel, Rolly Puruntong's wife.

In 1964, She married director Ben Feleo; they met in 1962. She is the stepfather of Feleo's son Johnny Delgado from his previous marriage. He died by a stroke in September 2011. She died on August 8, 2017, aged 80 in Quezon City, Philippines.

Year Title Role Note(s) Ref(s) (Reference(s)). 1954 Siga Siga 1954 Lourdes Milyonarya at Hampaslupa Tin Edyer 1955 Pandora Binibining Kalog 1956 Prince Charming Teresa Gilda Gigolo 1957 Sino ang Maysala? Pasang Krus Pretty Boy Prinsesang Gusgusin 1958 Mga Reyna ng Vicks Palaboy Berdaderong Ginto Talipandas 1963 Dance O Rama Ang Bukas Ay Akin 1964 Ang Mahiwagang Pag ibig ni Lola Cinderella 1965 Ana Roberta 1966 Viva Ranchera Esmeralda 1967 The Sunjuka Master Ruby Ruby 1968 Mindanao Room for Rent 1969 Kalinga Luzviminda: Inang Pilipinas Luzviminda 1970 Our Lady of Peñafrancia (Patroness of Bicolandia) 1984 Baby Tsina 1985 John en Marsha '85 1987 My Bugoy Goes to Congress 1991 Ikaw Lang Martha Contreras Gang Chinese wife 1993 Gagay: Prinsesa ng Brownout Aling Huling 1995 Okey si Mam 1996 Neber2Geder 1997 Extranghero Doña Isabel 1997 Strict ang Parents Ko! Doña Felicidad Zaragoza 1998 Tataynic Doña Isabel