Lucita Soriano (Biography)

Lucita Soriano (February 23, 1941 - July 8, 2015) was an actress in the Philippines. She appeared in more than 215 movies and television shows. She was runner-up in the Miss Philippine Press Photography (PPP) 1964 beauty pageant.

Her first movie contract was with Premiere Productions. She had a movie for a bit player role as one of the many women of Romeo Vasquez in Lover Boy (1958). Soriano's big break in the movies came when she auditioned for the movie I Believe (1961). In 1965, she did Pasko Ng Limang Magdalena with Divina Valencia, Daisy Romualdez, Ruby Regala and Miriam Jurado. In 1967, she did Ako... Laban Sa Lipunan, a controversial movie about the tragic incident in the life of Lucila Lalu. She did the movie with Rodolfo Boy Garcia. And because of her knowledge in karate, she was featured in The Lady With An Iron Fist with Charlie Davao as her leading man.

She was FAMAS Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in Dugo Ang Kulay Ng Pag-ibig (1966). In the movie, And God Smiled At Me (1972) starring Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III, she won the Quezon City Film Festival Best Supporting Actress award.

She did Valiente with Michael de Mesa and she appeared Pangako Sa 'Yo with Kristine Hermosa and Jericho Rosales.

She was born in Taguig and spent her early years in Pateros, Metro Manila. Her father, the late Eugenio Adriano was originally from Taguig. Her mother is Elvira Jamon Soriano. Soriano spent her elementary years in Taguig and then completed her high school at the Rizal High School. She studied at the University of the East and tried to earn a college degree, but her busy shooting schedule prevented her from finishing her college years.

When Soriano was paired with Rodolfo Boy Garcia in a movie, they fell in love until they got married in 1968. Actress Marissa Delgado was the bridge between the two of them. They were blessed with two sons, former members of That's Entertainment, actors Garry Boy Garcia and Marco Polo Garcia. Her husband (Garcia) died on July 17, 1997.

Soriano is now living a simple life by serving the community and preaching God's word. In 2009, she married an American Michael Mayr, a retired civil engineer, where she met during Bible study sessions. They both reside in Sacramento, California together with her son Garry Boy and his family.

Veteran actress Lucita Soriano dies of cardiac arrest; 74

Lucita Soriano, the retired character actress whose show-biz career spanned over five decades, died of cardiorespiratory arrest and renal failure on Wednesday night at the the Pacific Global Medical Center in Quezon City. She was 74.
Garry Garcia, Soriano’s son with her late first husband and fellow actor Rodolfo “Boy” Garcia, told the Inquirer that his mother was brought to the hospital last Sunday after having bouts of severe diarrhea.
After medical tests, Garcia said, it was found out that Soriano was suffering from amoebiasis and pneumonia. Soriano was then transferred to the intensive care unit two days after.

“It turned out that bacteria had already spread in her bloodstream. She likewise complained of difficulty in breathing,” said Garcia, who’s based in Austin, Texas, in the US. “She was supposed to undergo an emergency dialysis, but the doctors couldn’t push through with it because her blood pressure was low and she still couldn’t breathe properly.”
Garcia related that Soriano moved to the US back in 2005, and had been living with her second husband, retired American civil engineer Michael  Mayr, in Sacramento, California. “My mom decided to fly to the Philippines last February to visit her 94-year-old mother,” he said.
“She was to turn 75 on July 14. We have been planning a celebration for her,” added Garcia, who was also an actor and a part of “That’s Entertainment.”
Soriano won the best supporting actress award at the Quezon City Film Festival for the 1972 movie “And God Smiled at Me,” which was top-billed by Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III. She notably appeared in such films as “Ang Babae sa Breakwater” (2003), “Curacha: Ang Babaeng Walang Pahinga” (1998) and “Paradise Inn” (1985).

The prolific actress was also part of the cast of the television series “Valiente” (1992 to 1997), “Familia Zaragoza” (1995) and “Pangako sa ‘Yo (2000 to 2002). Soriano’s last acting project, according to the website of Internet Movie Database, was a 2009 episode of the drama anthology “Maalaala Mo Kaya.”

Tinik Sa Dibdib (Nora Aunor's Best Scene in Tinik sa Dibdib)