Nora Aunor

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Biography

Nora Aunor (born Nora Cabaltera Villamayor on 21 May 1953 and died on 16 April 2025) was a Filipino actress, recording artist, and film producer. She was best known for her roles in the films Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (1976), Minsa'y Isang Gamu-gamo (1976), Ina Ka ng Anak Mo (1979), Bona (1980), Himala (1982), Bulaklak sa City Jail (1984), The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), Bakit May Kahapon Pa? (1996), and Thy Womb (2012). For her contribution in film and broadcast arts, she was conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines in 2022.

Known For

Miracle

Elsa

Bona

Three Years Without God

Rosario

Taklub

Bebeth

T-Bird at Ako

Sylvia

Thy Womb

Shaleha

You Are Mine

Teresita 'Tere' Valdez

Barber's Tales

NPA Leader

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Mananambal MOVIE	Anita
2024	A Miracle MOVIE	Self
2023	Pieta MOVIE	Rebecca
2023	Fast Talk with Boy Abunda TV	Self - Guest
2020	One More Rainbow MOVIE	Self
2020	Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times MOVIE	Self
2020	Count the Stars in the Sky TV	Mercedes Dela Cruz
2019	Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema MOVIE	Herself
2018	Onanay TV	Cornelia “Nelia” Dimagiba-Matayog
2016	Kabisera MOVIE	Self
2016	The Sorrows of Sita MOVIE	Self
2016	The Pact MOVIE	Self
2016	Pare, Mahal Mo Raw Ako MOVIE	Self
2016	Whistleblower MOVIE	Zeny Roblado
2016	Padre de Familia MOVIE	Self
2015	Little Nanay TV	Lola Annie Batongbuhay
2015	The Last Pinoy Action King MOVIE	Herself
2015	Taklub MOVIE	Bebeth
2015	Salamat sa Alaala MOVIE	Herself
2014	Kinabukasan MOVIE	Ernest
2014	Dementia MOVIE	Mara
2014	Hustisya MOVIE	Self
2014	When I Fall in Love MOVIE	Fely Buenaventura
2013	Barber's Tales MOVIE	NPA Leader
2013	Ang Kwento ni Mabuti MOVIE	Mabuti
2013	Never Say Goodbye TV	Marta Marasigan-Carpio
2012	El Presidente MOVIE	Maria Aguinaldo
2012	Thy Womb MOVIE	Shaleha
2012	Himala Ngayon MOVIE	Self
2011	Sa Ngalan ng Ina TV	Governor Elena Toribio vda de. Deogracias
2005	The Son of Brocka MOVIE	(archive footage)
2004	Silent Passage MOVIE	Judge Dorinda Vda. De Roces
2002	Bituin TV	Laura Sandoval
1999	Intensity MOVIE	Ana
1997	Babae MOVIE	Self
1997	Mama Dito sa Aking Puso MOVIE	Self
1996	Why Is There a Yesterday? MOVIE	Helen/ Karina Salvacion
1995	Muling Umawit ang Puso MOVIE	Loida Verrano
1995	The Flor Contemplacion Story MOVIE	Flor Contemplacion
1993	Inay MOVIE	Sally
1993	Ligaw-Ligawan, Kasal-Kasalan, Bahay-Bahayan MOVIE	Self
1991	The Real Life of Pacita M. MOVIE	Pacita Macaspac
1990	Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother? MOVIE	Andrea
1989	Count the Stars in the Sky MOVIE	Doña Magnolia Dela Cruz vda. de Zulueta/Maggie Zulueta
1988	Penoy Balut MOVIE	Self
1988	Sana Mahalin Mo Ako MOVIE	Maria
1987	Takot Ako, Eh! MOVIE	Self
1987	Three Mothers, One Child MOVIE	Au
1987	My Bugoy Goes to Congress MOVIE	Self
1987	Hanggang Doon na lang Sila kay Nora Aunor MOVIE	Herself (archive footage)
1986	Clown MOVIE	Self
1986	Monster in a Jar MOVIE	Regina (segment "Komiks")
1986	Monster in a Jar MOVIE	Regina
1986	I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa MOVIE	Flora Villena
1985	I Can't Stop Loving You MOVIE	Amy Mercado
1985	The Tales of Grandmother Basyang MOVIE	Sabel
1985	Tinik sa Dibdib MOVIE	Lorna
1985	Till We Meet Again MOVIE	Tere
1985	Beloved MOVIE	Adora Bernal
1984	Flowers of the City Jail MOVIE	Angela
1984	Condemned MOVIE	Yolly
1984	'Merika MOVIE	Mila Cruz
1984	Bona MOVIE	Bona
1983	Bad Bananas on the Silver Screen MOVIE	Maria Clara
1983	Once, There Was a Mother MOVIE	Ruth
1982	Miracle MOVIE	Elsa
1982	T-Bird at Ako MOVIE	Sylvia
1982	No Other Love MOVIE	Self
1982	Annie Sabungera MOVIE	Annie Sabungera
1982	Heavens Were Weighed MOVIE	Herself
1982	Worms and Roses MOVIE	Self
1982	Palengke Queen MOVIE	Self
1981	Single Couple MOVIE	Doria
1981	Totoo Ba Ang Tsismis? MOVIE	Cora
1981	Ibalik Ang Swerti! MOVIE	Self
1981	Controversial MOVIE	Herself
1981	Why Is the Sky Blue? MOVIE	Babette
1980	Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo MOVIE	Self
1980	Anak ng Atsay MOVIE	Self
1980	Sand Castle MOVIE	Laura
1980	Bongga Ka 'Day MOVIE	Self
1980	Reyna ng Pitong Gatang MOVIE	Senyang / Dr. Benedicto
1980	Darling, Buntis Ka Nanaman! MOVIE	Self
1980	Stolen Love MOVIE	Corazon 'Azon' Rivera
1979	Your Daughter's Mother MOVIE	Esther Faustigo
1979	Annie Batungbakal MOVIE	Annie Batungbakal
1979	Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa? MOVIE	Self
1979	Ang Tsimay at Ang Tambay MOVIE	Self
1978	Maid MOVIE	Nelia
1978	Jack n' Jill of the Third Kind MOVIE	Self
1978	You Are Mine MOVIE	Teresita 'Tere' Valdez
1978	Huwag Hamakin: Hostess MOVIE	Tonya
1978	Angelita's Eyes MOVIE	Metro Aide Sweeper
1978	Dash A Lotsa Nonsents! MOVIE	Self
1978	Mahal Mo, Mahal Ko MOVIE	Nora
1978	Last Target MOVIE	Self
1978	Bakekang MOVIE	Bakekang
1978	Pinagbuklod ng Pag-Ibig MOVIE	Self
1977	Bakya Mo Neneng MOVIE	Self
1977	Little Christmas Tree MOVIE	Self
1977	Panakip Butas MOVIE	Honesta
1977	Ibilanggo si Neneng Magtanggol MOVIE	Neneng Magtanggol
1977	Tisoy! MOVIE	Corazon (uncredited)
1977	Pagibig Ko'y Awitin Mo... MOVIE	Self
1976	Once a Moth MOVIE	Corazon de la Cruz
1976	Three Years Without God MOVIE	Rosario
1976	Sapagka't Kami'y mga Misis Lamang MOVIE	Self
1976	Kaming Matatapang ang Apog MOVIE	Poinciana
1976	Relax Lang, Mama ... Sagot Kita MOVIE	Self
1976	Good Evening to Everybody MOVIE	Self
1975	Memories of Our Love MOVIE	Self
1975	Batu-Bato sa Langit (Ang Tamaa'y Huwag Magagalit..!) MOVIE	Orang Apacible
1975	Hello... Goodnight... Goodbye MOVIE	episode 1: Hello
1975	Blood and Love on a Piece of Land MOVIE	Dory (segment 5)
1975	Banaue: Stairway to the Sky MOVIE	Banaue
1974	Happy Days Are Here Again MOVIE	Herself
1974	Fe, Esperanza, Caridad MOVIE	Fe / Esperanza / Caridad
1973	Hindi Kita Malimot MOVIE	Self
1973	Super Gee MOVIE	Super Gee
1973	Dalawang Mukha ng Tagumpay MOVIE	Self
1973	Impossible Dream MOVIE	Melissa Gonzales
1973	Maalaala Mo Kaya? MOVIE	Self
1973	Tapat na Pag-ibig MOVIE	Self
1973	Paru-parong itim MOVIE	Self
1972	And God Smiled at Me MOVIE	Self
1972	Winter Holiday MOVIE	Self
1972	Kung May Gusot May Lusot MOVIE	Bongbong
1972	A Gift of Love MOVIE	Self
1971	My Blue Hawaii MOVIE	Self
1971	Always in My Heart MOVIE	Self
1971	Guy and Pip MOVIE	Self
1971	Lollipops and Roses MOVIE	Nora
1970	Tomboy Nora MOVIE	Nora
1970	Young Love MOVIE	Self
1969	Drakulita MOVIE	Self
1969	Adriana MOVIE	Self
1967	Ang Pangarap Ko’y Ikaw MOVIE	Millie
	Kontrabida MOVIE	Anita

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