Tita Duran


Teresita Rigo Durango-Magalona, known professionally as Tita Durán, was a Filipina film actress who began as a child actress. She was the first successful child star of Philippine cinema. She is the daughter of Juana Duran, who is from Pinamungajan in Cebu, Philippines.

Career

Durán joined a movie in her early career as an eight-year-old child abandoned by her mother in 1936 family-drama of Awit ng mga Ulila.
In 1938, Sampaguita Pictures spotted the child and cast her in a tear-jerker movie of Inang Mahal. Her second movie for Sampaguita was Ang Magsasampaguita.
Durán made two movies under LVN Pictures: Pangarap and Sawing Gantimpala both in 1940.
After World War II, she made a comeback in her studio Sampaguita Pictures. She joined in a war film with Carmen Rosales titled Guerilyera and typecasted in numerous musical films paired by some of Sampaguita's finest actors. Her last movie with Sampaguita was Isang Halik Mo Pancho. She made Maria Went to Town under Deegar Cinema Inc.

Personal life

Durán was married to Pancho Magalona. She was the mother of Francis Magalona and grandmother to Maxene Magalona.

Filmography