Tita Duran
Born	Teresita Durango-Magalona 1929 Philippines
Died	1991
Occupation	Actress

Teresita "Tita Durán" Durango (1929-1991) was a Filipina film actress who began as a child actress. She was the first ever successful child star of Philippine cinema.

Actor Pancho Magalona was her husband. She is the mother of Filipino rapper Francis Magalona and grandmother to Maxene Magalona who, as a child, showed a striking resemblance. She is the mother of the late Francis Magalona with their siblings: Susan M. Elizalde, Vicky, Victor (married to Ma. Angeles), Henry, Popeye "Pye", Malot, Maricar M. Martinez, and Martin.

Charming, Sweet and Youthful, Duran joined a movie in her earliest career as an 8 yr old child who abandoned by their mother in 1936 family-drama of Awit ng mga Ulila, aka The Songs of the Orphans.

In 1938, Sampaguita Pictures spotted the child and cast her in a tear-jerker movie of Inang Mahal aka (Dear Mother). Her second movie in Sampaguita was Ang Magsasampaguita (The Sampaguita Vendor).

Duran made 2 movies under LVN Pictures and it was Pangarap aka (Dream) and Sawing Gantimpala aka (Lost Prize) 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 entitled Guerilyera and typecasted in numerous musical films paired by some of the Sampaguita's finest actor.

After her last movie in Sampaguita Isang Halik Mo Pancho, she made Maria Went to Town under Deegar Cinema Inc.

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1936 -Awit ng mga Ulila 1936 -Sa Paanan ng Krus 1936 –Tunay na Ina 1937 -Milagro ng Nazareno sa Quiapo 1937 -Anak ng Kadiliman 1938 -Inang Mahal 1938 -Alipin ng Palad 1938 -Mariang Alimango 1938 -Ang Pusong Wasak 1939 -Anak ng Hinagpis 1939 -Tatlong Pagkabirhen 1939 -Palaboy ng Diyos 1939 -Ang Magsasampaguita 1940 -Awit ng Magulang 1940 -Pangarap 1940 -Lihim ng Lumang Simbahan 1940 -Sa Duyang ng Pagmamahal 1940 -Sawing Gantimpala 1940 -Bahaghari

1941 -Panambitan 1941 -Paraiso 1946 -Guerilyera 1946 -'Maynila 1947 -Lantang Asahar 1947 -Ang Kapilya sa Daangbakal 1947 -Dahil sa Ina 1948 -Ang Anak ng Dagat 1948 -Pamana ng Tulisan 1948 -Bulaklak na Walang Pangalan 1948 -Dahil sa Iyo 1948 -Tatlong Puso 1948 -Maharlika 1949 -Always kay ganda mo 1949 -Ulilang Kalapati 1949 -Tala sa Umaga 1949 -Milagro ng Birhen ng mga Rosas 1949 -Sa Piling Mo

1950 -Huwag ka ng Magtampo! 1950 -Umaga na Giliw 1950 -Kay Ganda mo Neneng 1951 -Kasintahan sa Pangarap 1952 -Barbaro 1952 -Buhay Pilipino 1952 -Cumbanchera 1953 -Ang Ating Pag-ibig 1953 -Sa Isang Sulyap mo Tita 1953 -Vod-A-Vil 1954 -Sa Isang Halik mo Pancho 1955 -Maria Went to Town 1956 -Mr. & Mrs. 1957 -Bicol Express 1957 -Yaya Maria 1958 -Tatak ni Solomon

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