Daisy Avellana

Daisy Avellana (January 26, 1917 – May 12, 2013) was a Filipino stage actress and theater director. Avellana was honored as a National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Film in 1999.[2]

Daisy Avellana
Avellana on a 2017 stamp of the Philippines
Born	Daisy Hontiveros (1917-01-26)January 26, 1917 Capiz, Philippine Islands
Died	May 12, 2013(2013-05-12) (aged 96) Philippines [1]
Nationality	Filipino
Occupation	Actress, Theater director
Awards	National Artist of the Philippines

Avellana was born Daisy Hontiveros on January 26, 1917, in Capiz, Capiz, (now Roxas City).[2] Her husband was Lamberto Avellana, a film and stage director who was also named a National Artist in 1976.[2] Daisy and Lamberto Avellana co-founded the Barangay Theater Guild (BTG), together with forty-eight colleagues, in 1939.[2]

Avellana was one of the first graduates of the UST Graduate School with Master of Arts (MA) in English.

Avellana died on May 12, 2013, at the age of 96.[2]

References

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Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013. May 16, 2014. ISBN 9780786476657.
Cadiz, Gibbs (May 13, 2013). "National Artist for Theater Daisy Avellana dies; 96". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 19, 2013.

National Artists of the Philippines
Pambansang Alagad ng Sining ng Pilipinas
Architecture	1973 Juan Nakpil 1976 Pablo Antonio 1990 Leandro Locsin 2003 Ildefonso P. Santos Jr. 2014 José María Zaragoza 2018 Francisco Mañosa
Film and Broadcast Arts	1982 Gerardo de León 1991 Ishmael Bernal 1997 Lino Brocka 2003 Eddie Romero 2006 Fernando Poe Jr. 2009 Manuel Conde 2018 Kidlat Tahimik
Dance	1973 Francisca R. Aquino 1976 Leonor Orosa 1988 Lucrecia Reyes 2006 Ramon Obusan 2014 Alice Reyes
Fashion Design	2006 Ramón Valera
Historical Literature	1997 Carlos Quirino
Literature	1973 José Garcia Villa 1973 Amado V. Hernandez 1976 Nick Joaquin 1982 Carlos P. Romulo 1990 Francisco Arcellana 1990 N. V. M. Gonzalez 1992 Rolando Tinio 1999 Edith Tiempo 2001 F. Sionil José 2003 Virgilio S. Almario 2003 Alejandro Roces 2006 Bienvenido Lumbera 2009 Lazaro Francisco 2014 Cirilo F. Bautista 2018 Ramon Muzones 2018 Resil Mojares
Music	1973 Antonio Molina 1976 Jovita Fuentes 1987 Atang de la Rama 1988 Antonino Buenaventura 1988 Lucrecia Kasilag 1991 Lucio D. San Pedro 1997 Levi Celerio 1997 Felipe de Leon 1997 José Maceda 1999 Ernani Joson Cuenco 1999 Andrea Veneracion 2014 Ramon Santos 2014 Francisco Feliciano 2018 Ryan Cayabyab
Theater and Film	1976 Lamberto V. Avellana
Theater	1997 Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero 1997 Rolando Tinio 1999 Daisy Avellana 2001 Severino Montano 2018 Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio
Theater Design	2003 Salvador Bernal
Visual Arts	1972 Fernando Amorsolo 1973 Botong Francisco 1973 Guillermo Tolentino 1976 Napoleon Abueva 1976 Victorio C. Edades 1981 Vicente Manansala 1990 Cesar Legaspi 1991 Hernando R. Ocampo 1997 Arturo R. Luz 1999 J. Navarro Elizalde 2001 Ang Kiukok 2003 José T. Joya 2006 BenCab Cabrera 2006 Abdulmari Asia Imao 2009 Federico Aguilar Alcuaz 2014 Francisco Coching 2018 Larry Alcala
National Commission for Culture and the Arts Cultural Center of the Philippines

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