Mila del Sol

Biography

Mila del Sol (born Clarita Villarba Rivera; 12 May 1923 – 10 November 2020) was a Filipino actress and entrepreneur. She began her career in the late 1930s and became one of the biggest box office draws of the 1940s, noted for her performances in Giliw Ko (1939), Prinsesa ng Kumintang (1940), Sawing Gantimpala (1940), Ararong Ginto (1941), Villa Hermosa (1941), Ibong Adarna (1941), and Rosa Linda (1941). She appeared in fewer film and television productions from 1953 until 2010 and founded the Superior Maintenance Service in 1964, which became one of the biggest janitorial and professional cleaning service firms in the Philippines. Her accolades include the Lifetime Achievement Awards from Gawad Urian and Metro Manila Film Festival.

Known For

Kahit Wala Ka Na

Haring Solomon at Reyna Sheba

Nasaan Ka Irog

Sawing Gantingpala

as Dolores

Happy Days Are Here Again

as Herself

Batya't Palu-Palo

as Mrs. Saavedra

Maginoong Takas

Orasang Ginto

Garrison 13

Ibong Adarna

as Princesa Maria