Gilda Haddock

Gilda Haddock is a Puerto Rican actress. Haddock has acted in many films and telenovelas.

Early life Haddock was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, to Korean War veteran Jorge Haddock and Francisca Acevedo, who was a teacher. When Haddock was four, her parents divorced, and she and her siblings were largely raised by their mother. Haddock's father, however, instilled in her a love for the arts, teaching her how to draw. By age five, young Gilda already showed that she was comfortable in public, being usually picked by teachers to host several school shows and also a first grade graduation.

Professional career Soon after, Haddock was hired for a show produced by Tommy Muniz named Esto No Tiene Nombre ("This Has No Name"), a Puerto Rican television comedy program. Haddock then participated in a show named Tres Muchachas de Hoy ("Three Modern Young Ladies"), where she shared hosting activities with Sonia Noemi and with Alba Nydia Díaz.

1978 saw Haddock act in another film, the Panamanian-Spanish co-production Préstamela esta noche ("May I Borrow Your Girl Tonight?"), as Anita (credited as "Hilda Haddock").

The move to Canal 2 proved pivotal for Haddock; also in 1977, she was chosen to participate in a telenovela named Cristina Bazán, where she worked alongside Venezuelan singer and actor José Luis Rodriguez and Puerto Ricans Johanna Rosaly, Luis Daniel Rivera, Esther Sandoval and her former co-worker, Alba Nydia Díaz.