Lilian Vélez

Lilian Cananea Velez-Clímaco (March 3, 1924 – June 26, 1948) was a Filipina film actress and singer. Her 1948 murder by fellow actor Narding Anzures was widely covered during the post-war Philippines.

Career Born in Cebu to composer Manuel Velez and sarsuwela actress Concepcion Cananea, Velez first came into the limelight when she won an amateur radio singing contest in the mid-1930s. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, her singing career thrived, and she popularized one of her father's songs, Sa Kabukiran. Velez also won the heart of Jose Climaco, the manager of the radio station which had sponsored the contest which won her fame. They were married in 1942 and had one daughter named Vivian, born 1944. as Velez and Cesar Montano as Anzures, the film was one in a string of "true-crime" films churned out by Caparas in the mid-late 1990s.

Velez' diary was posthumously published and released to the general public in 2023.