Rebecca Del Rio

Rebecca del Rio (born Rebecca Busbus Buslon-Tushinsky; January 31, 1929 – March 11, 2010), was a Filipino actress who was typecast as a glamorous contravida or villain in Sampaguita Pictures who was the first Filipino to be awarded as Asia’s Best Actress.

She made numerous movies under Sampaguita Pictures. In 1955, she signed a contract with LVN Pictures and made her first movie Dinayang Pagmamahal Foolish Love, a Jaime de la Rosa and Charito Solis movie.

Personal life Rebecca del Rio was from Sierra Bullones, Bohol, Philippines. She was the daughter of lawyer and former congressman Teofilo Buslon and his wife Demetria Busbus, a nurse and former mayor of Pilar, Bohol. She was also the sister of the late former provincial board member Dr. Socorro Tallo, aunt of fashion designer Maximiel Tallo and grandmother of Miss Bohol 1997 lawyer Socorro Tallo-Inting.

Del Rio graduated from Holy Spirit School of Tagbilaran and went to the Philippine Women's University in Manila to study and was discovered by Sampaguita Pictures.

She was the first Filipino to receive the Best Actress Award in Asia. She personally received the award in Japan. She was also FAMAS’ Best Supporting Actress in 1958.

According to Leo Udtohan, a journalist who wrote an article about Del Rio at The Philippine Star in 2005, at the peak of her career being a premier and classic Sampaguita Star, she left the Philippines after she married a Sony executive and resided in the US.

She later married Joseph Tushinsky.

Del Rio died March 11, 2010, and survived by a son.

Filmography

1951 - Tres Muskiteros 1952 - Mayamang Balo 1952 - Hiram na Mukha 1953 - Ang Ating Pag-ibig 1953 - Cofradia 1953 - Anak ng Espada 1953 - Mister Kasintahan 1953 - Vod-A-Vil 1954 - Musikong Bumbong 1954 - Tres Muskiteras 1954 - Pilya 1954 - Milyonarya at Hampaslupa 1954 - Dalagang Ilocana 1954 - Sabungera 1954 - Bondying 1954 - Kurdapya 1955 - Lola Sinderella 1955 - Bulaklak sa Parang 1955 - Mariposa 1955 - Dinayang Pagmamahal 1955 - Talusaling 1956 - Luksang Tagumpay 1956 - Laging Ikaw 1957 - Cuatro Vidas 1957 - Turista 1958 - Rebelde 1958 - Malvarosa 1958 - Mr. Kuripot 1968 Pitong Krus ng Isang Ina 1971 Lollipops, Roses and Talangka