 Born in 1912, she first appeared as a bit player in Sampaguita Pictures' "Pasang Krus" (Shouldered Cross), then progressed to various pre-war musical films at Sampaguita, including "Magbalik ka, Hirang" (Comeback, Darling), "Gunita" (Memory) with Corazon Noble, "Carmen" with Carmen Rosales, "Balatkayo" with Rudy Concepcion and "Pagsuyo" (Love).After the war, in 1947, she made a comeback in the LVN Pictures films "Backpay" with Corazon Noble and Rogelio dela Rosa and "Krus na Bituin" (Crossed Star).In 1954, she returned to Sampaguita and made dozens of movies, including "Pilya" where she played the mother of Gloria Romero.