Amable Quiambao, better known by her stage name, Ama Quiambao, was a Filipino film, television and theater actress in the Philippines.
15 Facts About Ama Quiambao
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Ama Quiambao was best known for her roles in the films Himala and Diablo.
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Ama Quiambao was born Amable Quiambao on January 19,1947, in Bacacay, Albay and had two siblings: Medgardo and Lui.
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Ama Quiambao was married to former actor and bass-baritone opera singer Gamaliel "Gammy" Viray.
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Ama Quiambao's sister, Lui Quiambao-Manansala, is an actress and her niece, Miriam Quiambao, was a former Binibining Pilipinas Universe winner and 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe 1999.
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Ama Quiambao was a former instructor of St Paul University Quezon City for the students of AB Mass Communications.
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Ama Quiambao's first play was "Ang Mga Tagahabi", directed by Rolando Tinio, when she was a drama student at the Philippine Normal University in Manila in the 1970s.
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Ama Quiambao later earned her Master's degree in Drama Education from the University of the Philippines.
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Ama Quiambao became a regular performer at the Teatro Pilipino and Bulwagang Gantimpala theatre groups at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila.
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Ama Quiambao played the role of President Corazon Aquino at the 1986 political satire "Bongbong at Kris" at CCP's Bulwagang Gantimpala in 1986.
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Ama Quiambao was chosen for the role of Sepa, a disciple of the lead character Elsa, played by Nora Aunor.
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Three decades later, Ama Quiambao was cast as Lusing in the 2012 film, Diablo, which was directed and produced by the married partners Mes de Guzman and Rhea Operana de Guzman.
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Lusing was a very serious, strict character in the film, which Ama Quiambao described as the opposite of her own personality.
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Ama Quiambao's funeral was held at the Arlington Memorial Chapels in Quezon City.
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Ama Quiambao appeared posthumously in her final film, Ang Kwento Ni Mabuti.