Januaria Constantino Keller, better known by her stage name Carmen Rosales and by her nickname Mameng, was a noted Filipina actress and World War II guerilla fighter.
14 Facts About Carmen Rosales
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Carmen Rosales's acting career spanned the decades immediately before, during, and after World War II.
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Carmen Rosales was first married to Ramon Navales who was killed in the Second World War.
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Carmen Rosales began her career in the radio and was proclaimed Queen of Radio in 1936.
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Nonetheless, Carmen Rosales became one of the most famous Filipina actresses in the 1940s and 1950s, rivalling Rosa del Rosario at the box-office.
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Carmen Rosales is famous for her sweet voice and numerous recordings.
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Carmen Rosales was paired with Rogelio dela Rosa in Takip Silim released during the Christmas season of 1939, and of which started their loveteam.
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Carmen Rosales received her first FAMAS Award in 1954 for her role in Inspirasyon opposite Van de Leon.
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Carmen Rosales was similarly awarded in 1960 for playing a strict matron in Estela Mondragon.
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Carmen Rosales garnered fame playing a hacendera in Pablo Gomez's version of MN.
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Carmen Rosales joined the Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon forces, and became a sharpshooter.
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Carmen Rosales was known for wearing a false mustache during guerrilla raids, in an effort to disguise herself.
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Carmen Rosales died on December 11,1991, of kidney malfunction in Mandaluyong, Philippines.
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Carmen Rosales is interred at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina.