Tita Duran (1929-1991) was a Filipina film actress who began as a child actor. She was the first ever successful child star of Philippine cinema.
She is the mother of a well-Filipino rapper Francis Magalona and grandmother to Maxene Magalona who as a child shows a striking resemblance.
Charming, Sweet and Youthful, Duran joined a movie in her earliest career as an 8 yrs old child who abandoned by their mother in 1936 family-drama of Awit ng mga Ulila aka (The Songs of the Orphans.
She married her all-time partner Pancho Magalona, and one of those children is a Master Rapper from the Philippines Francis Magalona.
In 1938, Sampaguita Pictures spotted the child and cast her in a tear-jerker movie of Inang Mahal aka (Dear Mother). Her second movie in Sampaguita where her home is, Ang Magsasampaguita]aka (a Sampaguita Vendor).
Duran made 2 movies under LVN Pictures and it was Pangarap aka (Dream) and Sawing Gantimpala aka (Lost Price) both in 1940.
After World War II, she made a comeback in her studio Sampaguita Pictures,not a child actress but a beautiful lady. She joined in a War Pictures with Carmen Rosales in Guerilyera and typecasted in numerous Musical Movies paired by some of the Sampaguita's finest actor.
After her last movie in Sampaguita Isang Halik Mo Pancho, she made Maria Went to Town under Deegar Cinema Inc.
Filmography:
1936 - Awit ng mga Ulila
1936 - Sa Paanan ng Krus
1936 – Tunay na Ina
1937 - Milagro ng Nazareno sa Quiapo
1937 - Anak ng Kadiliman
1938 - Inang Mahal
1938 - Alipin ng Palad
1938 - Mariang Alimango
1938 - Ang Pusong Wasak
1939 - Anak ng Hinagpis
1939 - Tatlong Pagkabirhen
1939 - Palaboy ng Diyos
1939 - Ang Magsasampaguita
1940 - Awit ng Magulang
1940 - Pangarap
1940 - Lihim ng Lumang Simbahan
1940 - Sa Duyang ng Pagmamahal
1940 - Sawing Gantimpala
1940 - Bahaghari
1941 - Panambitan
1941 - Paraiso
1946 - Guerilyera
1946 - Maynila
1947 - Lantang Asahar
1947 - Ang Kapilya sa Daangbakal
1947 - Dahil sa Ina
1948 - Ang Anak ng Dagat
1948 - Pamana ng Tulisan
1948 - Bulaklak na Walang Pangalan
1948 - Dahil sa Iyo
1948 - Tatlong Puso
1948 - Maharlika
1949 - Always kay ganda mo
1949 - Ulilang Kalapati]
1949 - Tala sa Umaga
1949 - Milagro ng Birhen ng mga Rosas
1949 - Sa Piling Mo
1950 - Huwag ka ng Magtampo!
1950 - Umaga na Giliw
1950 - Kay Ganda mo Neneng
1951 - Kasintahan sa Pangarap
1952 - Barbaro
1952 - Buhay Pilipino
1952 - Cumbanchera
1953 - Ang Ating Pag-ibig
1953 - Sa Isang Sulyap mo Tita
1953 - Vod-A-Vil
1954 - Sa Isang Halik mo Pancho
1955 - Maria Went to Town
1956 - Mr. & Mrs.
1957 - Bicol Express
1957 - Yaya Maria
1958 - Tatak ni Solomon
