Thursday, April 26, 2012

NORA AUNOR IS OUTSTANDING WOMAN


AWARDS AND CITATIONS OF NORA AUNOR




CINEMA

Latest picture of Nora Aunor & German Moreno during her arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on August 10, 2011.Aunor has received numerous national and international awards and nominations. She is the first Filipino actress to win an International acting award in a major Film Festival (Cairo 1995 for the movie The Flor Contemplacion Story). She has been directed by four Philippine National Artist Awardees, Gerardo de Leon, Lamberto Avellana, Lino Brocka, and Ishmael Bernal. Since the late 1960s, Nora Aunor has appeared in more than 170 films.


MUSIC

Nora Aunor has released more than 360 singles and recorded more than 200 songs and over 50 albums. She has notched more than 30 gold singles and with an estimated gross sales of one million units, Nora's cover of "Pearly Shells" (1971) is one of the biggest-selling singles in the Philippines.


TELEVISION

Year / Title / Network Genre

2011 - Sa Ngalan ng Ina / TV5 Drama
2011 - Walang Tulugan / GMA Musical Variety Talk Show
2002 - Bituin / ABS-CBN Soap Opera
2002 - Nora Mismo / NBN 4 Public Service Program
1995 - Superstar sa 4 / PTV 4 Musical Show
1995 - Nora / ABC 5 Drama Anthology
1994 - Modern Romances / GMA 7
1993 - Spotlight on Nora / GMA 7 Drama Anthology
1992 - Star Drama Presents — NORA / ABS-CBN Drama Anthology
1990 - Superstar — The Legend / IBC 13 Musical
1984 - La Aunor / RPN 9
1978 - Makulay na Daigdig ni Nora / RPN 9 Drama
1975 - Superstar / RPN 9 The Longest running musical-variety show
1974 - The Nora Aunor Show / GTV 4 Variety show
1969 - Nora-Eddie Show / Channel 9 Musical-Variety Show
1968 - Oras ng Ligaya / Channel 3


THEATRE

Year / Title / Producer

1991 - Minsa'y Isang Gamu-Gamo PETA (Philippine Education Theater Association)
1993 - DH (Domestic Helper) PETA (Philippine Education Theater Association)
1994 - Trojan Women Cecille Guidote-Alvarez’s Theater Company


NOTABLE CITATIONS AND AWARDS


INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Year / Movie / Group Award

2004 - Naglalayag Brussels Festival of Independent Films (Belgium) - Best Actress
1997 - Bakit May Kahapon Pa? East Asia Film and Television Award (Malaysia) - Best Actress
1995 - The Flor Contemplacion Story Cairo International Film Festival (Egypt)- Best Actress
1983 - Himala Berlin Film Festival (Germany) Nominee
1981 - Bona Cannes film Festival (France) Certificate of Honor


CINEMANILA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Year / Citation 

2000 Lifetime Achievement Award (Philippines)
2011 Lifetime Achievement Award (World Cinema)

10 ASIAN BEST ACTRESSES OF THE DECADE
Year / Group Award
2010 Green Planet Movie Awards (Hollywood) Recipient


PHILIPPINE AWARDS


FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie, Arts and Sciences)

Year / Title of the Movie / Award

1976 - Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos - Best Actress
1979 - Ina Ka ng Anak Mo - Best Actress
1984 - Bulaklak sa City Jail - Best Actress
1989 - Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit - Best Actress
1990 - Andrea, Paano Maging Isang Ina - Best Actress
1991 - Special Citation Best Actress Hall of Fame
1995 - Special Citation Circle of Excellence

GAWAD URIAN AWARDS (Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino)

Year / Title of the Movie / Award

1976 - Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos - Best Actress
1980 - Bona - Best Actress
1989 - Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit - Best Actress
1990 - Andrea, Paano Maging ISang Ina - Best Actress
1991 - Special Citation Best Actress of the Decade (1980s)
1995 - The Flor Contemplacion Story - Best Actress
1996 - Bakit May Kahapon Pa?- Best Actress
2001 - Special Citation Best Actress of the Decade (1990s)

Nora Aunor received the first-ever Best Actress Star award from Gawad Urian.

FAP [Film Academy of the Philippines (Luna Awards)]

Year / Title of the Movie / Award

1989 - Bilangin ang Bituin sa Langit - Best Actress
1990 - Andrea, Paano Maging Isang Ina - Best Actress
1991 - Ang Totoong buhay ni Pacita M. - Best Actress
1993 - Special Citation Lifetime Achievement Award
1995 - The Flor Contemplacion Story Best Actress

STAR AWARDS (Philippine Movie Press Club)

Year / Title of the Movie / Award

1984 - Merika Best Actress
1990 - Andrea, Paano Maging Isang Ina - Best Actress
1991 - Ang Totoong Buhay ni Pacita M. - Best Actress
1994 - Special Citation Star of the Decade (1980s)
1995 - The Flor Contemplacion Story - Best Actress
1997 - Special Citation The Vic Silayan Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award for Acting
1999 - Bakit May Kahapon Pa? Special Recognition for Golden Pearl Award
2004 - Special Citation Best Actress of the Decade (1990s)
2009 - Special Citation Himala

Nora Aunor received the first Best Actress Star Award from the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC).

METRO MANILA FILM FESTIVAL (MMFF)

Year / Title of the Movie / Award

1978 - Atsay Best Performer*
1979 - Ina Ka ng Anak Mo - Best Actress
1982 - Himala - Best Actress
1984 - Bulaklak sa City Jail - Best Actress
1990 - Andrea, Paano Maging Isang Ina - Best Actress
1991 - Ang Totoong buhay ni Pacita M. - Best Actress
1992 - Special Citation Gawad ng Natatanging Pagkilala
1992 - Muling Umawit ang Puso - Best Actress
1996 - The Flor Contemplacion Story Plaque of Recognition for Winning in the Cairo International Film Festival

Note:
Nora Aunor is the first and only Best Performer awardee of the Metro Manila Film Festival; it is equivalent to Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress Award

MANILA FILM FESTIVAL

Year / Title of the Movie / Award
2004 - Naglalayag Best - Actress

CATHOLIC MASS MEDIA AWARDS (CMMA)

Year / Title of the Movie / Award
1981 - Bakit Bughaw ang Langit - Best Actress*
1984 - Bulaklak sa City Jail - Best Actress

YOUNG CRITICS CIRCLE (YCC)

Year /Title of the Movie / Award
1990 - Andrea, Paano Ba Maging Isang Ina - Best Performer
1991 - Ang Totoong Buhay ni Pacita M. - Best Performer
1993 - Inay - Best Performer
1995 - The Flor Contemplacion Story - Best Performer

Note:
Nora Aunor received the first ever Best Performer award from the Young Critic Circle, equivalent to Best Performance by Male or Female, Adult or Child, Individual or Ensemble in Leading or Supporting Role.

QUEZON CITY FILM FESTIVAL

Year / Title of the Movie / Award
1972 - And God Smiled at Me - Best Actress

BACOLOD FILM FESTIVAL

1975 - Best Actress - Banaue (Grand Buglas Award)

DAVAO CITY FILM FESTIVAL

1976 - Best Actress - Ibilanggo Si Neneng Magtanggol

MOVIE MAGAZINE AWARDS

1991- Best Actress - Ang Totoong Buhay Ni Pacita M.

ATENEO GALIAN 

1991 - Best Actress - Ang Totoong Buhay Ni Pacita M.

KRITIKA

1991 - Best Actress - Ang Totoong Buhay Ni Pacita M.

Joel David Awards for Excellence in Philippine Cinema

1991 - Best Performer - Himala

PEOPLE'S CHOICE (PPC Publications)
1995 - Best Actress - The Flor Contemplacion Story
1997 - Best Actress - Babae

1st CAPE TIP FESTIVAL
2004 - Best Actress - 'Naglalayag

PASADO (Pampelikulang Samahan ng mga Dalubguro)

2004 - Pinakapasadong Aktres - Naglalayag
2009 - PinakaPasadong Artista sa Lahat ng Panahon
2010 - Pinakapasadong Dakilang Artista ng Bayan

GAWAD TANGLAW

2004 - Kapuripuring Aktres - Naglalayag
2012 - Pinaka Kapuri-puring Artista ng Dekada - 10th Gawad Tanglaw Awards

S Magazine People's Choice Award Actress of the Year
2004 - Naglalayag

BALATCA (Batangas Laguna Teachers Association for the Culture and the Arts)

2004 - Best Actress - Naglalayag
2006 - Special Citation - Dakilang Kayumangging Lahi National Artist
2006 - Special Citation - Outstanding Achievement in Film Acting - Feminist Centennial Film Festival, UP
2011 - Movie Icon Of Our Time - 8th Golden Screen Awards - ENPRESS
2011 - Lifetime Achievement Award (For International Achievements) - 13th Cinemanila International Film Festival
2011 - Originals in Philippine Cinema Award - 7th Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival
2011 - Lifetime Achievement Award - 59th FAMAS Awards
2012 - Gawad Lino Brocka Lifetime Achievement Award - 9th Golden Screen Awards - ENPRESS

Notable dialogue terms in other works

"I did not... kill.. Anybody!" - Flor Contemplacion Story (1995)

 "Walang Himala!" ("There is no miracle!") - Himala (1981)

 "My Brother is not a Pig"- from the film Minsa'y Isang Gamu-Gamu (1979)

 "Nasaan, Nasaan Si Bernadette at Melody!" ("Where Where is Bernadette and Melody!") - From the TV Series Bituin (2003-2004)

 "Hindi mo mabibilang ang luhang galing sa puso." ("You can't count the tears from the heart") - From the TV Series Sa Ngalan ng Ina (2011)

 "Umalis ka sa harapan ko. Sasampalin kita!" ("Get out of my sight. I'll slap you!") - From the TV Series Sa Ngalan ng Ina (2011)


NOTABLE CITATIONS AS AN ACTOR

*The only Filipino actor with the most number of best actress International awards & nominations (Cairo 1995, East Asia 1997, Brussels 2004), and nominations (Berlin 1983, Singapore 1997, Cairo 1999, Singapore 1999).

*The first Filipino actor to win an International acting award in a Major Film Festival (Cairo 1995 for the movie "The Flor Contemplacion Story").

*The first and only Filipino actor to receive an acting nomination from a Top-Tier International Film Festival (Berlin 1983 for the movie "Himala").

*The first Filipino actress to sit as juror in an International Film Festival (Hawaii 1996).

*The only Filipino and Asian actress apart from China's Gong Li to be featured by HBO, an American cable network, in a documentary film about the lives and achievements of the world's greatest actresses (1997).

*Himala was the first and only Filipino film ever to qualify in the Competition Section of the Berlin International Film Festival (1983). For its international accolades, it bagged 1983's Bronze Hugo Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival

*Himala was the lone Filipino film chosen by CNN as one of the ten best Asian films of all time from the provisional list of 18 great films (September 2008). CNN cited "Himala" for its "austere camera work, haunting score, and accomplished performances that sensitively portray the harsh social and cultural conditions that people in the Third World endure."

*Himala was awarded the CNN APSA Viewers Choice Award for Best Asia-Pacific Film of all Time (November 14, 2008)

*The Flor Contemplacion Story became the first Filipino movie to win the grand prize in a Major International Film Festival (Cairo '95).

*The Flor Contemplacion Story grossed US$ 3.3 million in its domestic and international exhibitions, making it one of the highest-grossing films in Philippine history.

*Bona was cited as one of "The Best 100 Films in the World" by the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, USA (1997).

*The Filipino actor with the most "Best Performer" awards (5).

*The first Filipino actor ever to win the "Best Performer" award (1978).

*The only actress included in the prestigious "CENTENNIAL HONOR FOR THE ARTS" given by the Cultural Center of the Philippines (1999).

*The first actress to be honored with the "Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service" (TOWNS) award (1983).

*The youngest recipient of the "Lifetime Achievement Award" given by the Film Academy of the Philippines (1993).

*The only Filipino actress to win three successive best actress awards in the Film Academy of the Philippines (1989,1990,1991).

*Chosen by the Gawad Urian as "Actress of the Decade" (1980s and 1990s).
*The only Filipino actor to bag seven Metro Manila Film Festival best actress awards.

*The first actress to be crowned as "Box Office Queen of Philippine Cinema" (1971).

*The only actress of her generation to have been directed by four Philippine National Artist Awardees, Gerardo de Leon, Lamberto Avellana, Lino Brocka, and Ishmael Bernal.

*The only Filipino actor honored by the City of Kileen, Texas U.S.A. with a "Nora Aunor Day" (September 23, 2006)

*The only Filipino actor honored by the City of San Francisco, California, U.S.A. with a "Nora Aunor Day"(May 21, 2004)

*The actress was honored by the Office of the Governor of Las Vegas with a "Certificate of Recognition for Phenomenal Talent and Extraordinary Performance" (March 31, 2006)

*Named by YES! Magazine as one of the "Philippines' 15 Best Actresses of All Time" in 2005

*Named by S Magazine as the "Philippines' Best Actress of All Time" in 2006
*The first and only Filipino actor included in the "10 Best International Actress of the Decade (Asia)" in the 2010 Green Planet Film Awards, Hollywood, California

*Named by Cultural Center of the Philippines as the "ACTRESS OF THE CENTURY" in 1999


NOTABLE CITATIONS AS RECORDING ARTIST


In 1968, Nora Aunor was contracted by Alpha Records upon the recommendation of singer Carmen Soriano. Although Aunor's first singles were not major hits, she subsequently went on to smash local record sales with songs like "It's Time to Say Goodbye", "Silently", "Forever Loving You", "It's Not Unusual", and countless others. In her seven years with Alpha Records, Aunor was able to set all-time high record sales which up to this day has not been surpassed. At the height of her popularity as a recording artist in the late 1960s and early 1970s, local records soared up to 75% of national sales according to Alpha Records Philippines. She is the artist with the most singles in Philippine recording history (with more than 260 singles). Over-all she has recorded more than 500 songs. She has notched more than 30 gold singles, a record in the local music industry. With estimated sales of one million units, Nora's cover of "Pearly Shells" (1971) is one of the biggest-selling singles in the Philippines ever. Nora has also recorded some 46 hit long-playing albums, and several extended plays.

At the height of her popularity as a recording artist in the late 1960s and early 1970s, sales of local records soared up to 75% of national sales according to Alpha Records Philippines.

She is the artist with the most singles in Philippine recording history (with more than 260 singles). Overall she has recorded more than 500 songs.

She has notched more than 30 gold singles.

With estimated sales of one million units, Nora's cover of "Pearly Shells" (1971) is one of the biggest-selling singles in the Philippines.

Nora has also recorded some 46 hit long-playing albums, and several extended plays.

1964 - Certificate of Honor, First Prize Liberty Big Show, Camarines Sur

1965 - Winner (14 weeks) Darigold Bulilit Contest

1966 - Certificate of Honor, First Prize Darigold Jamboree, Naga City

1967 - Pinakamahusay na Tuklas na Talino, Grand National Finals Champion - Tawag ng Tanghalan

1969 - Favorite Singer of Northern Luzon Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, Dagupan City

1969 - Best New Recording Artist of the Year - PREDA

1970 - Best New Female Recording Artist - 1969 Awit Awards

1970 - Singer for the Months of February, March, and April - DWOW Radio

1970 - Best Female Singer in English - Philippine Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

1971 - Female Singer of the Year - PREDA

1973 - Binibining Pilipinas ng Pelikula at Awiting Pilipino given by First Lady Imelda Marcos

1973 - Top Selling Records, Female Singer of the Year, English Version - PREDA

1973 - Top Selling Records, Female Singer of the Year, Tagalog Version - PREDA

1974 - Queen of Northern Luzon for 100 Hit Records

1984 - Gallery of Distinction - Aliw Awards

1991 - Gold Record Award (Langit Pala ang Umibig the Album) - Aguilar Music Corp.

1991 - Gold Record Award (Handog ni Guy LIVE, the Album) - Universal Records

1995 - Best Country Folk Singer (Maliit Man sa Tingin) - 1st Katha Awards

1995 - Best Interpreter of Movie Theme Song (Kahit Konting Awa) - 9th Awit Awards

1995 - Gold Record Award (Kahit Konting Awa the Album) - Viva Records

1997 - National Music Festival Award - Sandiwa Philippines

1998 - Dangal ng Musikang Pilipino - 11th Awit Awards

1999 - Gawad Siglo as One of the 50 Best Live Entertainers of the Century - Aliw Awards

2011 - Dangal Ng OPM Award - Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mang-aawit

2011 - Lifetime Achievement Award - 3rd PMPC Star Award for Music

2011 - One of 15 OPM Icons - 3rd PMPC Star Award for Music

2011 - Lifetime Achievement Award 24th Aliw Awards