Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
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, 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