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From : Jokarilon
Added: Aug 19, 2009
During Gary Lewis and the Playboys concert at the Araneta Coliseum (Philippines), one of their back-up dancers was a pretty Filipina named Gemma. At the rehearsal, Gary complimented Gemma for her good looks. But Gemma surprised Gary with her response: You must meet my sister. The next day, Gemma dragged her morena-complexioned sister, Jinky, to Garys dressing room. When Gary set his eyes on Jinky, Gary momentarily forgot that he came to Manila for a concert. Less than a year later, Jinky Suzara officially became Mrs. Gary Lewis. Yes, Gary Lewis married an ordinary Filipina teenager at the height of his popularity. Gary and Jinkys love story inspired the brilliant comics novelist, Mars Ravelo, to write a comics novel about them. Mars Ravelo was the author of such popular comics novel as Darna, Dyesebel, Captain Barbel, Bondying, Wanted:Perfect Mother, Maruja, among many others. Entitled Haydee, The Brown Girl and the White Idol, the illustrated comics novel about Gary and Jinky appeared in Teen Agers Songs and Shows comics (later shortened to TSS comics). TSS comics is a comics-sized magazine filled with showbiz articles and illustrated novels in Taglish. The comics novel immediately gained popularity. Aling Miling Blas of Lea Productions (named after her daughter, not the Broadway star), one of the major film companies at the time, immediately bought the rights to Mars Ravelos comics novel to turn it into a movie. Aling Miling Blas hyped up the movies production by conducting a search for the actress who would play the role of Haydee which was based on the real-life character of Jinky Suzara. She wanted a fresh face to play the role opposite TV host Ed Finlan who would play the role of Gary Lewis. The long quest for Haydee finally ended when they found a young woman who had just won as a runner-up in a beauty competition. Her name was Marilou Destreza. Although Marilou Destreza lacks the sophistication of Jinky Suzara, her beauty is undoubtedly stunning. However, there was a little problem. Marilous mother was the epitome of a stage mother. She was overly protective of her daughter. One day, Marilou's mother brought a list of conditions relative to Marilou's appearance in the movie. Some of these conditions were too outrageous to be taken seriously. Marilou Destreza was suddenly out of the picture, literally and figuratively. They started a new search for a fresh face to essay the role of Haydee. Their search brought them to the slums of Pasay City. While roaming among the cardboard houses of Leveriza, they were captivated by a 13-year old mestiza who was fetching water from a poso. They wasted no time and immediately approached the charming mestiza. The 13-year old mestizas real-life story was worthy of a film itself. The 13-year old mestizas mother was abandoned by her American husband when the 13-year old mestiza was still a toddler. The 13-year old mestiza from the slums of Leveriza was finally launched as a major star... ...in a later movie, Cherry Blossoms, which was Lea Productions entry to the Manila Film Festival that year, Susan was paired with a young man named Nicholas Hammond. Anyone who has seen the movie, The Sound of Music, would remember Nicholas Hammond. Yes, Nicholas Hammond was the young boy who played the role of Friedrich von Trapp, the eldest son of Christopher Plummer (who played Captain von Trapp) in The Sound of Music. Since then, Susan had established herself as a major dramatic actress in Philippine movies. Susan gained international recognition when one of her most memorable films, which was shot in the slums, was screened at the Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews. If you ask any respectable film critic for a list of all-time ten best film actresses of Philippine cinema, Susan would definitely be on top of that list. But they would probably not list her by her real name, Susan Reid. Instead, they would list her by her screen name - Hilda Koronel. Source: http://untoldpinoystories.blogspot.com/ Untold Pinoy Story No. 14 Anak ng Pasay Wikipedia says: Susan Reid, who is better known as Hilda Koronel (born on January 17, 1957 in Angeles City, Pampanga), is a FAMAS and Gaward Urian Award winning Filipina actress. Born to a Filipina mother and an American father who was a serviceman in Clark Air Base ... married a mestizo Filipino American businessman, Ralph H. Moore Jr., a lifelong resident from the Los Angeles Harbor Area on May, 06, 2000 in Laughlin, Nevada.
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