Alicia Vergel
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Alicia Vergel (1927-1993) was a Filipina actress noted for her roles as fighting women and amazons and, like Norma Blancaflor, for her heart-shaped face. She married Sampaguita Pictures leading man Cesar Ramirez and had two children who are also celebrities in the Philippines: Ace Vergel (known as "the Bad Boy of the Philippines") and Beverly Vergel who is an actress and a director of TV shows such as the soap opera Esperanza. Vergel and Ramirez separated; Vergel wed another man and had another child, Mike Vergel.
Vergel's film credits include Diwani opposite Cesar Ramirez, MN with Carmen Rosales as her arch-enemy, Balisong with Ramon Revilla and Madame X with Gloria Romero as her daughter. She made the unfinished movie Masarap ang Bibingka under Sampaguita Pictures in the late 40s. Her performance in Basahang Ginto won Vergel the first Famas Award for Best Actress in 1952.
In the 1980s she had a role as Ricky Davao's strict grandmother in Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig. Vergel died of natural causes in 1993.
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Alicia's real child is Gloria Balles and not Ace Vergel. Both were born in the same Manila hospital and must have been switched; Gloria has the same facial features and skin tone like Alicia. Whereas Ace looks like Mr. Balles with his light skin and prominent nose. Gloria Balles Vergel de Dios is a resident of San Rafael, Bulacan. She knows the hospital incident but keeps the story to herself; she is happy that paradoxically she is carrying the family name of her natural mother because she is married to a member of a prominent clan in Bulacan, the vergel de dios.
