Monang Carvajal (born Patrocinio Tagaroma Carvajal; 1898 â€" June 22,
1980) was a Filipina film actress best known for her roles in thriller
and horror movies. She was dubbed the "Queen of Horror
Pictures".Carvajal was born in Manila in 1898, the daughter of Spanish
Zarzuela actors Don Jose Carvajal and Patrocinio Tagaroma de Carvajal.
By the age of 4, she was appearing on stage, appearing alongside her
parents. In her teens, she was touring the bodabil circuit together
with Manuel Silos as a comedy duo known as "Monang & Sano". Silos
would later become a prominent film director.Carvajal made her film
debut in 1920, in the silent film El Trust de los Tenorios. Soon, she
found herself frequently cast in horror films, often as a monster, a
witch (mangkukulam) or some other supernatural being. Along her roles
in this vein were in such films as Sumpa ng Aswang (1935), Gamu-Gamong
Naging Lawin (1937), Halimaw (1941), and Malaya, Mutya ng Gubat
(1948).Carvajal was also adept as a film comedian as well, appearing
in comic roles in Ay Monang (1939), Victory Joe (1946), and Principe
Amante (1950). In 1962, she would be nominated for a FAMAS Best
Supporting Actress award for her role in El Filibusterismo, Gerardo de
Leon's film version of Jose Rizal's second novel. Thirty two years
earlier, Carvajal had appeared in a silent film version of Rizal's
first novel, Noli Me Tangere. Monang Carvajal Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter