Rosa del Rosario

Rosa del Rosario (born Rose Stagner; December 15, 1917 – February 4, 2006) was a Filipino actress whose career spanned two decades. She began her career as a teenager and became one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1930s to early 1940s, appearing in films with political and social themes depicting Filipino patriotism and liberalism. After appearing in two Hollywood productions during World War II, she returned to the Philippines and starred in the romantic action Bakya Mo Neneng (1947) opposite Leopoldo Salcedo. She then became the highest paid actress of that period following its success and was the first actress to play the Filipino comic book character Darna (1951) in live action.