FAMAS Awards Facts

THE FIRSTS...

FAMAS Award Firsts
First FAMAS Awards venue:
Hotel Riviera, Dewey Boulevard, City of Manila
First FAMAS Award back-to-back winner:
Eddie Garcia (1957, 1958)
First FAMAS Award back-to-back-to-back winner:
Eddie Garcia (1957, 1958, 1959)
First FAMAS Award back-to-back-to-back-to-back winner:
Nonong Buencamino (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001)
First FAMAS Awards won by a married couple:
Robert Arevalo and Barbara Perez (married 1962) won Best Actor and Actress in 1965.
First FAMAS Best Actor and Actress Awards won for the same movie:
Joseph Estrada and Perla Bautista won the accolades in 1962 for Markang Rehas.
First FAMAS Best Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress Awards won for the same movie:
Gil de Leon and Nida Blanca won the accolades in 1952 for Korea.
First FAMAS Award tie:
Best Actress honors were shared by Boots Anson-Roa and Vilma Santos (1972).
First FAMAS Best Actor for a dramatic role:
Ben Perez for Bagong Umaga (1952).
First FAMAS Best Actor for a comedy role:
Fred Montilla for Bondying (1954).
First FAMAS Best Actress for a dramatic role:
Alicia Vergel for Basahang Ginto (1952).
First and only FAMAS Best Actress for a comedy role:
Gloria Romero for Dalagang Ilocana (1954).
First woman to win FAMAS Best Director:
Fely Crisostomo for Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan (1967).
First person to win five FAMAS Awards:
Marlene Dauden (1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1967)
First person to win ten FAMAS Awards:
Eddie Garcia won his tenth FAMAS Award in 1982
First person to win fifteen FAMAS Awards:
Eddie Garcia won his fifteenth FAMAS Award in 1996
First movie to win five or more FAMAS Awards:
Higit sa Lahat (1955) with 6 FAMAS Awards
First movie to win ten or more FAMAS Awards:
Jose Rizal (1998) with 11 FAMAS Awards

FAMAS Hall of Fame Firsts

First Best Actor Hall of Fame inductee:
Joseph Estrada (1982)
First Best Actress Hall of Fame inductee:
Charito Solis (1984)
First Best Supporting Actor Hall of Fame inductee:
Eddie Garcia (1974)
First Producer Hall of Fame inductee:
Joseph Estrada (1982)
First Best Director Hall of Fame inductee:
Eddie Garcia (1990)
First Best Screenplay Hall of Fame inductee:
Eddie Romero (1985)
First Best Editor Hall of Fame inductee:
Edgardo Vinarao (1993)
First Best Composer Hall of Fame inductee:
George Canseco (1988)
First to be inducted in two Hall of Fames:
Joseph Estrada (Actor and Producer in 1982)
First to be inducted in three Hall of Fames:
Eddie Garcia (Supporting Actor in 1974, Director in 1990 and Actor in 2003)

FAMAS Circle of Excellence Firsts

First to receive the Circle of Excellence Award:
Vilma Santos (1992)
First to receive two Circle of Excellence Awards:
Vilma Santos (1992, 1993)

THE LAST...

Last recipient of Dr. Ciriaco Santiago Memorial Award:
Geneva Cruz (2002)

THE OLDESTS...

Oldest recipient of a FAMAS Award:
Eddie Garcia (born 1921), who was 82 years old when he won Best Actor in
2003.
Oldest FAMAS Hall of Fame inductee:
Eddie Garcia (born 1921), who was 83 years old when he was inducted to the
Best Actor Hall of Fame in 2004.
Oldest recipient of the FAMAS Best Actor Award:
Eddie Garcia (born 1921), who was 82 years old when he won in 2003.
Oldest recipient of the FAMAS Best Actress Award:
Gloria Romero (born 1933), who was 68 years old when she won in 2001.
Oldest recipient of the FAMAS Best Supporting Actor Award:
Leopoldo Salcedo (born 1912), who was 65 years old when he won in 1977.
Oldest recipient of the FAMAS Best Supporting Actress Award:
Anita Linda (born in the 1920s), who was at least 70 years old when
she won in 1998.

THE YOUNGEST...

Youngest recipient of a FAMAS Award other than a Best Child Performer Award:
Hilda Koronel (born 1957), who was 14 years old when she won Best Supporting
Actress in 1971.
Youngest FAMAS Hall of Fame inductee:
Vilma Santos (born 1953), who was 36 years old when she was inducted in 1989.
Youngest recipient of the FAMAS Best Child Performer Award:
Aiza Seguerra (born 1984), who was 6 years old when she won in 1990.
Youngest recipient of the FAMAS Best Actor Award:
Christopher de Leon (born 1956), who was 18 years old when he won in 1975.
Youngest recipients of the FAMAS Best Actress Award:
Aleck Bovick (born 1984), who was 19 years old when she won in 2003.
Youngest recipient of the FAMAS Best Supporting Actor Award:
Dennis Trillo (born 1981), who was 24 years old when he won in 2005.
Youngest recipient of the FAMAS Best Supporting Actress Award:
Hilda Koronel (born 1957), who was 14 years old when she won in 1971.

THE ONLY...

Only movie that received more than ten FAMAS Awards:
Jose Rizal (1998) with 11 FAMAS Awards
Only people who received more than five FAMAS Awards in one category:
(The following people received their sixth and seventh awards before the Hall
of Fame Award was introduced)
Gerardo de Leon (7 Best Director Awards)
Eddie Garcia (6 Best Supporting Actor Awards; Supporting Actor Hall of Fame inductee)
Only recipient of three FAMAS Hall of Fames:
Eddie Garcia (Supporting Actor in 1974, Director in 1990 and Actor in 2003)
Only recipient of two FAMAS Circle of Excellence Awards:
Vilma Santos (1992, 1993)
Only foreign film nominated for FAMAS Best Picture:
Zigzag (1963) [Medallion Pictures; USA]

MISCELLANEOUS

Longest FAMAS Awards Night:
The 50th FAMAS Awards (2001), which lasted from 9 PM to 3 AM (6 hours)
Latest FAMAS Awards Night:
The 27th FAMAS Awards (1978), which occured on November 1979.
Persons who waited the longest to win another FAMAS statuette:
Nida Blanca, who won her first FAMAS statuette in 1953. She won again in 1987,
34 years later. She won a total of 4 FAMAS statuettes.
Gloria Romero, who won her first FAMAS statuette in 1955. She won again in 1989,
34 years later. She won a total of 3 FAMAS statuettes.
Non-Filipinos nominated for FAMAS Awards:
George Nader (American Citizen), FAMAS Best Actor nominee in 1964.
Sylvia Lawrence (American Citizen), FAMAS Best Actress nominee in 1964.
Michael J. Parsons (American Citizen), FAMAS Best Actor nominee in 1967.
George Rowe (American Citizen), FAMAS Best Director nominee in 1974.
Jan Chin Bee (Chinese Citizen), FAMAS Best Supporting Actor nominee in 1974.

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