SUSAN ROCES

Friday, November 12, 2010

PHOTO GALLERY #14

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Susan with Gloria Romero and Fred Montilla

Susan with Boots Anson-Roa and Danny Holmsen

Susan with Miss Universe Aparna Hongsakula of Thailand

Susan with Fernando Poe, Jr. and President & Mrs. Marcos during the wedding of Jean Lopez and Romano Castellvi.

Susan with Dr. Jose Perez

Susan as muse of FPJ Basketball Team with Fernando Poe, Jr.

Susan with Nora Aunor

Susan with Nora Aunor and Baby K. Jimenez

Susan with Rosemarie, Doc Perez, Vilma Santos and Edgar Mortiz

Susan with Vilma Santos, Edgar Mortiz, Ricky Belmonte, Rosemarie and Fernando Poe, Jr.

The Sonora Sisters (Susan, Rosemarie, Teresita and Bennett) with President Marcos.

Susan with writer-friend Pablo S. Gomez

Susan dancing The Jerk with German Moreno

Susan with Josephine Estrada, Tony Ferrer and Fernando Poe, Jr.

Susan with Helen Gamboa

Susan with Josephine Estrada

Susan with male Stars '66 (Bert Leroy, Jr., Dindo Fernando, Ramil Rodriguez, Edgar Salcedo and Pepito Rodriguez)

Susan with Liezl Sumilang (Amalia Fuentes' daughter).

Susan with daughter Mary Grace Poe.

Susan with Mrs. Imelda Marcos during presidential campaign for Marcos in 1965.

Susan with violinist Gilopez Kabayao.

Susan with Joseph Estrada and Fernando Poe, Jr.

Susan as Board of Censors Chief Maria Kalaw Katigbak in PMPC Star Awards.

Susan with Boots Anson-Roa

Susan with Rosemarie and Daisy Romualdez

Susan with Director Danny Holmsen

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Thursday, November 11, 2010

FPJ COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS LAUNCHED, NOVEMBER 10, 2010

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FPJ Commemorative Stamps Launched

by Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News

November 10, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – Veteran actress Susan Roces, known as the First lady of Philippine cinema, led the launching of the first commemorative stamps honoring her late husband, National Artist for Film Fernando Poe Jr (FPJ), on Wednesday.

"This means a lot to our family," Roces said at the 267th anniversary of the Philippine Postal Office that showcased a philatelic exhibit honoring National Artists Levi Celerio, Leonor Orosa-Goquingco, Carlos Quirino and Nick Joaquin.

Along with her daughter, Movie and Television Review and Classification Board chairman Grace Poe-Llamanzares, Roces proudly showed the stamp images of FPJ in his iconic roles as Panday, Totoy Bato and Pepeng Kaliwete. Also included is his movie “Umpisahan Mo, Tatapusin Ko.”

The FPJ commemorative stamps, selling at P65, is also a big boost to the campaign to promote letter writing in the age of electronic media, cellphone technology and social media.

"Nothing can compare to the personal touch in writing letters, and the smell that goes with love letters," said Roces, who herself continues her family tradition of collecting stamps.

Also featured in the exhibit is a 1961 photo of Roces promoting philately.

She said stamps and letter writing should continue in this Internet-driven age.

Llamanzares, meantime, has encouraged her mother to sign up on Facebook and other social media sites to connect to a new generation of fans. She quickly added that she will not press it.

The Philpost event is a rare outing for Roces, who has largely shunned public events and political occasions and endorsements since FPJ died in December 2004, months after the controversial presidential elections.

FPJ ran in the 2004 presidential polls but lost to former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is now a representative of the 2nd District of Pampanga.

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