Carmencita Abad Explained

Carmencita Abad
Occupation:	Actress

Carmencita Abad, known as Carmencita Decano Abad in real life, (born 1933) is a Filipina actress. She made her film debut with Tres Muskiteros (a.k.a. 3 Muskiteers) was a younger sister of another PreWar actress Corazon Noble.^[1]

Inspired of Alexander Dumas's The Three Muskiteers a Filipino version made by Sampaguita Pictures in 1951 was Abad's first major role. The only movie under Sampaguita Pictures that was released in 1951 before she moved to the rival company, Lvn Pictures, in the early 1950s.

Abad's first movie in Lvn Pictures was in cameo roles with Evelyn Villar teamed up with a handsome lead actor of the company Armando Goyena as a Filipino Super Hero as Kapitan Kidlat from the movie Kidlat, Ngayon.

Filmography

• 1951 – Tres Muskiteros a.k.a. Three Muskiteers
• 1953 – Kidlat, Ngayon – Lvn Pictures, a.k.a. Lightning, Today
• 1954 – Damong Ligaw – Lvn Pictures
• 1954 – Ikaw ang Dahilan – Lvn, a.k.a. You are the Reason
• 1954 – Singsing na Tanso – Lvn Pictures, a.k.a. Silver Ring
• 1955 – Tagapagmana – Lvn, a.k.a. Inheritance
• 1955 – Hagad – Lvn Pictures, a.k.a. Police
• 1955 – 1 2 3 – Lvn Pictures
• 1955 – Panyolitong Bughaw – Lvn Pictures, a.k.a. Blue Handkerchief^[2]
• 1955 – Karnabal – Lvn Pictures, a.k.a. Carnival
• 1956 – No Money, No Honey – Lvn Pictures
• 1956 – Everlasting – Lvn
• 1956 – Medalyong Perlas – Lvn, a.k.a. Pearl Necklace
• 1956 – Kumander 13 – Lvn, Commander 13
• 1957 – Dalawang Ina – Lvn, a.k.a. Two Mothers^[3]
• 1957 – Rosalina – Lvn
• 1958 – Zarex – Lvn
• 1959 – Bayanihan – Lvn^[4]
• 1959 – Biyaya ng Lupa – Lvn^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: O'Brien . Baby . Life with Paraluman: A big adventure movie with an all-star cast . 4 July 2023 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 29 August 2003 . en.
2. Book: National Mid-week . 1989 . Lagda Pub. Incorporated . 44 . 4 July 2023 . en.
3. Web site: Dolor . Danny . Emma & Carmencita as 'Dalawang Ina' . 2023-07-02 . Philstar.com.
4. Book: Tiongson . Nicanor G. . The Urian Anthology, 1970-1979: Selected Essays on Tradition and Innovation in the Filipino Cinema of the 1970s by the Manunuri Ng Pelikulang Pilipino : with about 550 Photos and Illustrations and a Filmography of Philippine Movies, 1970-1979 . 1983 . M.L. Morato . 978-971-10-3000-1 . 415 . 4 July 2023 . en.
5. News: Pavlides . Dan . Biyaya Ng Lupa (1965) . 9 July 2023 . The New York Times . 20 December 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121112095705/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/173043/Biyaya-Ng-Lupa/details . 12 November 2012.
6. Web site: Carmencita Abad - Rotten Tomatoes . 2023-12-06 . www.rottentomatoes.com . en.