Mely tagasa biography sample

Wearing oversized glasses and with her hair pulled back into a severe bun, Miss Tapia (full name: Liwayway Gawgaw Tapia) was a character that has become a fixture in Filipino pop culture.

The appeal of her character may have to do with the fact that she played a trope—that of a lonely and abrasive single woman—but her allure may also be due to the woman who had played her with flair: the late actress, writer, and producer Mely Tagasa.

The mother of screenwriter Gina Marissa Tagasa-Gil, she grew up in Tarlac and Nueva Ecija before moving to Manila at the end of World War II.

Post-War Manila offered much hope to the newly independent republic, with jazz and big band music filling up the airwaves.

It was in radio that the young Mely found her calling, nabbing several coveted roles for dramas that she eventually decided to pursue a full-time career and drop out of school.