228. Mother And Daughter Models: ROSA ROSAL & TONI ROSE GAYDA

LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER, Rosa Rosal with only daughter, Toni Rose Gayda.

Rosa Rosal (born as Florence Lansang Danon on 16 Oct. 1931) was one of the prized stars of LVN Pictures. She often assumed the roles of femme fatales, sexy vixens, wayward girls (but with a heart of gold) and a daring, seductive siren.

She was only 15 when she appeared in her first movie, “Fort Santiago (1946) by the Nolasco Brothers Studio. Her performance impressed the LVN bosses who got her  and transformed her into a fine actress in such classics as Biyaya ng Lupa (1959) and Anak Dalita (1956). She won the FAMAS Best Actress for Sonny Boy in 1955.

 

ROSA ROSAL, Early CAMAY GIRL. Print Ad, 1953.

Offscreen, Rosa Rosal led a quiet , purposeful life. She joined the Philippine National Red Cross in 1950 and has actively promoted blood donation though the years. She also engaged in charitable and humanitarian work on TV (Damayan, Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko) that won for her the ramon Magsaysay Award in 1999.

As such, she became a role model and early in her career, she was chosen to be one of the 1950s CAMAY Girls, that included such legendary screen beauties like Norma Blancaflor, Gloria Romero, Nida Blanca, Nenita Cardenas, and Charito Solis.

 

ROSA ROSAL, for GENTLE Fine Fabric Deteregent, 1976.

In the 70s decade,  Rosal became active on television, and did dramas and sitcms like “Yan Ang Misis Ko”, opposite Ronald Remy.  She also did one movie in 1976,”Sakada”, directed by Behn Cervantes, that was banned by the Marcos government. Because of her familiarity to TV audiences, Rosal was persuaded to appear in a commercial for GENTLE Fine Fabric Detergent.

Rosal’s daughter with American pilot Walter Gayda whom she married in 1957, alo had a successful run as a showbiz personality. Toni Rose Gayda became a sought-after model, and was a CAMAY Girl, like her mom.  She did at least ne campaign for JOHNSON’S BABY LOTION, in 1979, with Ace Compton Advertising, Inc. 

TONI ROSE GAYDA, for Johnson's Baby Lotion, 1979.

Toni Rose Gayda, later found fame as a TV host of Eat Bulaga (1996-2014), following her stint in Student Canteen and Lunch Date. Gayda presently co- hosts of A Song Of Praise Music Festival on UNTV,  gospel music TV program.