Boots Anson-Roa
María Elisa Cristóbal-Anson or Boots Anson-Roa (born January 30, 1945) is a Filipino actress, columnist, editor, and lecturer.
She was born on January 30, 1945. Anson-Roa, a Bicolana, is the eldest daughter of post-war matinee idol Oscar Moreno, then known as the Robert Taylor of the Philippines, and Belen Cristobal, a descendant of Epifanio de los Santos. She finished her primary and secondary education at the posh Assumption Convent in Herran St., Manila. Her younger brother, Alvin Anson (born October 20, 1962; Manila) was also a lead actor and model. Anson-Roa was married to Pete Roa, her co-host in the series Dance-o-Rama from 1964 until his death in 2007. They have four children: Leah Cuevas, Joey, Chiqui Roa-Puno, and Ben from whom they have nine grandchildren. On November 30, 2013, she was engaged to lawyer Francisco "King" Rodrigo Jr., son of Senator Francisco Soc Rodrigo; They married on June 14, 2014.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.6444 |
| Birthday | 1945-01-30 |
| Place of Birth | Manila, Philippines |
| Also Known As | María Elisa Cristóbal Anson-Roa, |
1974
Isang Gabi... Tatlong Babae!
7/1
A three-part, social drama on parent-child relationships, it stars the Philippine movies’ most beautiful face, Amalia Fuentes as the Phaedra-like, upp...
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Isang Gabi... Tatlong Babae!
2008
One True Love
7/2
Finally after three years of courtship, Migs, a medical intern, marries simple and unassuming Joy, a nurse in the hospital of Migs' residency. Several...
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One True Love
2019
Kaibigan
0/0
In an age rocked by drugs and a culture in danger of folding to worldly influences, rival high school basketball players clash on and off the basketba...
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Kaibigan
2010
Till My Heartaches End
5.3/2
The moment these two saw each other at the café, they couldn’t take their eyes off each other. Their attraction was apparent and it seemed that destin...
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Till My Heartaches End
1969
Leslie
0/0
Every emptiness that sadness makes, clears a little more room for happiness.
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Leslie
1975
May Isang Tsuper Ng Taxi
0/0
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May Isang Tsuper Ng Taxi
1997
Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos 2
8/1
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Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos 2
1972
Santo Domingo
9/1
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Santo Domingo
1979
Warrant of Arrest
9/1
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Warrant of Arrest
1977
Asawa Ko Silang Lahat
0/0
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Asawa Ko Silang Lahat
1993
The Myrna Diones Story (Lord, Have Mercy!)
0/0
Based on the real life story of Myrna Diones, a 14 year-old survivor of a brutal massacre of her, her sister and their two cousins in the Cordillera m...
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The Myrna Diones Story (Lord, Have Mercy!)
2010
Ika-Sampu
6/1
A story about a descendant of a rich hispanic family that lived in the Philippines in the 1800s (1896). Nine years ago, Alexa Nicole de la Vega starte...
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Ika-Sampu
1972
El Vibora
0/0
A re-telling of Artemio Ricarte, a Filipino patriot who fought against the Spanish and later Americans. He was later supported by the Japanese during...
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El Vibora
1973
Zoom, Zoom, Superman!
10/1
A Filipino parody film of DC's Superman in three segments directed by different directors.
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Zoom, Zoom, Superman!
2014
Unfriend
4.2/13
On Christmas Day, 15 year old David finds out that his boyfriend, Jonathan has taken another lover. The discovery leads him on the brink of depression...
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Unfriend
2024
GG: Good Game
7/1
Mourning the death of his beloved lola, an aspiring pro-gamer is forced to live with his estranged mother and lead his underdog esports team in secret...
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GG: Good Game
1980
Sampaguitang Walang Halimuyak
0/0
This story revolves around a smart student named Guia Sison (Julie Ann Fortich) who is moving heaven, earth and hell just to reach her goal. Guia happ...
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Sampaguitang Walang Halimuyak
1974
Dalawa ang Nagdalantao sa Akin
0/0
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Dalawa ang Nagdalantao sa Akin
2005
Pepot Artista
7.5/2
A story about a ten-year-old boy whose dream is to become a movie star. Pepot, the dreamer, is surrounded by people who are equally dazzled by the mov...
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Pepot Artista
2014
Third Eye
4.7/9
A young woman's supernatural ability to see ghosts is reawakened following the death of her mother. As she adjusts to her new, deathly surroundings, s...
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Third Eye
2004
Mano Po III: My Love
5.75/2
Anti-crime crusader Lilia Chiong Yang seems to have everything a woman could want and need: a husband who pampers her; children whom any parent would...
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Mano Po III: My Love
1988
Jack & Jill Sa Amerika
4/3
Jack and Jill face a new whole adventure- this time in America! When they received a telegram from their dead uncle's lawyer they were prompted to go...
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Jack & Jill Sa Amerika
2005
Ilusyon
1/1
Set in Philippine post-American colonialist era, where the American influence was still apparent, Ilusyon tells the story of Miguel, a young man from...
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Ilusyon
2011
Pintakasi
10/1
About a young painter who arrives at an island made of garbage. He uses the island and its denizens as his canvas and fights to protect the island fro...
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Pintakasi
2023
Ikaw At Ako
0/0
The film presents a tapestry of love stories that transcend time. From the challenges faced by a couple in their sunset years to the struggles of thos...
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Ikaw At Ako
2007
Christmas Tree
0/0
A family spends their Christmas vacation at their grandmother's house after a painful tragedy, all the while a strange monster is waiting for the righ...
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Christmas Tree
2011
Rain Rain Go Away
0/0
Mar and Cynthia celebrate their anniversary during the wrath of Ondoy. After the typhoon, they closed down their factory and tried to sell it. Soon af...
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Rain Rain Go Away
2014
Esoterica: Manila
0/0
Drawing from his personal adventures, film director, Elwood Perez veers away from standard-issue plot conventions in this paradoxically moral tale of...
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Esoterica: Manila
1975
Postcards from China
0/0
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Postcards from China
1971
Ang Kampana sa Santa Quiteria
7/1
A story about a sergeant held captive by fugitives searching for a treasure hidden in a remote village.
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Ang Kampana sa Santa Quiteria
1979
Tonyong Bayawak
8.667/3
Story of Tonyong Bayawak who was given strong powers but in return turns him into a wild boar whenever he gets angry.
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Tonyong Bayawak
1975
Anino ng Araw
0/0
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Anino ng Araw
1975
Pagsapit ng Dilim
0/0
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Pagsapit ng Dilim
1993
Kadenang Bulaklak
10/1
Jasmin, Violy, Baby and Daisy are sisters that were separated in their youth.
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Kadenang Bulaklak
2008
Lovebirds
2/2
When Mario invites his Internet pen pal all the way from Spain to his home in the Philippines to meet his family, his mother and father assume “Alexis...
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Lovebirds
2006
Blue Moon
7.667/3
Corazon (Boots Anson Roa), an old Filipina who lives in Boston, wrote to each Manuel Pineda in her home a letter. She hopes to find her love again. In...
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Blue Moon
1973
Isinilang ang Anak ng Ibang Babae
9/1
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Isinilang ang Anak ng Ibang Babae
2004
Bridal Shower
5.6/5
Three advertising executives are doomed to perpetually look for the right man. Tates, Katie and Sonia are all are stuck in a rut with love, sex and ma...
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Bridal Shower
1999
May Isang Pamilya
0/0
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May Isang Pamilya
2007
Shake, Rattle and Roll 9
5.5/2
This ninth installment in the classic horror series offers up a trio of spine-chillers from the Philippines. In Christmas Tree, a rampaging Christmas...
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Shake, Rattle and Roll 9
2006
White Lady
4.8/4
Pearl,a simple and smart girl who just arrived in the city to attend college. For reasons she cannot explain and understand, Pearl is haunted by the g...
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White Lady
2011
Shake, Rattle & Roll 13
4.3/3
An old man Lando (Ronnie Lazaro) has buried something under his house. When he is finished, he encounters a group of white people. The chieftain (Manu...
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Shake, Rattle & Roll 13
2009
Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
5/3
Melinda Uy is a half-Filipino, half-Chinese struggling mother to four children married to a full-Chinese blood man. Her family was believed to bring c...
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Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
2011
My House Husband - Ikaw Na!
0/0
Nothing prepared ROD (Ryan Agoncillo ) and MIA ALVAREZ (Judy Ann Santos) for the major changes that took place in their lives. ROD worked as a manager...
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My House Husband - Ikaw Na!
2015
Salamat sa Alaala
0/0
The documentary serves as a tribute to National Artist for Cinema Gerardo de Leon in celebration of his Centennial Year. “Salamat sa Alaala.” is insp...
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Salamat sa Alaala
1976
Ang Lihim ni Rosa Henson sa Buhay ni Kumander Lawin
0/0
A story about the life of Rosa Henson and Kumander Lawin.
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Ang Lihim ni Rosa Henson sa Buhay ni Kumander Lawin
2002
Mano Po
7.333/9
During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina. The couples children, Da...
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Mano Po
2008
Caregiver
5.7/6
Sarah Gonzales, a grade school English teacher, joins the 150,000 Pinoy OFWs working in the United Kingdom to support her husband, Teddy Gonzales, in...
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Caregiver
2005
The Son of Brocka
0/0
It is about a group of investigative journalists from a sub-par TV station who accidentally scores a scoop that a 21-year-old boy is looking around fo...
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The Son of Brocka
1993
Loving Someone
10/3
Only son, Carlitos, suddenly finds himself the man of an all-female household when his father dies of a heart attack. He falls in love with an offbeat...
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Loving Someone
2006
Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
0/0
A culinary romance set in Binondo, where Chinese traditions are still very much observed, Mano Po 5: Gua Ay Di is a touching story of how a young Chin...
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Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
2007
Angels
5.3/3
"Angels" is a trilogy. The three episodes featured in the movies are: "Angel of Mine", "Daddy's Angel" and "Angel of Love". "Angel of Mine,"
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Angels
1996
Father, Mother, Child
9/2
A married couple decides to adopt a baby girl and raise her as their own, but internal family problems arise when the two are blessed with a biologica...
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Father, Mother, Child
1975
Mga Uhaw na Bulaklak
4/3
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Mga Uhaw na Bulaklak
2006
The Last Day of the Week
0/0
Ang Huling Araw ng Linggo spans a week in a life of seven individuals with interconnected narratives.
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The Last Day of the Week
1994
Mayor Cesar Climaco
0/0
Mayor Cesar Climaco: Directed by Francis Posadas. With Eddie Garcia, Gardo Versoza, Boots Anson-Roa, Jennifer Mendoza.
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Mayor Cesar Climaco
1978
Angelita's Eyes
6.5/2
Mga Mata ni Angelita was written by Ricardo Feliciano and became a number one hit radio drama from 1974 to 1978. It was made into a film by Larry Sant...
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Angelita's Eyes
1995
Mangarap Ka
7.667/3
Childhood friends, Nonoy and Jenny, embark on their freshman year at a prestigious university together. However, bad company leads Nonoy astray. As he...
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Mangarap Ka
1997
Flames: The Movie
9/1
FLAMES is former TV a teen-oriented drama series and becomes a movie that is divided into two separate episodes. Episode 1: Tameme Leslie is a rich hi...
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Flames: The Movie
2006
Sukob
5.7/6
Sandy and Dale, both Overseas Workers in Dubai, are busy preparing for their wedding. Upon reaching her home, Sandy learns from her mother, Daisy, wha...
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Sukob
1981
P.S. I Love You
8.5/2
Kristine is a teenager living an affluent life with her mother whose managing the hacienda left them by her late husband. Since her mother is not used...
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P.S. I Love You
1994
The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)
0/0
The 1967 story of young rising actress Maggie De La Riva's abduction and rape, and the trial against her 4 abductors.
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The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)
2008
When Love Begins...
6/1
Benedicto "Ben" Caballero is an environmentalist who disapproves of deforestation for villages in mountainous regions in the country.He is more concer...
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When Love Begins...
1969
Adriana
8/1
Filipino romantic horror movie from 1969.
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Adriana
1975
Ang Pag-ibig Ko'y Huwag Mong Sukatin
0/0
A Filipino drama film by Lamberto V. Avellana.
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Ang Pag-ibig Ko'y Huwag Mong Sukatin
1974
The Bells of San Jose
9/1
The film tells a story of large rural families suffering from economic insecurity in a remote part of the town of Magdalena, Laguna, where major life...
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The Bells of San Jose
1977
Naked Hero
8/1
Hubad na Bayani explores the world of peasant revolts, cult organizations, talismans, and the fight for socio-economic reforms. The story revolves aro...
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Naked Hero
1973
Tanikalang dugo
0/0
Filipino horror movie from 1973.
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Tanikalang dugo
1974
Sumigaw ka hanggang ibig mo!
0/0
Filipino horror movie from 1974.
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Sumigaw ka hanggang ibig mo!
1970
Santiago!
7/2
A nighttime attempt to sabotage a Japanese munitions store in the little town of Santiago goes wrong when Gonzalo (Fernando Poe, Jr.) discovers that t...
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Santiago!
1972
Villa Miranda
9/1
Drama among family and friends unfold in Villa Miranda, a town in the world of false glories and true defeats.
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Villa Miranda
1976
A World of Horror
9/1
Filipino horror movie from 1976.
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A World of Horror
2015
Maskara
0/0
The Philippines is being geared up to be interconnected through a system called One Wired Nation (OWN). This would allow faster and easier access to i...
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Maskara
1999
Always Looking for You
7/1
Adventure story of 2 young professionals, Jinny, a hotel junior executive, and her husband, Brian, a commercial pilot and their daughter Niña.
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Always Looking for You
2006
Rekados
0/0
Rekados is a magic-realist tragicomedy of three generations of cooks in the slums that own a karinderia. Josefina, the matriarch whose traditional ski...
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Rekados
2009
Tutok
2/2
An ambitious reporter and his cameraman attempt to get their big break by venturing into the mountains by themselves to get in touch with a group of r...
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Tutok
1979
Hermano Pule
0/0
A story about a Filipino religious leader.
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Hermano Pule
1976
The Rebel Hunter
0/0
Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1976 directed by Jose Yandoc and starred Ramon Revilla, Sr., Boots Anson-Roa, George Estrega...
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The Rebel Hunter
1970
Wanted: Perfect Mother
9/1
It tells of a couple, Dante and Elsa who hires a new governess, Carla to care for their four children. The governess quickly establishes rapport with...
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Wanted: Perfect Mother
1969
Darna and the Planetman
0/1
Darna vs. Planetman
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Darna and the Planetman
2017
The Baggage
10/2
Raped and pregnant, an OFW rids herself of unwanted baggage on the flight back home.
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The Baggage
2014
The Lady Next Door
0/0
A troubled teen and a lonely older woman unexpectedly find solace and happiness in each other. She makes him see the world; he makes her feel alive. B...
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The Lady Next Door
1995
The Lilian Velez Story: Till Death Do Us Part
8/2
Sharon Cuneta plays the biographical account of the murder case of Filipina movie actress Lilian Velez during the 1950's.
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The Lilian Velez Story: Till Death Do Us Part
1973
The Eagle and the Sun
7/1
The story revolves around themes of justice and revenge, as an honest doctor gets wrongfully accused of a crime. He then crosses paths with a rebel an...
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The Eagle and the Sun
1994
The Cecilia Masagca Story: Antipolo Massacre (Jesus Save Us!)
7/1
Possessed by an evil spirit lurked into his soul Winifredo (Cesar Montano) brought misery and affliction to his once happy and contented family life....
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The Cecilia Masagca Story: Antipolo Massacre (Jesus Save Us!)
2018
I Am Here
0/0
Everyday, Nelia waits outside a store in Timog hoping for Delfin--a man that she lost 40 years ago--to comeback. Unwilling to forget the romance that...
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I Am Here
2011
Garden of Eve
0/0
A woman (Mercedes Cabral) shares her story as a prostitute in front of the camera. A survivor, she looks back at her life as a mother. Milagros (Sue...
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Garden of Eve
2018
The Girl Allergic to Wi-Fi
6.3/26
Norma, a typical teenager who is always online, created a joint social media account for her and her boyfriend to mark their third monthsary. She gets...
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The Girl Allergic to Wi-Fi
1979
Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina
6/0
Angelita continues her journey in finding her real parents.
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Angelita... Ako Ang Iyong Ina
1993
Doring Dorobo: Hagupit Ng Batas
0/0
The life of a police officer is turned into a living hell because of two notorious criminals.
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Doring Dorobo: Hagupit Ng Batas
1980
Leon ng Central Luzon
0/0
An ambitious policeman and his journey from the ranks and his struggle to balance love and his duties.
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Leon ng Central Luzon
1974
Your Memory is My World
0/0
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Your Memory is My World
1973
Paru-parong itim
9/1
An adaptation of The Miracle Worker with a Lenten theme.
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Paru-parong itim
2004
Edades: Victorio C. Edades and Modernism in Philippine Art
0/0
Nick Deocampo looks into the life of Filipino visual artist Victorio C. Edades. Recognized as the father of Philippine modernism, Edades is known for...
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Edades: Victorio C. Edades and Modernism in Philippine Art
1975
The Goodfather
5/1
The family that works together plays together.
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The Goodfather
2026
Until She Remembers
0/0
When a struggling high school student is confronted with the painful fracture of her family, she seeks refuge far from the noise of her parents’ world...
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