Angel Esmeralda

Name: Angel Esmeralda
Native name: Angel Esmeralda
Also Known as: Ángel Esmerelda
Nationality: Filipino
Gender: Male
Born: October 1, 1915
Died: 1985

Ángel Esmerelda is a prewar Filipino actor under Parlatone Hispano-Filipino and Sampaguita Pictures. He was the husband of Sampaguita Pictures leading lady Corazon Noble and the father of Jay Ilagan also known as Ángel Ilagan.

Incidentally, Angel did his first and last films under the same studio. He was 19, when he did his first movie “Ang Dangal”(1934) under Parlatone –Hispano-Filipino Inc. His last was “Pipo” (1970) starring Charito Solis under Nepomuceno Productions. Angel’s career lasted for 36 years.

He was uncle to Liberty Ilagan, brother to national artist Gerry de Leon, husband to Candelaria Sison and movie queen Corazon Noble, and father to one of the finest actors who ever graced the cinema, Jay Ilagan.

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Year	Title	Role
1946	Ligaya Filipino Movie, 1946, (Main Role)	Main Role
1946	So Long, America Filipino Movie, 1946, (Main Role)	Main Role
1940	Santa Filipino Movie, 1940, (Main Role)	Main Role
1939	Yaman ng Mahirap Filipino Movie, 1939, (Main Role)	Main Role
1937	Nasaan Ka Irog Filipino Movie, 1937, (Support Role)	Support Role
1937	Ang Kumpisalan at ang Batas Filipino Movie, 1937, (Support Role)	Support Role
1934	Ang Dangal Filipino Movie, 1934, (Main Role)	Main Role