Rebecca Del Rio

Rebecca Busbus Buslon-Tushinsky (January 31, 1929 – March 11, 2010) better known as Rebecca del Rio was a Filipino actress typecasted as a glamorous contravida or villain in Sampaguita Pictures who was the first Filipino to be awarded as Asia’s Best Actress.

She made numerous movies under Sampaguita Pictures. In 1955, she signed a contract with LVN Pictures and made her first movie Dinayang Pagmamahal aka Foolish Love, a Jaime de la Rosa and Charito Solis movie.

Personal life
Rebecca del Rio hailed from Sierra Bullones, Bohol, Philippines. She was the daughter of lawyer and former congressman Teofilo Buslon and his wife Demetria Busbus, a nurse and former mayor of Pilar, Bohol. She was also the sister of the late former provincial board member Dr. Socorro Tallo, aunt of fashion designer Maximiel Tallo and grandmother of Miss Bohol 1997 lawyer Socorro Tallo-Inting.

Rebecca graduated from Holy Spirit School and went to the Philippine Women's University in Manila to study and was discovered by Sampaguita Pictures.

She was the first Filipino to receive the Best Actress Award in Asia. She personally received the award in Japan. She was also FAMAS’ Best Supporting Actress in 1958.

According to Leo Udtohan, a journalist who wrote an article about Del Rio at The Philippine Star in 2005, in the peak of her career being a premier and classic Sampaguita Star, she left Philippines after she married a SONY executive and resided in the US.

As the Cherie Gil of her time, she appeared on several films such as Ang Ating Pag-ibig (1953), Kurdapya (1955) with Gloria Romero, Dolphy, Ric Rodrigo, Ramon Revilla, Aruray and Eddie Garcia, Mister, Kasintahan (1953), Pilya (1954) with Gloria Romero, Ric Rodrigo, Lolita Rodriguez, Luis Gonzales, José de Villa and Horacio Morelos; Pitong Krus ng Isang Ina (1968) with Rosemarie Sonora, Ramil Rodriguez, Edgar Salcedo, Alicia Alonzo, Rosa Aguirre; Sabungera (1954) - Lolita Rodriguez, Ric Rodrigo, Dolphy, Rosa Mia, Boy Alano and Horacio Morelos; Mariposa (1955) with Gloria Romero, Ric Rodrigo, Rosa Mia, Panchito Rudy Francisco, Norma Vales, Aruray, Bella Flores; and Lollipops, Roses and Talangka (1971) with Nora Aunor, Victor "Cocoy" Laurel and Oscar Moreno. She later married Joseph Tushinsky.

Rebecca Tushinsky died March 11, 2010. She is survived by a son, Robert Joseph Tushinsky.

Filmography

 * 1951 - Tres Muskiteros
 * 1952 - Mayamang Balo
 * 1952 - Hiram na Mukha
 * 1953 - Ang Ating Pag-ibig
 * 1953 - Cofradia
 * 1953 - Anak ng Espada
 * 1953 - Mister Kasintahan
 * 1953 - Vod-A-Vil
 * 1954 - Musikong Bumbong
 * 1954 - Tres Muskiteras
 * 1954 - Pilya
 * 1954 - Milyonarya at Hampaslupa
 * 1954 - Dalagang Ilocana
 * 1954 - Sabungera
 * 1954 - Bondying
 * 1954 - Kurdapya
 * 1955 - Lola Sinderella
 * 1955 - Bulaklak sa Parang
 * 1955 - Mariposa
 * 1955 - Dinayang Pagmamahal
 * 1955 - Talusaling
 * 1956 - Luksang Tagumpay
 * 1956 - Laging Ikaw
 * 1957 - Cuatro Vidas
 * 1957 - Turista
 * 1958 - Rebelde
 * 1958 - Malvarosa
 * 1958 - Mr. Kuripot