Philippine Showbiz Today 19
March 8 - 21 , 2017
Philippine Showbiz Today 19
Talent manager Cornelia Lee a . k . a . Angge , 70
Talent manager Cornelia Lee , better known in showbiz by her nickname Angge , passed away around 9PM Thursday .
She had been bedridden since suffering a massive heart attack last year . Around that time , it was revealed in a radio interview by one of her talents , actress Sylvia Sanchez , that Lee was watching a movie with her niece and assistant when she suffered a cardiac arrest . She was actually dead on arrival at the hospital but doctors were able to revive her after 15 minutes .
Lee was a former movie fan who became an actress in the 1970s . She was the president of the fans club of Fernando Poe , Jr . and Susan Roces , dubbed as the King and Queen of Philippine Movies .
She was also identified with the love team of Vilma Santos and Edgar Mortiz and appeared in several of their movies in the 1970s like “ The Sensations ” and “ Young Love ” although she was also in the cast of “ D ’ Musical Teenage Idols !” topbilled by the rival love team of Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III .
She eventually became a casting director and talent coordinator for ABS-CBN shows .
A member of the talent managers guild PAMI ( Philippine Artist Managers , Inc .), she handled the careers of several actors including Dante Rivero , Smokey
Manaloto , Cris Villanueva , Bayani Agbayani , Archie Alemania , Mickey Ferriols and Michael Flores . ●
- E . Sallan , Interaksyon
January 23 , 1947 - March 2 , 2017