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Rare photo of Janice de Belen, Julie Vega stirs nostalgia

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<p>Janice de Belen had her fans in a nostalgic mood, as she shared a rare photo of her with Julie Vega, a fellow 80s child star who died at the peak of her popularity.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmIpgRtDc_q/?utm_source=ig_embed" data-instgrm-version="9" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmIpgRtDc_q/?utm_source=ig_embed" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Janice de Belen (@super_janice)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-08-06T11:05:49+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 6, 2018 at 4:05am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The shoot was for promotional materials of the 1981 movie &quot;Flor de Liza,&quot; going by an exchange between de Belen and talent manger Popoy Caritativo in the Instagram comments.</p><p>Most of the 400-plus comments were from fans reminiscing about the soap opera days of de Belen and Vega. Notably, de Belen starred as the titular &quot;Flordeluna,&quot; while Vega is best remembered for &quot;Anna Liza.&quot;</p><p>Aside from &quot;Flor de Liza,&quot; de Belen and Vega co-starred in several other films, including &quot;Mga Basang Sisiw,&quot; &quot;Dear Mama,&quot; and &quot;To Mama with Love.&quot;</p><p>Other comments surmised what could have been, if Vega were still alive.</p><p>&quot;So love Julie, I cried so hard when she died,&quot; one fan wrote.</p><p>Vega died in 1985, weeks before her 17th birthday, leaving behind the still-ongoing &quot;Anna Liza,&quot; among other projects. The soap ended airing without a conclusion to its story, due to its lead actress&#x27; sudden death.</p><p>De Belen remains active in showbiz. She is one of the principal cast members of the upcoming ABS-CBN drama series &quot;The General&#x27;s Daughter,&quot; starring Angel Locsin.</p>

<p>De Belen and Vega were soap-opera rivals who co-starred in several big-screen projects in the 1980s.</p>

De Belen and Vega were soap-opera rivals who co-starred in several big-screen projects in the 1980s.