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Helen Gamboa marks 80th birthday

Reyma Deveza

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA -- Screen veteran Helen Gamboa has turned 80.</p><p>In her social media post on Wednesday night, Gamboa&#x27;s daughter Ciara uploaded a video which shows touching moment of her mom and her dad former Senate President Vicente &quot;Tito&quot; Sotto III.</p><p>In the caption of her post, Ciara also penned a short but sweet birthday message for her mother.</p><p>&quot;Happy Birthday to the most beautiful woman with the biggest heart and purest soul! We love you so much!!!&quot; Ciara wrote.</p><p>Ciara also expressed her gratitude to her father for making her mom the happiest woman.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJWmdshPRDA/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4687878.3999996185%2C%22ls%22%3A4687316.299999714%2C%22le%22%3A4687805.5%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1023" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Born Helen Albent Gamboa, the actress shot to fame in the 1960s for her TV and movie musicals. </p><p>Gamboa and Sotto marked their 55th wedding anniversary in September 2024. They were first married on September 22, 1969 but their big and public wedding happened on January 2, 1971.</p><p>They renewed their wedding vows at Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish in Batangas in 2019 to mark their 50th year as a married couple.</p><p>Gamboa made a comeback in 2009 via the hit series &quot;Tayong Dalawa.&quot; She was also part of the hit 2012 series &quot;Walang Hanggan&quot; with Coco Martin and Julia Montes.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_e1wS_RK8g?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cBaWqodkHaA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UcHvmobvkBc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wWrXKTBuSt0?&amp;pp=0gcJCYUJAYcqIYzv&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6vk2eG_a0fE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>