Linda Estrella

Consuelo Vera Rigotti, professionally known as Linda Estrella, was a Filipina actress and singer, best known as one of the players of Sampaguita Pictures.

Biography

Consuelo Vera Rigotti was born on December 3, 1922, to Jose Rigotti y Alcalá, a Filipino of Italian descent from Albay, and a Filipina mother, Francisca Vera from Catanduanes. She grew up in Catanduanes and when they moved to Manila, she obtained a degree in Home Economics at Philippine Women's University.
Her uncle was Judge Jose Vera the founder of Sampaguita Pictures and filmmaker Marichu Vera-Perez is her niece. She married Dr. Adriano Acgoili Agana on June 8, 1941. She had three children, Tessie Agana, Cynthia, who died from pneumonia 12 days after birth, and Maria Lourdes, who was adopted by the Aganas.

She died on February 18, 2012, in Hobart, Indiana, aged 89.

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