Tessie Tomas

Tomas is married to Dr. Roger Pullin, a marine biologist by profession. She has one son, Robin, who is now based in New York City as a fashion designer.[11]

Tomas first started doing stints as a radio voice talent at the age of 10, nost notably in Tiya Dely Magpayo’s radio show in the succeding years. She then switched to advertising and worked at different firms in the next 10 years. She was sent to London and New York for additional training and became the creative head of McCann-Erickson, the first Filipina creative director upon her return.

She first appeared in television through the gag show Champoy from 1981 to 1984. She was praised for her effective impersonation of then famous weather man Amado Pineda of PAG-ASA. She then embarked on doing live shows, notable for her performances as Meldita, Loida Dimagiba and Carmeling Lawiswis. She became a resident performer at Music Museum, headlining successful shows as a standup comedy career throughout the 1990s.[6]

Tomas returned to TV as main host of the morning talk show Teysi ng Tahanan and the weekly political satire Abangan ang Susunod na Kabanata, playing the wealthy but eccentric Barbara Tengco.[1] Separada (for which she created the screenplay), Ploning, and 100 are some of her other critically acclaimed films.[12][13] She gained further success as an actress in the 1988 film, A Dangerous Life. Her performance was met with praises from critics and viewers, earning her nominations at the International Emmy Awards and American Cable Awards.[14]

In her later years, she played several supporting roles in both film and television. She earned praises from the critics and viewers for her portrayal as the "cane-wielding" Doña Cielo Fierro in ABS-CBN's hit television series, Dirty Linen (2023).[15]

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