Rebecca Tushinsky (January 31, 1929 – March 11, 2010) was a Filipina actress typecasted as a glamorous contravida or villain in Sampaguita Pictures who is the first Filipina Asia’s Best Actress award.

She made numerous movies under Sampaguita and in 1955 she signed a contract to LVN Pictures and made her first movie Dinayang Pagmamahal aka Foolish Love, a Jaime de la Rosa and Charito Solis movie.

Biography

Rebecca del rio is from Sierra Bullones, Bohol, Philippines. It was found out that her real name is Rebecca Tushinsky. She’s the sister of the late former provincial board member Dra. Socorro Tallo, aunt of fashion designer Maximiel Tallo and grandmother of Miss Bohol 1997 lawyer Socorro Tallo-Inting.

Rebecca graduated at Holy Spirit School and she went to the Philippine Women’s University in Manila to study and she was discovered by Sampaguita Pictures.

It was also learned that she is the First Filipina to receive the Best Actress Award in Asia. She personally received the award in Japan. She was also FAMAS’ Best Supporting Actress.

According to Leo Udtohan, a journalist who wrote an article about Del Rio at the Philippine Star in 2005, in the peak of her career being a premier and classic Sampaguita Star, she left Philippines after she married a Sony executive and now resided in the US.

As the Cherrie Gil of her time, she appeared on several films Ang Ating Pag-ibig (1953), Kurdapya (1955) with Gloria Romero, Dolphy, Ric Rodrigo, Ramon Revilla, Aruray and Eddie Garcia; Mister; Kasintahan, Pilya ( 1954 ) with Gloria Romero, Ric Rodrigo, Lolita Rodriguez, Luis Gonzales, Jose de Villa and Horacio Morelos; Pitong Krus ng Isang Ina (1968 ) with Rosemarie, Ramil Rodriguez, Edgar Salcedo Alicia Alonzo, Rosa Aguirre; Sabungera(1954)- Lolita Rodriguez, Ric Rodrigo, Dolphy, Rosa Mia, Boy Alano and Horacio Morelos; Mariposa(1955) with Gloria Romero, Ric Rodrigo, Rosa Mia, Panchito Rudy Francisco, Norma Vales, Aruray, Bella Flores; and Lollipop and Roses with Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III.