To longtime movie reporters, she was both colleague and “Dean of the Entertainment Press” but to A-list actor Aga Muhlach, Ethelwolda “Ethel” Ramos was the woman to whom he credits much of his success. The award-winning actor said as much during the wake for the recently departed talent manager and PR maven.
“Bilang binata, nagkaroon tayo ng kasikatan, ako po ay nagrebelde. Akala ko walang katapusan ang buhay pag-aartista, hanggang sa ako’y nawala nang nawala,”By the time the heartthrob turned 21, he had a spiritual awakening and began to shed his childlike ways. He knew he was made for bigger things and he was thankful someone else saw it too—and that was Ethel.New York, Cubao,” Aga recalled.
From then on, the manager and talent would discuss how to turn Aga’s then already lukewarm career around.