Maria Teresa Gerodias Carlson (October 15, 1962 – November 23, 2001) was a Filipino-American actress and beauty pageant contestant.
[1] She starred in several films, including comedies with Chiquito, Redford White, and with the trio of Tito, Vic and Joey.
Before Carlson, Rodolfo Fariñas also has other two children from a previous relationship with Janet Murff, namely Rica Camille and Rey Carlos.
In a Probe Team interview in October 1996, Carlson accused her husband, then the governor of Ilocos Norte, of domestic violence.
I had a gun at me in my mouth... a wet towel all over my face, pour [sic] Sprite, 7-Up or continuous water... "I do not wish to embarrass him.
[2] On November 23, 2001, Carlson died by suicide by jumping off the balcony from the 23rd floor of the Platinum 2000 condominium in Greenhills, San Juan City.