Toni Rose Danon Gayda is a Filipino television personality and actress. She is the daughter of the Philippine National Red Cross governor, public servant, and movie star Rosa Rosal (1928–2025), and American pilot Walter Gayda. She is of Filipino, Egyptian, French, and Polish-American descent (surname Gayda is Polish).
Gayda, alongside Richard Reynoso, is currently a host of A Song of Praise Music Festival on UNTV, the only gospel music television program in the Philippines.
Early and personal life Toni Rose Gayda was born to her mother, Rosa Rosal, an actress and humanitarian, and father Walter Gayda, an American pilot. Gayda married to Moonie Lim, and they have two sons (Edward James and Edward John). They are separated. In March 2010, her son Edward James (born 1985), died in a freak accident when he fell from the Lim's family owned Pinnacle Condominium's 4th floor in Mandaluyong. His mother, Gayda donated Edward's corneas to the Eye Bank of the Philippines at the time of his death. The beneficiaries are John, a computer engineer, and Danny, a retired military agent.
Filmography Television Year Title Role 1978–1980 GMA Supershow Host 1987–1988 Shades Host / performer 1986–1993 It's a Real Deal Host Lunch Date 1990 Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko 1995 Shopping Bug 1995–1996 Okay Ka, Fairy Ko! Herself 1995–2014 Eat Bulaga! Host 1997–2000 Skin Deep 1999 Maynila Various 2000 1 for 3 Herself 2001 Daddy Di Do Du 2004–2007 Bahay Mo Ba 'To? Rosing / Rosita 2008 Talentadong Pinoy Celebrity judge 2009 Show Me Da Manny Herself 2010 Pepito Manaloto 2011–2019 ASOP Music Festival Host 2023 Pepito Manaloto: Tuloy ang Kuwento: Huling Hiling Granny / Lola Tessie 2024 Family Feud: Lunch Date vs Neocolours Self / Contestant - Lunch Date 2025 Family Feud: Classic Hosts Self / Contestant - Rock & Rose 2026 Family Feud: Showbiz Veterans Self / Contestant - Showbiz Royalty Eat Bulaga!: The Age is Right Self / Contestant - The Age is Right Agent
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