Nida Blanca
Acting
Born 1936-01-06
Died 2001-11-07
Gapan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
122 credits
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Dorothy Acueza Jones, (January 6, 1936 – November 7, 2001) popularly known by her stage name Nida Blanca, was a Filipina actress. She starred in over 163 movies and 14 television shows and received over 16 awards for movies and six awards for television during her 50-year film career. She was named one of 15 Best Actress of all Time by YES magazine.
Born as Dorothy Acueza Jones in Gapan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (then a U.S. territory) to an American soldier father and a Filipina mother, she appeared in her first film at age 14. Actress Delia Razon successfully urged the head of LVN Pictures, Doña Sisang de Leon to hire Blanca. She was screen tested on October 6, 1950 by LVN Pictures where she reigned as queen for more than a decade, doing mostly comedies opposite the late Nestor de Villa. In the movies, she has played everything from a guy-punching lesbian to a nun. She also starred in the hit TV comedy series, John En Marsha, where she played the wife who sticks by her poor husband despite her rich mother's constant harping. In 1958, she appeared opposite her contemporary, noted singer/actress Sylvia La Torre, and Leroy Salvador, in the LVN movie Tuloy ang Ligaya.
Blanca was married twice. She separated from her first husband, Victorino Torres when their daughter Kaye was only two years old. She later married her second husband Roger Lawrence Strunk (1940-2007), an American singer and actor, known by his screen name, Rod Lauren in Las Vegas in 1979. The couple relocated to Manila.
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Filmography
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Acting
38 credits
Maalaala Mo Kaya
Sa Akin pa rin ang Bukas
Luv Text
Miguelito
The Stepmother
Batang PX
Pitong Gabi sa Paris
Happy Days Are Here Again
Ang TV Movie: The Adarna Adventure
Darna
Hot Summer
Wish
Redeem Her Honor
John en Marsha: Ngayong '91
Mahal Kita, Walang Iba
Si Adiang Waray
Magdusa Ka!
Batu-Bato sa Langit (Ang Tamaa'y Huwag Magagalit..!)
Mother Ignacia: Ang Uliran
Hataw Na!
Anak ni Waray
Tinimbang Ka, Bakit Husto?
Too Young
Guhit Ng Palad
Shake, Rattle & Roll IV
John en Marsha '86: TNT sa Amerika
If You Are But a Dream
The Daughters of Waray and Biday
Rosenda
Geron Olivar
Kisame Street
Annie Batungbakal
Enter Love
Abakada... Ina
Ano Bang Meron Ka?
From the Heart
Galawgaw
Public Enemy No. 2: Maraming Number Two
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22 credits
Ikaw Kasi
Babaing Hampas-lupa
Ayaw ni Mayor
Tuloy ang Ligaya
Sa Atin Ang Daigdig
Ang Darling ko'y Aswang
Ligaw-Ligawan, Kasal-Kasalan, Bahay-Bahayan
Tayong Dalawa
Di na Natuto (Sorry na, Puwede ba?)
Pido Dida 3: May Kambal Na
Squatters
Love Letters
Digmaan Ng Damdamin
Always in My Heart
Dancing Master
Humanda Ka Mayor! Bahala Na ang Diyos
Vampira
Mahirap Palang Magpalaki ng Asawa!
Ibulong Mo Sa Diyos
Batangueña
Tia Loleng
Korea
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