Person Details

Birthday: 1936-01-06 10:36:47

Death: 2001-11-07 10:36:47

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth:

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Tomorrow Is Still Mine
Average
10

Tomorrow Is Still Mine

(1988) Crising
Luv Text
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5

Luv Text

(2001) Cielito
Sa Hirap at Ginhawa
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0

Sa Hirap at Ginhawa

(1984) Miss Amor
Kadenang Bulaklak
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0

Kadenang Bulaklak

(1993) Elsa Abolencia
If You Were a Dream
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0

If You Were a Dream

(2002) Fairy
Mula Sa Puso
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9

Mula Sa Puso

(1999) Carmen
Happy Days Are Here Again
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0

Happy Days Are Here Again

(1974) Herself
The Stepmother
Average
7

The Stepmother

(1996) Fides

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2002 Fairy
2001 Mother Tering
Cielito
N/A
2000 N/A
1999 Sandra's Mother
Carmen
1998 Lola Melyang
Linda Perez
N/A
1997 N/A
N/A
N/A
1996 Lola Binyang
Fides
N/A
1995 Connie Tejeros
Karina's aunt
Magda
1994 N/A
Dorie
Aling Corazon
1993 N/A
N/A
Elsa Abolencia
N/A
N/A
1992 Dean Leticia Bautista
Dean Bautista (segment "Ang Guro")
Fidela
N/A
N/A
1991 Isabel
N/A
1990 Lydia
Mama Andeng
N/A
Sonia
1989 Mameng
Aling Clara
1988 Self
Crising
N/A
N/A
1987 N/A
N/A
Nitang
1986 Aling Toyang
N/A
1985 Emily
Auring
Waray
N/A
1984 Miss Amor
Visayan Inday Waray
1983 Lorrie Rodrigo
N/A
1982 N/A
Nelly
N/A
1980 N/A
1979 N/A
N/A
1977 N/A
Lagring
1976 Nena
N/A
N/A
1975 Idang Lindaya
N/A
N/A
1974 Herself
N/A
1972 N/A
1971 N/A
N/A
1967 N/A
N/A
1966 N/A
1964 N/A
1963 N/A
Isputnik
Adiang Waray
N/A
N/A
1962 N/A
N/A
1961 N/A
1958 Luping
N/A
Third Story
N/A
1957 Nora
N/A
1956 Luping
1955 N/A
N/A
N/A
Julieta
1954 Pilar
Upeng
N/A
1953 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1952 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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