Nida Blanca
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieAno Bang Meron Ka?
2001
Mother Tering
movieLuv Text
2001
Cielito
movieAbakada... Ina
2001
Matilda
movieSoltera
1999
Sandra's Mother
movieFrom the Heart
1999
Carmen
movieWish
1998
Lola Melyang
movieEnter Love
1998
Linda Perez
movieMother Ignacia: Ang Uliran
1998
Mother Superior
movieBatang PX
1997
Cedes
movieAng TV Movie: The Adarna Adventure
1996
Lola Binyang
movieHataw Na!
1995
Connie Tejeros
movieIkaw Pa... Eh Love Kita
1995
Karina's aunt
movieRedeem Her Honor
1995
Magda de Castro
movieGeron Olivar
1994
Aling Corazon
movieKadenang Bulaklak
1993
Elsa Abolencia
movieShake, Rattle & Roll IV
1992
Dean Bautista (segment "Ang Guro")
movieThe Teacher
1992
Dean Leticia Bautista
movieDarna
1991
Isabel
tvMaalaala Mo Kaya
1991
Dolores
movieJohn en Marsha: Ngayong '91
1991
Marsha J. Puruntong
movieToo Young
1990
Mama Andeng
movieHot Summer
1990
Sonia
Rosenda
1989
Mameng
movieImpaktita
1989
Aling Clara
movieGuhit Ng Palad
1988
Leila Salas
movieFamily Tree
1987
Nitang
movieMagdusa Ka!
1986
Aling Toyang
movieJohn en Marsha '86: TNT sa Amerika
1986
Marsha Puruntong
movieMiguelito
1985
Auring
movieThrough Thick and Thin
1984
Miss Amor
movieThe Daughters of Waray and Biday
1984
Visayan Inday Waray
movieWhere Will the Morning Come?
1983
Lorrie Rodrigo
movieJohn & Marsha '80
1980
Marsha J. Puruntong
movieJohn & Marsha '77
1977
Marsha J. Puruntong
movieJohn & Marsha sa Amerika (Part Two)
1975
Marsha J. Puruntong
movieJohn & Marsha
1974
Marsha J. Puruntong
movieIsputnik vs. Darna
1963
Isputnik
movieSi Adiang Waray
1963
Adiang Waray
movieAnak ni Waray
1958
Luping
movieCasa Grande
1958
Third Story
movieHandang Matodas
1956
Luping
movieTalusaling
1955
Julieta
movieGalawgaw
1954
Pilar
movieWaray-Waray
1954
Upeng
