Nida Blanca

Nida Blanca

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.

Acting

2000

1999

Soltera

Sandra's Mother

1999

1998

Hiling

Lola Melyang

1997

Babae

Unknown

1997

1997

1996

1996

1995

1995

Redeem Her Honor

Magda de Castro

1994

Vampira

Unknown

1993

1993

1992

Shake, Rattle & Roll IV

Dean Bautista (segment "Ang Guro")

1992

1992

1991

Darna

Isabel

1991

1991

John en Marsha ngayon '91

Marsha J. Puruntong

1990

1988

1988

Guhit Ng Palad

Leila Salas

1987

1986

1985

Miguelito

Auring

1984

1984

1983

1982

1982

1982

1980

1979

1977

John & Marsha '77

Marsha J. Puruntong

1976

1975

1961

1953

Squatters

Unknown

1951

Venus

Unknown

Infos

Full Name
Nida Blanca
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
1/6/1936
Date of Death
11/7/2001
Also Known As

Dorothy Acueza Jones