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 50year 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 US 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 guypunching 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 mothers constant harping In 1958 she appeared opposite her contemporary noted singeractress 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 19402007 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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