
Nida Blanca
Actor · 1936 – 2001 · Gapan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
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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Movie5.5Melissa is a spunky college student who’s completely love-struck and constantly dreams of her own Prince Charming. She finds herself transported back to her grandmother’s time and unravels the truth behind her grandmother’s beautiful but failed romance.
Luv Text
2001 · 15 votes
Movie7.0ThrillerComedyThree unrelated stories of horror include a substitute teacher who preys on a small school; neighborhood children being abducted by a tree-dwelling monster; and a group of Manila residents plagued by attacks from a Manananggal.
Shake, Rattle & Roll IV
1992 · 2 votes
Movie7.7CrimeDramaThe melding together of two separate stories that share a similar premise - each detail the account of a young Filipino woman who becomes a victim of sexual violence and takes her attacker to court.
Movie8.0DramaComedyShirley's unplanned bundle of joy strains her relationship with her father John, who accepted an odd job of being a human toy of a young boy to support her final year in college.
John en Marsha: Ngayong '91
1991 · 1 votes
Movie3.7DramaFamilyRosalie rides the MRT everyday and she becomes infatuated with the handsome man on the billboard. She talks to his picture intently every day until to her surprise the image comes to life. At the same time she meets MRT driver Eric who she finds agreeable. Will she go for her dream or wake up to reality?
Movie10.0MusicDocumentaryA compilation of film clips featuring dance and song performances culled from various films of the so-called big three - Sampaguita, LVN, Premiere.
Happy Days Are Here Again
1974 · 1 votes
Movie10.0RomanceActionAn action and romantic movie starred by Robin Padilla and Sharon Cuneta.
Di na Natuto (Sorry na, Puwede ba?)
1993 · 1 votes
MovieComedyStruggling to make ends meet, John (Dolphy) decides to seek his fortune in the United States, with son Rolly (Rolly Quizon) in tow. After narrowly avoiding deportation, he takes a job in a factory, unaware that it's a front for one of the country's biggest drugs.
Movie9.0DramaRomanceOpposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her boyfriend to appease her grandfather.
Mahal Kita, Walang Iba
1992 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ComedyLast part of the trilogy movie starred by Rene Requiestas.
Pido Dida 3: May Kambal Na
1993 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaComedyAno Bang Meron Ka is a tightly woven modern love story between two of most unlikely lovers played in the film by Joyce Jimenez and Diether Ocampo. Joyce plays a high-living partygoing lifestyle writer and special events organizer who when she meets the more laid-back and unassuming bar owner, Diether, finds in the guy the exact foil to her want on ways - but whom romantically electrifies her to sweep her off her feet in the most unexpected ways.
Ano Bang Meron Ka?
2001 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA story about a man who has lots of different women and families.
Public Enemy No. 2: Maraming Number Two
1985 · 1 votes
Movie10.0MysteryRomanceAlex Torres, a lawyer and part-time detective sent to Paris after the death of Alejandro Sarmiento to locate the heir to a 3 million peso inheritance. What should have been a straightforward search slowly pulls him into a small, restless world of jazz bars, runaways, and even unexpected love. Unbeknownst to him, Lili Gamboa was sent to watch his every move, though the assignment doesn’t stay simple once feelings start to get involved.
Pitong Gabi sa Paris
1961 · 1 votes
Movie9.0RomanceDramaA young couple eloped, got married and then must cope with problems like money, living on their own, trying finish school and raising a baby. not to mention the fact that even young married couples do get bored sometimes.
Movie9.5DramaA story about three girls struggling to find a better life in the city by working as maids in a house of a wealthy family. Carmela discovers a very important secret about her life when she met Crising, the loyal servant of the family. Yasmin fell in love with her master's son, Willi, but was distraught when Willie couldn't stand up for her and their unborn child. While Noemi who ran away from her mother to reach for her dreams, pretends to belong to a rich clan when she met a guy she likes.
Sa Akin pa rin ang Bukas
1988 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyDramaA teen-aged daughter who idolizes her father finds it difficult to get attracted to guys of her age.
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
1982 · 1 votes
Movie8.2DramaFormer nightclub singer Tessie is a single mother living with her son Christopher, a teenager who longs to meet his American soldier father. But when Christopher's wish comes true, the reunion is not at all what he expected. Meanwhile, although she has a long history of choosing bad boyfriends, Tessie firmly believes that Danny, a car salesman, is the right man for her.
Batang PX
1997 · 5 votes
Movie8.0DramaThe loving and nurturing Mariel marries Edward after his first wife abandons him and their three children. Mariel strives to win the acceptance and affection of her new stepchildren, even as she tries to define her role in the family.
Movie9.8DramaAdventureA fantasy story about a group of kids who are fond of listening to fairy tales, their favorite being "Ang Ibong Adarna", which they are able to live when they are mysteriously transported to the magic bird's home, the enchanting world of Berbanya. There they meet Prinsipe Juan and help him with his mission to save the land and cure his father, the King. This can only be accomplished if they can get hold of the magical and elusive bird, the Ibong Adarna, who is actually a princess under a curse.
Ang TV Movie: The Adarna Adventure
1996 · 4 votes
Movie5.6DramaActionA young boy discovers his politician father's corruption and cruelty as he discovers his real mother is a victim of his own father's immorality and violence.
Movie9.0ComedyDramaPopular singing duo, Vingo and Jimmy, collectively known as the April Boys, brought the real life tale of their climb to fame to the big screen.
April Boys: Sana'y Mahalin Mo Rin Ako
1996 · 1 votes
Movie7.0A young teenager from a dysfunctional family, gets led into forbidden activities of juvenile delinquents.
Yakapin Mo ang Umaga
2000 · 1 votes
Movie4.0ComedyRomanceBatu-Bato sa Langit (Ang Tamaa'y Huwag Magagalit..!)
1975 · 3 votes
Movie8.0ComedyWhen his country-dwelling aunt takes to a sick bed, John (Dolphy) and the rest of the Puruntong clan head to the hinterlands for an extended stay. Can the fish-out-of-water family overcome the culture shock of rural life without killing one another? Nida Blanca, Matutina, Rolly Quizon and Maricel Soriano reprise their roles in this Filipino comedy based on the popular 1980s TV series "John and Marsha."
John en Marsha '85 sa Probinsya
1985 · 2 votes
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TV6.9DramaRecognized as the longest and most award-winning drama anthology in the country, Charo Santos-Concio narrates real-life stories of people with well-crafted storylines, excellent performances by its actors, and topnotch production details.
Maalaala Mo Kaya
1991 · 7 votes