Bienvenida Anong, better known for her screen name Nelly Baylon, was a Filipina film actress. She was discovered by the owner of

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while she was selling

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flowers on the streets of

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Early life

She was born in 1937 under the name and was raised by her mother, Justa Santiago vda. de Anong, along with her older siblings Eugenio Anong and Dolores Mapugay. She immediately took the film ''

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'' with

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in 1956. She also did a supporting role for the movie ''Hahabul-Habol'', starring

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and Ric Rodrigo. She was also associated with

Susan Roces Jesusa Purificacion Levy Sonora-Poe (July 28, 1941 – May 20, 2022), known professionally as Susan Roces (), was a Filipino actress. She was the wife of Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, better known as Fernando Poe Jr. Roces was regarded as the "Quee ...

' films "Prinsesang Gusgusin" and "Mga Reyna ng Vicks". Baylon was on her way to her first starring role shooting when a car accident, somewhere in Laguna, took her life. Susan Roces replaced her for the role and eventually became a box-office star and Queen of Philippine Movies. Roces was among the first who showed up in her wake.

Films

* 1955 - Binibining kalog * 1956 - Chavacano * 1956 - Boksingera * 1957 - Hahabul-Habol * 1957 - Ismol but Teribol * 1957 - Mga Ligaw na Bulaklak * 1957 - Prinsesang Gusgusin * 1958 - Mga Reyna ng Vicks

References

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Filipino film actresses 1937 births 1950s deaths Road incident deaths in the Philippines {{Philippines-actor-stub