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Nela Álvarez
Manuela "Nela" Álvarez-Rocha (November 9, 1919 – March 6, 2009) was a Filipina softball athlete and film actress who usually played a mother role in LVN Pictures. She is a grandmother of actor and former child star Niño Muhlach through her daughter, former actress Rebecca Rocha. Early life Manuela Álvarez was born on November 9, 1919, in Carigara, Leyte, Philippines. She was the youngest child of Julio and Juana Álvarez, who had one son, Salvador, and two other daughters, Benigna and Solita. Julio and Juana raised their children in Manila, where they owned a general and bicycle store. Acting career After graduating from high school, she and a friend started auditioning for acting roles in movies. Under the screen name of Nela Álvarez, she immediately got a part as a bit player. In the late 1930s, before the onset of World War II, American-occupied Philippines had an insatiable appetite for movies, which led to the formation of LVN Pictures and other film studios. In 19 ...
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Carigara
Carigara (), officially the Municipality of Carigara (; ), is a First Income Class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,656 people. Established in 1571, Carigara holds the distinction of being the inaugural town founded in the expansive Eastern Visayas region. A pivotal development occurred in 1735 when Leyte and Samar were detached from Cebu, forming a unified provincial governance structure with Carigara serving as the premier provincial capital during this era. Carigara is renowned for its distinct offerings, including pastillas, ''humba'', ''sundang'' (machete), and the ''hubhob'' delicacy. ''Hubhob'', a local delight, is crafted from grated cassava, eggs, ''kalamay'', milk, and sugar, cooked within a ''bagacay'' (bamboo pole) over charcoal, imparting a unique and flavorful taste to this traditional specialty. History Carigara, originally known as ''"Kan Gara,"'' translates to "that of Gara" or simply "Ga ...
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Carigara, Leyte
Carigara (), officially the Municipality of Carigara (; ), is a First Income Class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Leyte (province), Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,656 people. Established in 1571, Carigara holds the distinction of being the inaugural town founded in the expansive Eastern Visayas region. A pivotal development occurred in 1735 when Leyte and Samar were detached from Cebu, forming a unified provincial governance structure with Carigara serving as the premier provincial capital during this era. Carigara is renowned for its distinct offerings, including pastillas, ''humba'', ''sundang'' (machete), and the ''hubhob'' delicacy. ''Hubhob'', a local delight, is crafted from grated cassava, eggs, ''kalamay'', milk, and sugar, cooked within a ''bagacay'' (bamboo pole) over charcoal, imparting a unique and flavorful taste to this traditional specialty. History Carigara, origin ...
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Actresses From Leyte (province)
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval wor ...
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