Nela à lvarez (November 9, 1919 - March 6, 2009) was a Filipina
pre-war actress who usually played a mother role in LVN
Pictures.Manuela à lvarez Rocha was born November 9, 1919, in
Carigara, Leyte, Philippines. She was the youngest child of Julio and
Juana à lvarez, 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.After graduating from
high school, she and a friend started auditioning for acting roles in
movies. Nelaâ€"whose stage name was Nela à lvarezâ€"immediately got a
part as an extra. 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 studios.In 1936,
Nela was featured in her first film, “Mga Kaluluwang Napaligaw,â€
which means lost souls. She continued to act in six more movies before
the Philippines was plunged into World War II. Film production in the
Philippines was halted after the Japanese invasion in 1941. Nela did
not act again until 1948, when she was featured in “Sierra Madre:
Bundok ng Hiwaga†with Leopoldo Salcedo. In 1971, she was featured
in “Jezebel†with her daughter, Rebecca. Nela à lvarez Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter