Blanche Friderici
Acting1873Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Biography
Blanche Friderici was a noted American stage and screen actress, her film career beginning in 1920. She is probably best remembered for her roles in Night Nurse (1931), A Farewell to Arms (1932), and Flying Down to Rio (1933). Although today typically indicated to have been born on 21 January 1878, Friderici's actual birth date was 12 September 1873, per multiple reliable records (including her Brooklyn, New York birth record) from throughout her lifetime.
Known For
Acting History
1934
It Happened One Night
as Zeke's Wife
All of Me
as Miss Haskell
1933
Hold Your Man
as Mrs. Wagner
The Barbarian
as Mrs. Hume
Flying Down to Rio
as Elena De Rezende
Adorable
as Countess
Buffalo Stampede
as Jane Jett
Man of the Forest
as Peg Forney
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Aunt Katherine
Alimony Madness
as Mrs. Van
The Way to Love
as Rosalie
Secrets
as Martha Marlowe
1932
Miss Pinkerton
as Mary
Love Me Tonight
as Third Aunt
Young Bride
as Librarian Margaret Gordon
Thirteen Women
as Miss Kirsten
Cynara
as Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)
Three on a Match
as Miss Blazer (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
as Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
So Big!
as Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)
State's Attorney
as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
The Hatchet Man
as Madame Si-Si (uncredited)
Lady with a Past
as Nora
The Night Club Lady
as Mrs. Carewe
A Farewell to Arms
as Head Nurse
1931
Murder by the Clock
as Julia Endicott
Mata Hari
as Sister Angelica
Wicked
as Mrs. Johnson
A Dangerous Affair
as Letty Randolph
Woman Hungry
as Mrs. Temple
Night Nurse
as Mrs. Maxwell
Ten Cents a Dance
as Mrs. Blanchard
Friends and Lovers
as Lady Allice
The Woman Between
as Mrs. Weston
Honor of the Family
as Mme. Boris
1930
Courage
as Aunt Caroline
Kismet
as Narjis
Numbered Men
as Mrs. Miller
The Cat Creeps
as Mam' Pleasant
The Office Wife
as Kate Halsey
The Girl Said No
as Mrs. McAndrews
Billy the Kid
as Mrs. McSween
A Notorious Affair
as Lady Teel (uncredited)
Soldiers and Women
as Martha
The Bad One
as Madame Durand
Trifles
as Mrs. Peters
Personality
as Ma
1929
The Awful Truth
as Mrs. Leeson
Jazz Heaven
as Mrs. Langley
The Trespasser
as Miss Potter the Nurse
Wonder of Women
as Tromholt's Housekeeper
1928
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Miss Chapman
Stolen Love
as Aunt Evvie
Sadie Thompson
as Mrs. Alfred Davidson
Fleetwing
as Furja
1920
39 East
as Miss McMasters