Blanche Friderici

Blanche Friderici

Acting

Born: 1873-09-12 in Brooklyn [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

It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

Zeke's Wife

Mata Hari

Mata Hari

Sister Angelica

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms

Head Nurse

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Miss Chapman

Love Me Tonight

Love Me Tonight

Third Aunt

39 East

39 East

Miss McMasters

Buffalo Stampede

Buffalo Stampede

Jane Jett

Night Nurse

Night Nurse

Mrs. Maxwell

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)

Soldiers and Women

Soldiers and Women

Martha

Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio

Elena De Rezende

Three on a Match

Three on a Match

Miss Blazer (uncredited)

Thirteen Women

Thirteen Women

Miss Kirsten

Ten Cents a Dance

Ten Cents a Dance

Mrs. Blanchard

Miss Pinkerton

Miss Pinkerton

Mary

Lady with a Past

Lady with a Past

Nora

Secrets

Secrets

Martha Marlowe

The Office Wife

The Office Wife

Kate Halsey

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

Mrs. McSween

Courage

Courage

Aunt Caroline

So Big!

So Big!

Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)

Man of the Forest

Man of the Forest

Peg Forney

The Barbarian

The Barbarian

Mrs. Hume

State's Attorney

State's Attorney

Night Court Judge (uncredited)

Hold Your Man

Hold Your Man

Mrs. Wagner

Cynara

Cynara

Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)

The Cat Creeps

The Cat Creeps

Mam' Pleasant

Fleetwing

Fleetwing

Furja

The Woman Between

The Woman Between

Mrs. Weston

Honor of the Family

Honor of the Family

Mme. Boris

Friends and Lovers

Friends and Lovers

Lady Allice

Sadie Thompson

Sadie Thompson

Mrs. Alfred Davidson

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Aunt Katherine

Numbered Men

Numbered Men

Mrs. Miller

The Night Club Lady

The Night Club Lady

Mrs. Carewe

The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man

Madame Si-Si (uncredited)

A Dangerous Affair

A Dangerous Affair

Letty Randolph

Alimony Madness

Alimony Madness

Mrs. Van

All of Me

All of Me

Miss Haskell

Murder by the Clock

Murder by the Clock

Julia Endicott