Blanche Friderici

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

Mata Hari

A Farewell to Arms

If I Had a Million

Flying Down to Rio

Love Me Tonight

Night Nurse

Buffalo Stampede

All Movies (56)

• It Happened One Night1934 · as Zeke's Wife
• All of Me1934 · as Miss Haskell
• Flying Down to Rio1933 · as Elena De Rezende
• The Way to Love1933 · as Rosalie
• Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men1933 · as Aunt Katherine
• Man of the Forest1933 · as Peg Forney
• Hold Your Man1933 · as Mrs. Wagner
• Adorable1933 · as Countess
• The Barbarian1933 · as Mrs. Hume
• Alimony Madness1933 · as Mrs. Van
• Secrets1933 · as Martha Marlowe
• Buffalo Stampede1933 · as Jane Jett
• Cynara1932 · as Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)
• A Farewell to Arms1932 · as Head Nurse
• If I Had a Million1932 · as Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
• Three on a Match1932 · as Miss Blazer (uncredited)
• Thirteen Women1932 · as Miss Kirsten
• The Night Club Lady1932 · as Mrs. Carewe
• Love Me Tonight1932 · as Third Aunt
• Miss Pinkerton1932 · as Mary
• State's Attorney1932 · as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
• So Big!1932 · as Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)
• Young Bride1932 · as Librarian Margaret Gordon
• Lady with a Past1932 · as Nora
• The Hatchet Man1932 · as Madame Si-Si (uncredited)
• Mata Hari1931 · as Sister Angelica
• Honor of the Family1931 · as Mme. Boris
• Wicked1931 · as Mrs. Johnson
• Friends and Lovers1931 · as Lady Allice
• A Dangerous Affair1931 · as Letty Randolph
• The Woman Between1931 · as Mrs. Weston
• Murder by the Clock1931 · as Julia Endicott
• Night Nurse1931 · as Mrs. Maxwell
• Woman Hungry1931 · as Mrs. Temple
• Ten Cents a Dance1931 · as Mrs. Blanchard
• The Cat Creeps1930 · as Mam' Pleasant
• Kismet1930 · as Narjis
• Billy the Kid1930 · as Mrs. McSween
• The Office Wife1930 · as Kate Halsey
• Numbered Men1930 · as Mrs. Miller
• Courage1930 · as Aunt Caroline
• The Bad One1930 · as Madame Durand
• Soldiers and Women1930 · as Martha
• A Notorious Affair1930 · as Lady Teel (uncredited)
• The Girl Said No1930 · as Mrs. McAndrews
• Personality1930 · as Ma
• Trifles1930 · as Mrs. Peters
• The Trespasser1929 · as Miss Potter the Nurse
• Jazz Heaven1929 · as Mrs. Langley
• The Awful Truth1929 · as Mrs. Leeson
• Wonder of Women1929 · as Tromholt's Housekeeper
• Stolen Love1928 · as Aunt Evvie
• Fleetwing1928 · as Furja
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes1928 · as Miss Chapman
• Sadie Thompson1928 · as Mrs. Alfred Davidson
• 39 East1920 · as Miss McMasters