Acting

Blanche Friderici

Born 1873-09-12

Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Department: Acting

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.

1932

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (56 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
It Happened One Night	Zeke's Wife	Movie	1934
All of Me	Miss Haskell	Movie	1934
Flying Down to Rio	Elena De Rezende	Movie	1933
The Way to Love	Rosalie	Movie	1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men	Aunt Katherine	Movie	1933
Man of the Forest	Peg Forney	Movie	1933
Hold Your Man	Mrs. Wagner	Movie	1933
Adorable	Countess	Movie	1933
The Barbarian	Mrs. Hume	Movie	1933
Alimony Madness	Mrs. Van	Movie	1933
Secrets	Martha Marlowe	Movie	1933
Buffalo Stampede	Jane Jett	Movie	1933
Cynara	Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)	Movie	1932
A Farewell to Arms	Head Nurse	Movie	1932
If I Had a Million	Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Three on a Match	Miss Blazer (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Thirteen Women	Miss Kirsten	Movie	1932
The Night Club Lady	Mrs. Carewe	Movie	1932
Love Me Tonight	Third Aunt	Movie	1932
Miss Pinkerton	Mary	Movie	1932
State's Attorney	Night Court Judge (uncredited)	Movie	1932
So Big!	Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Young Bride	Librarian Margaret Gordon	Movie	1932
Lady with a Past	Nora	Movie	1932
The Hatchet Man	Madame Si-Si (uncredited)	Movie	1932
Mata Hari	Sister Angelica	Movie	1931
Honor of the Family	Mme. Boris	Movie	1931
Wicked	Mrs. Johnson	Movie	1931
Friends and Lovers	Lady Allice	Movie	1931
A Dangerous Affair	Letty Randolph	Movie	1931
The Woman Between	Mrs. Weston	Movie	1931
Murder by the Clock	Julia Endicott	Movie	1931
Night Nurse	Mrs. Maxwell	Movie	1931
Woman Hungry	Mrs. Temple	Movie	1931
Ten Cents a Dance	Mrs. Blanchard	Movie	1931
The Cat Creeps	Mam' Pleasant	Movie	1930
Kismet	Narjis	Movie	1930
Billy the Kid	Mrs. McSween	Movie	1930
The Office Wife	Kate Halsey	Movie	1930
Numbered Men	Mrs. Miller	Movie	1930
Courage	Aunt Caroline	Movie	1930
The Bad One	Madame Durand	Movie	1930
Soldiers and Women	Martha	Movie	1930
A Notorious Affair	Lady Teel (uncredited)	Movie	1930
The Girl Said No	Mrs. McAndrews	Movie	1930
Personality	Ma	Movie	1930
Trifles	Mrs. Peters	Movie	1930
The Trespasser	Miss Potter the Nurse	Movie	1929
Jazz Heaven	Mrs. Langley	Movie	1929
The Awful Truth	Mrs. Leeson	Movie	1929
Wonder of Women	Tromholt's Housekeeper	Movie	1929
Stolen Love	Aunt Evvie	Movie	1928
Fleetwing	Furja	Movie	1928
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	Miss Chapman	Movie	1928
Sadie Thompson	Mrs. Alfred Davidson	Movie	1928
39 East	Miss McMasters	Movie	1920