Blanche Friderici
Known For
Acting
Born
1873-09-12 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Died
1933-12-23
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.
Most Known For
Mata Hari
as Sister Angelica
Buffalo Stampede
as Jane Jett
It Happened One Night
as Zeke's Wife
A Farewell to Arms
as Head Nurse
Fleetwing
as Furja
Three on a Match
as Miss Blazer (uncredited)
Sadie Thompson
as Mrs. Alfred Davidson
Love Me Tonight
as Third Aunt
Night Nurse
as Mrs. Maxwell
Flying Down to Rio
as Elena De Rezende
Thirteen Women
as Miss Kirsten
Lady with a Past
as Nora
If I Had a Million
as Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
39 East
as Miss McMasters
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Miss Chapman
Honor of the Family
as Mme. Boris
Man of the Forest
as Peg Forney
So Big!
as Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)
Hold Your Man
as Mrs. Wagner
Cynara
as Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)