Alma Kruger
Known For
Acting
Born
1871-09-13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1960-04-05
Biography
From Wikipedia Alma Kruger (September 13, 1868 or 1871 – April 5, 1960) was an American actress. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kruger had a long career on stage before appearing in films. From 1907 to 1935, she featured in theatre plays on Broadway, mostly in Shakespearean plays such as Hamlet (as Gertrude), Twelfth Night (as Olivia), Taming of the Shrew (Widow), and The Merchant of Venice (Nerissa). She appeared in her first film while in her sixties, These Three (1936). She then proceeded to act in over forty films in the space of little more than a decade. Among her notable roles was Nurse Molly Byrd, the superintendent of nurses in the popular Dr. Kildare/Dr. Gillespie film series, appearing in all but the first two of the sixteen movies. She portrayed Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in Marie Antoinette (1938) and the almost mother-in-law of Rosalind Russell's lead character in His Girl Friday (1940). In 1942, she appeared as the subversive society matron Henrietta Sutton in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). Kruger's last film appearance was in the film, Forever Amber (1947).
Most Known For
Blonde Inspiration
as Victoria Mason
Tarnished Angel
as Mrs. Stockton
His Girl Friday
as Mrs. Baldwin
Saboteur
as Mrs. Henrietta Sutton
Forever Amber
as Lady Constance Redmond
Marie Antoinette
as Maria Theresa
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Molly Byrd
A Scandal in Paris
as Marquise De Pierremont
Made for Each Other
as Sister Madeline
These Three
as Amelia Tilford
Mrs. Parkington
as Mrs. Jacob Livingstone (uncredited)
You'll Find Out
as Aunt Margo Bellacrest
Dark Delusion
as Molly Byrd
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Molly Byrd
Between Two Women
as Molly Byrd
Vogues of 1938
as Sophie Miller
Balalaika
as Mrs. Danchenoff
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Mrs. Tyler
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Molly Byrd
Craig's Wife
as Miss Austen