Blanche Friderici
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1873-09-12
Day of Death
1933-12-23 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
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
Acting
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Zeke's Wife
(1934)
All of Me
as Miss Haskell
(1933)
Buffalo Stampede
as Jane Jett
(1933)
Hold Your Man
as Mrs. Wagner
(1933)
Secrets
as Martha Marlowe
(1933)
Flying Down to Rio
as Elena De Rezende
(1933)
Alimony Madness
as Mrs. Van
(1933)
Adorable
as Countess
(1933)
Man of the Forest
as Peg Forney
(1933)
The Barbarian
as Mrs. Hume
(1933)
The Way to Love
as Rosalie
(1933)
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Aunt Katherine
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
(1932)
The Hatchet Man
as Madame Si-Si (uncredited)
(1932)
Thirteen Women
as Miss Kirsten
(1932)
State's Attorney
as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
(1932)
A Farewell to Arms
as Head Nurse
(1932)
So Big!
as Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)
(1932)
Cynara
as Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)
(1932)
Young Bride
as Librarian Margaret Gordon
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Miss Blazer (uncredited)
(1932)
Love Me Tonight
as Third Aunt
(1932)
The Night Club Lady
as Mrs. Carewe
(1932)
Miss Pinkerton
as Mary
(1932)
Lady with a Past
as Nora
(1931)
Murder by the Clock
as Julia Endicott
(1931)
Mata Hari
as Sister Angelica
(1931)
Wicked
as Mrs. Johnson
(1931)
A Dangerous Affair
as Letty Randolph
(1931)
Honor of the Family
as Mme. Boris
(1931)
Ten Cents a Dance
as Mrs. Blanchard
(1931)
Woman Hungry
as Mrs. Temple
(1931)
Night Nurse
as Mrs. Maxwell
(1931)
The Woman Between
as Mrs. Weston
(1931)
Friends and Lovers
as Lady Allice
(1930)
Soldiers and Women
as Martha
(1930)
A Notorious Affair
as Lady Teel (uncredited)
(1930)
Billy the Kid
as Mrs. McSween
(1930)
The Girl Said No
as Mrs. McAndrews
(1930)
Courage
as Aunt Caroline
(1930)
Numbered Men
as Mrs. Miller
(1930)
Kismet
as Narjis
(1930)
Trifles
as Mrs. Peters
(1930)
The Cat Creeps
as Mam' Pleasant
(1930)
The Bad One
as Madame Durand
(1930)
Personality
as MA
(1930)
The Office Wife
as Kate Halsey
(1929)
Wonder of Women
as Tromholt's Housekeeper
(1929)
Jazz Heaven
as Mrs. Langley
(1929)
The Awful Truth
as Mrs. Leeson
(1929)
The Trespasser
as Miss Potter the Nurse
(1928)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Miss Chapman
(1928)
Stolen Love
as Aunt Evvie
(1928)
Sadie Thompson
as Mrs. Alfred Davidson
(1928)
Fleetwing
as Furja
(1920)
39 East
as Miss McMasters