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