Home >

Blanche Friderici

Blanche Friderici

Birthday: 1873-09-12 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

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

Year
Title

Role

1934
It Happened One Night

as    Zeke's Wife

1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

as    Aunt Katherine

1933
Adorable

as    Countess

1933
Flying Down to Rio

as    Elena De Rezende

1933
Secrets

as    Martha Marlowe

1933
The Barbarian

as    Mrs. Hume

1933
Hold Your Man

as    Mrs. Wagner

1933
Man of the Forest

as    Peg Forney

1932
A Farewell to Arms

as    Head Nurse

1932
Miss Pinkerton

as    Mary

1932
The Night Club Lady

as    Mrs. Carewe

1932
Lady with a Past

as    Nora

1932
Love Me Tonight

as    Third Aunt

1931
Murder by the Clock

as    Julia Endicott

1931
Friends and Lovers

as    Lady Allice

1931
A Dangerous Affair

as    Letty Randolph

1931
Night Nurse

as    Mrs. Maxwell

1931
Mata Hari

as    Sister Angelica

1930
The Office Wife

as    Kate Halsey

1930
The Cat Creeps

as    Mam' Pleasant

1930
Soldiers and Women

as    Martha

1930
Billy the Kid

as    Mrs. McSween

1930
Numbered Men

as    Mrs. Miller

1928
Stolen Love

as    Aunt Evvie

1928
Sadie Thompson

as    Mrs. Alfred Davidson