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Blanche Friderici

Blanche Friderici

Born: 1873-09-12 • 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.

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