Blanche Friderici

Person

Blanche Friderici

Born 12 September 1873 Died 23 December 1933, aged 60 Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA TMDB ↗

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.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
47age in their first credit on record (1920)
14years on screen and counting
13credits in 1932, their busiest year
56dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
It Happened One Night poster Age: 60

It Happened One Night

1934
as Zeke's Wife
All of Me poster Age: 60

All of Me

1934
as Miss Haskell
Flying Down to Rio poster Age: 60

Flying Down to Rio

1933
as Elena De Rezende
The Way to Love poster Age: 60

The Way to Love

1933
as Rosalie
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men poster Age: 60

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933
as Aunt Katherine
Man of the Forest poster Age: 59

Man of the Forest

1933
as Peg Forney
Hold Your Man poster Age: 59

Hold Your Man

1933
as Mrs. Wagner
Adorable poster Age: 59

Adorable

1933
as Countess
The Barbarian poster Age: 59

The Barbarian

1933
as Mrs. Hume
Alimony Madness poster Age: 59

Alimony Madness

1933
as Mrs. Van
Secrets poster Age: 59

Secrets

1933
as Martha Marlowe
Buffalo Stampede poster Age: 59

Buffalo Stampede

1933
as Jane Jett
Cynara poster Age: 59

Cynara

1932
as Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)
A Farewell to Arms poster Age: 59

A Farewell to Arms

1932
as Head Nurse
If I Had a Million poster Age: 59

If I Had a Million

1932
as Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
Three on a Match poster Age: 59

Three on a Match

1932
as Miss Blazer (uncredited)
Thirteen Women poster Age: 59

Thirteen Women

1932
as Miss Kirsten
The Night Club Lady poster Age: 58

The Night Club Lady

1932
as Mrs. Carewe
Love Me Tonight poster Age: 58

Love Me Tonight

1932
as Third Aunt
Miss Pinkerton poster Age: 58

Miss Pinkerton

1932
as Mary
State's Attorney poster Age: 58

State's Attorney

1932
as Night Court Judge (uncredited)
So Big! poster Age: 58

So Big!

1932
as Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)
Young Bride poster Age: 58

Young Bride

1932
as Librarian Margaret Gordon
Lady with a Past poster Age: 58

Lady with a Past

1932
as Nora
The Hatchet Man poster Age: 58

The Hatchet Man

1932
as Madame Si-Si (uncredited)
Mata Hari poster Age: 58

Mata Hari

1931
as Sister Angelica
Honor of the Family poster Age: 58

Honor of the Family

1931
as Mme. Boris
Wicked poster Age: 58

Wicked

1931
as Mrs. Johnson
Friends and Lovers poster Age: 58

Friends and Lovers

1931
as Lady Allice
A Dangerous Affair poster Age: 58

A Dangerous Affair

1931
as Letty Randolph
The Woman Between poster Age: 57

The Woman Between

1931
as Mrs. Weston
Murder by the Clock poster Age: 57

Murder by the Clock

1931
as Julia Endicott
Night Nurse poster Age: 57

Night Nurse

1931
as Mrs. Maxwell
Woman Hungry poster Age: 57

Woman Hungry

1931
as Mrs. Temple
Ten Cents a Dance poster Age: 57

Ten Cents a Dance

1931
as Mrs. Blanchard
The Cat Creeps poster Age: 57

The Cat Creeps

1930
as Mam' Pleasant
Kismet poster Age: 57

Kismet

1930
as Narjis
Billy the Kid poster Age: 57

Billy the Kid

1930
as Mrs. McSween
The Office Wife poster Age: 56

The Office Wife

1930
as Kate Halsey
Numbered Men poster Age: 56

Numbered Men

1930
as Mrs. Miller
Courage poster Age: 56

Courage

1930
as Aunt Caroline
The Bad One poster Age: 56

The Bad One

1930
as Madame Durand
Soldiers and Women poster Age: 56

Soldiers and Women

1930
as Martha
A Notorious Affair poster Age: 56

A Notorious Affair

1930
as Lady Teel (uncredited)
The Girl Said No poster Age: 56

The Girl Said No

1930
as Mrs. McAndrews
Personality poster Age: 56

Personality

1930
as Ma
Trifles poster Age: 56

Trifles

1930
as Mrs. Peters
The Trespasser poster Age: 56

The Trespasser

1929
as Miss Potter the Nurse
Jazz Heaven poster Age: 56

Jazz Heaven

1929
as Mrs. Langley
The Awful Truth poster Age: 55

The Awful Truth

1929
as Mrs. Leeson
Wonder of Women poster Age: 55

Wonder of Women

1929
as Tromholt's Housekeeper
Stolen Love poster Age: 55

Stolen Love

1928
as Aunt Evvie
Fleetwing poster Age: 54

Fleetwing

1928
as Furja
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes poster Age: 54

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1928
as Miss Chapman
Sadie Thompson poster Age: 54

Sadie Thompson

1928
as Mrs. Alfred Davidson
39 East poster Age: 47

39 East

1920
as Miss McMasters
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