
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.

Zeke's Wife
It Happened One Night

Third Aunt
Love Me Tonight

Head Nurse
A Farewell to Arms

Elena De Rezende
Flying Down to Rio

Mrs. Alfred Davidson
Sadie Thompson

Mrs. Leeson
The Awful Truth

Mrs. Maxwell
Night Nurse

Miss Potter the Nurse
The Trespasser

Furja
Fleetwing

Kate Halsey
The Office Wife

Mrs. Blanchard
Ten Cents a Dance

Jane Jett
Buffalo Stampede

Mrs. McSween
Billy the Kid

Lady Allice
Friends and Lovers

Mary
Miss Pinkerton

Mrs. Weston
The Woman Between

Miss McMasters
39 East

Aunt Katherine
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Librarian Margaret Gordon
Young Bride

Mrs. Carewe
The Night Club Lady

Mrs. Hume
The Barbarian

Aunt Caroline
Courage

Narjis
Kismet

Martha
Soldiers and Women

Martha Marlowe
Secrets

Mrs. Miller
Numbered Men

Mrs. McAndrews
The Girl Said No

Miss Kirsten
Thirteen Women

Mrs. Wagner
Hold Your Man

Mrs. Langley
Jazz Heaven

Madame Durand
The Bad One

Countess
Adorable

Letty Randolph
A Dangerous Affair

Nora
Lady with a Past

Ma
Personality

Mrs. Van
Alimony Madness

Miss Haskell
All of Me

Mrs. Peters
Trifles

Sister Angelica
Mata Hari

Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)
So Big!

Night Court Judge (uncredited)
State's Attorney

Miss Blazer (uncredited)
Three on a Match

Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)
Cynara

Julia Endicott
Murder by the Clock

Peg Forney
Man of the Forest

Mrs. Johnson
Wicked

Miss Chapman
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Aunt Evvie
Stolen Love

Tromholt's Housekeeper
Wonder of Women

Lady Teel (uncredited)
A Notorious Affair

Mam' Pleasant
The Cat Creeps

Mrs. Temple
Woman Hungry

Mme. Boris
Honor of the Family

Madame Si-Si (uncredited)
The Hatchet Man

Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)
If I Had a Million

Rosalie
The Way to Love
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
56
Gender
Female
Birthday
1873-09-12
Place of Birth
Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Also Known As
Blanche L. Friderici