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

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

Night Court Judge (uncredited)

State's Attorney

Miss Blazer (uncredited)

Three on a Match

Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)

So Big!

Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)

Cynara

Julia Endicott

Murder by the Clock

Peg Forney

Man of the Forest

Mrs. Johnson

Wicked

Aunt Evvie

Stolen Love

Miss Chapman

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Trombolt's Housekeeper

Wonder of Women

Mam' Pleasant

The Cat Creeps

Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

Rosalie

The Way to Love

Lady Teel (uncredited)

A Notorious Affair

Madame Si-Si (uncredited)

The Hatchet Man

Mrs. Temple

Woman Hungry

Mme. Boris

Honor of the Family

Personal Info

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