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

It Happened One Night

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Acting

1934

It Happened One Night

as

Zeke's Wife

1932

Love Me Tonight

as

Third Aunt

1932

A Farewell to Arms

as

Head Nurse

1933

Flying Down to Rio

as

Elena De Rezende

1928

Sadie Thompson

as

Mrs. Alfred Davidson

1929

The Awful Truth

as

Mrs. Leeson

1931

Night Nurse

as

Mrs. Maxwell

1929

The Trespasser

as

Miss Potter the Nurse

1928

Fleetwing

as

Furja

1930

The Office Wife

as

Kate Halsey

1931

Ten Cents a Dance

as

Mrs. Blanchard

1933

Buffalo Stampede

as

Jane Jett

1930

Billy the Kid

as

Mrs. McSween

1931

Friends and Lovers

as

Lady Allice

1932

Miss Pinkerton

as

Mary

1931

The Woman Between

as

Mrs. Weston

1920

39 East

as

Miss McMasters

1933

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

as

Aunt Katherine

1932

Young Bride

as

Librarian Margaret Gordon

1932

The Night Club Lady

as

Mrs. Carewe

1933

The Barbarian

as

Mrs. Hume

1930

Courage

as

Aunt Caroline

1930

Kismet

as

Narjis

1930

Soldiers and Women

as

Martha

1933

Secrets

as

Martha Marlowe

1930

Numbered Men

as

Mrs. Miller

1930

The Girl Said No

as

Mrs. McAndrews

1932

Thirteen Women

as

Miss Kirsten

1933

Hold Your Man

as

Mrs. Wagner

1929

Jazz Heaven

as

Mrs. Langley

1930

The Bad One

as

Madame Durand

1933

Adorable

as

Countess

1931

A Dangerous Affair

as

Letty Randolph

1932

Lady with a Past

as

Nora

1930

Personality

as

MA

1933

Alimony Madness

as

Mrs. Van

1934

All of Me

as

Miss Haskell

1930

Trifles

as

Mrs. Peters

1931

Mata Hari

as

Sister Angelica

1932

State's Attorney

as

Night Court Judge (uncredited)

1932

Three on a Match

as

Miss Blazer (uncredited)

1932

So Big!

as

Widow Paarlenburg (uncredited)

1932

Cynara

as

Concerned Mother in Courtroom (uncredited)

1931

Murder by the Clock

as

Julia Endicott

1933

Man of the Forest

as

Peg Forney

1931

Wicked

as

Mrs. Johnson

1928

Stolen Love

as

Aunt Evvie

1928

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as

Miss Chapman

1929

Wonder of Women

as

Trombolt's Housekeeper

1930

The Cat Creeps

as

Mam' Pleasant

1932

If I Had a Million

as

Mrs. Garvey (uncredited)

1933

The Way to Love

as

Rosalie

1930

A Notorious Affair

as

Lady Teel (uncredited)

1932

The Hatchet Man

as

Madame Si-Si (uncredited)

1931

Woman Hungry

as

Mrs. Temple

1931

Honor of the Family

as

Mme. Boris

Production

Crew

Directing