Blanche Friderici
Blanche Friderici | |
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 Blanche Friderici in Man of the Forest (1933) | |
| Born | January 21, 1878 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 23, 1933 (aged 55) Visalia, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | heart attack |
| Other names | Blanche Frederici |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1914–1933 |
| Spouse | Donald Campbell (?-1933) (her death) |
Blanche L. Friderici (January 21, 1878 – December 23, 1933) was an American film and stage actress, sometimes credited as Blanche Frederici.
Career
Friderici did not aspire to be an actress, but rather an acting and elocution teacher.[1][2] However, her eyesight began to fail, deteriorating to the point she could no longer read, so she turned from teaching to acting.[1] An admirer of her recitals introduced her to impresario David Belasco, who cast her in The Darling of the Gods.[1]
Between 1914 and 1927, Friderici appeared in nine Broadway theatre productions in New York City, including a production of 39 East (opened 1919)[3] and as Mrs. Davidson in the play Rain.[4]
Friderici appeared in sixty films from 1920 to 1934. Her début was as Miss McMasters in the film adaptation of 39 East (1920). In Night Nurse (1931), which starred Barbara Stanwyck and Clark Gable, she played a housekeeper too frightened to protect two children from a murder attempt. She portrayed a chaperone in Flying Down to Rio (1933). Her last film role was as a motel owner's wife in It Happened One Night (1934).
Death
On her way by automobile to attend a Christmas service at General Grant National Park with her stage manager husband, Donald Campbell, she died of a heart attack just after they reached Visalia, California.[4] She was 55.
Complete filmography
- 39 East (1920)
- No Trespassing (1922)
- Sadie Thompson (1928)
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
- Fleetwing (1928)
- Stolen Love (1928)
- Wonder of Women (1929)
- The Awful Truth (1929)
- Jazz Heaven (1929)
- The Trespasser (1929)
- The Flattering Word (1929 short)
- The Dead Line (1929 short)
- Marching On (1929 short)
- Trifles (1929 short)
- Personality (1930)
- The Girl Said No (1930) (uncredited)
- A Notorious Affair (1930) (uncredited)
- Soldiers and Women (1930)
- The Bad One (1930)
- Courage (1930)
- Numbered Men (1930)
- The Office Wife (1930)
- Billy the Kid (1930)
- Kismet (1930)
- The Cat Creeps (1930)
- Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
- Woman Hungry (1931)
- Night Nurse (1931)
- Murder by the Clock (1931)
- The Woman Between (1931)
- Friends and Lovers (1931)
- Wicked (1931)
- Honor of the Family (1931)
- Mata Hari (1931) as Sister Angelica
- The Hatchet Man (1932) (uncredited)
- Lady with a Past (1932)
- Young Bride (1932)
- So Big! (1932) (uncredited)
- State's Attorney (1932) (uncredited)
- Miss Pinkerton (1932)
- Love Me Tonight (1932)
- The Night Club Lady (1932)
- Thirteen Women (1932)
- Three on a Match (1932) (uncredited)
- If I Had a Million (1932) (uncredited)
- Behind Jury Doors (1932)
- A Farewell to Arms (1932)
- Cynara (1932) (uncredited)
- The Thundering Herd (1933)
- Secrets (1933)
- The Barbarian (1933)
- Adorable (1933)
- Hold Your Man (1933) as Mrs. Wagner
- Man of the Forest (1933)
- Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)
- The Way to Love (1933)
- Flying Down to Rio (1933)
- All of Me (1934)
- It Happened One Night (1934) as Zeke's wife
References
- ^ a b c "The Cat and the Kidney". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 24, 1922. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Blanche L. Friderici". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 9, 1900. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Blanche Friderici at IMDb. Accessed August 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "Noted Actress Dies After Trip to Nation's Tree". The Fresno Bee. December 25, 1933. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
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