Blanche Friderici
Date of birth: 1873-09-12
Place of birth: Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Blanche L. Friderici, Blanche Frederici, Blanche Friderici Campbell, Blanche F. Campbell
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.
Movie Credits
It Happened One Night
1934-02-22
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up s
Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18
A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess livi
A Farewell to Arms
1932-12-08
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederi
Flying Down to Rio
1933-12-22
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends
Sadie Thompson
1928-01-07
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago
The Awful Truth
1929-08-10
Story of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.
Night Nurse
1931-07-16
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training sh
The Trespasser
1929-11-11
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family
Fleetwing
1928-06-24
Capturing a beautiful horse and slave girl, Thurya young Arab Jaafor’s happiness is short lived when
The Office Wife
1930-08-23
Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's
Ten Cents a Dance
1931-01-30
A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.
Buffalo Stampede
1933-03-01
A buffalo hunter tries to stop a thief and his minions from stealing hides.
Billy the Kid
1930-10-16
Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted
Friends and Lovers
1931-10-03
British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sang
Miss Pinkerton
1932-05-27
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by h
The Woman Between
1931-08-08
Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home i
39 East
1920-09-30
The eldest daughter of a poor preacher, Penelope Penn leaves her country home to seek her fortune in
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933-10-18
Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
Young Bride
1932-04-08
A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.
The Night Club Lady
1932-08-27
A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.
The Barbarian
1933-05-12
An Arab prince masquerades as a tour guide for rich women in order to enrich himself.
Courage
1930-05-22
Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves wi
Kismet
1930-10-30
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to r
Soldiers and Women
1930-04-30
Captain Clive Branch, United States Marine Corps, is stationed at a Marine base in Haiti, and is hav
Secrets
1933-03-16
In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with cle
Numbered Men
1930-06-07
Civilian Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other. Lou Rinaldo, who framed Bud t
The Girl Said No
1930-03-15
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams
Thirteen Women
1932-09-16
Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is n
Hold Your Man
1933-06-30
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidenta
Jazz Heaven
1929-11-03
A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.
The Bad One
1930-05-03
In this melodrama, a dancer works in a sleazy Marseilles portside dive that is really the front for
Adorable
1933-05-18
Rebellious Princess Marie "Mitzi" Christine must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuf
A Dangerous Affair
1931-09-29
Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook.
Lady with a Past
1932-02-19
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours abou
Personality
1930-02-14
Directed by Victor Heerman. With Sally Starr, Johnny Arthur, Blanche Friderici, Frank Hammond.
Alimony Madness
1933-03-31
A man's wife is put on trial for the murder of his first wife.
All of Me
1934-02-01
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend does
Trifles
1930-01-30
The Sheriff and County Prosecutor come to an isolated country farm where a woman killed her husband,
Mata Hari
1931-12-26
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying fo
State's Attorney
1932-05-20
Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom
Three on a Match
1932-10-29
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throw
So Big!
1932-04-30
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Cynara
1932-12-24
A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have hi
Murder by the Clock
1931-07-21
A policeman investigates a woman's link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a fa
Man of the Forest
1933-08-24
Beasley, who is after Gayner's land, plans to kidnap his daughter. But Dale overhears their plan and
Wicked
1931-10-04
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband
Stolen Love
1928-12-02
The story of a girl whose past casts a shadow over her future happiness with the man who loves her.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928-01-22
Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This fi
Wonder of Women
1929-07-20
The artistic temperament of a German concert pianist renders him chronically unfaithful to his devot
The Cat Creeps
1930-11-10
Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
If I Had a Million
1932-11-18
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight st
The Way to Love
1933-10-20
Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved c
A Notorious Affair
1930-04-26
A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.
The Hatchet Man
1932-02-06
When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.
Woman Hungry
1931-04-04
This film, believed lost, was based on William Vaughn Moody's 1906 play The Great Divide. The story
Honor of the Family
1931-10-17
Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is believed lo