Alma Kruger

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Alma Kruger (born September 13, 1868 or 1871 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , † April 5, 1960 in Seattle , Washington ) was an American actress .

life and career

Alma Kruger was born in Pittsburgh in 1868 or 1871, the exact year of her birth being debated. Before making her film debut, she had had a long career in the theater and was seen on Broadway from 1907 to 1935 . At the theater she played mainly in Shakespeare plays, for example in Hamlet as Gertrude, in Was Ihr wollt as Olivia, in The Taming of the Shrew as a widow and in The Merchant of Venice as Nerissa. Kruger did not make her first film until 1936, when she was actually already of retirement age. In the following years she was seen in 46 films, where she played mainly maternal and grandmotherly characters in supporting roles. Between 1939 and 1947 she played the head nurse Molly Byrdin alongside Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore in 14 films in the popular Dr. Kildare .

Kruger's other roles included Empress Maria Theresa , mother of the title character played by Norma Shearer , in the lavish film biography Marie-Antoinette (1938). The gray-haired character actress also starred as the suspicious mother of Ralph Bellamy in the screwball comedy His A Special Girl . Another well-known role was Kruger in the Hitchcock thriller Saboteurs as the respected socialite Henrietta Sutton, who secretly financed a group of fascists. Alma Kruger retired from the film business in 1947 and died in Seattle in 1960. Their remains were burned.

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Alma Kruger  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alma Kruger at Find A Grave
personal data
SURNAME Kruger, Alma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1868 or 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 1960
Place of death Seattle , Washington , United States