Alma Kruger
ActingBiography
From Wikipedia Alma Kruger (September 13, 1868 or 1871 – April 5, 1960) was an American actress. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kruger had a long career on stage before appearing in films. From 1907 to 1935, she featured in theatre plays on Broadway, mostly in Shakespearean plays such as Hamlet (as Gertrude), Twelfth Night (as Olivia), Taming of the Shrew (Widow), and The Merchant of Venice (Nerissa). She appeared in her first film while in her sixties, These Three (1936). She then proceeded to act in over forty films in the space of little more than a decade. Among her notable roles was Nurse Molly Byrd, the superintendent of nurses in the popular Dr. Kildare/Dr. Gillespie film series, appearing in all but the first two of the sixteen movies. She portrayed Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in Marie Antoinette (1938) and the almost mother-in-law of Rosalind Russell's lead character in His Girl Friday (1940). In 1942, she appeared as the subversive society matron Henrietta Sutton in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). Kruger's last film appearance was in the film, Forever Amber (1947).
Movies
(43 total)
His Girl Friday
as Mrs. Baldwin
Saboteur
as Mrs. Henrietta Sutton
Made for Each Other
as Sister Madeline
These Three
as Amelia Tilford
Marie Antoinette
as Maria Theresa
A Scandal in Paris
as Marquise De Pierremont
Forever Amber
as Lady Constance Redmond
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Mrs. Tyler
You'll Find Out
as Aunt Margo Bellacrest
Mrs. Parkington
as Mrs. Jacob Livingstone (uncredited)
The Great Waltz
as Mrs. Strauss
Craig's Wife
as Miss Austen
Vogues of 1938
as Sophie Miller
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Molly Byrd, Superintendant of Nurses
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Head Nurse Molly Byrd
3 Men in White
as Molly Bird
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Molly Byrd
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Molly Byrd
Dr. Kildare's Victory
as Molly Byrd
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Molly Byrd