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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1871-09-13 (153 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Alma Kruger

Biography:

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).

Known For

Acting

1947

Forever Amber as Lady Constance Redmond
Dark Delusion as Molly Byrd
Fun on a Weekend as Mrs. Van Orsdale

1946

A Scandal in Paris as Marquise De Pierremont

1945

Between Two Women as Molly Byrd
The Crime Doctor's Warning as Mrs. Wellington Lake (uncredited)

1944

Mrs. Parkington as Mrs. Jacob Livingstone (uncredited)
3 Men in White as Molly Bird
Babes on Swing Street as Martha Curtis

1943

1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie as Molly Byrd
Saboteur as Mrs. Henrietta Sutton
That Other Woman as Grandma Borden
Dr. Kildare's Victory as Molly Byrd

1941

Blonde Inspiration as Victoria Mason
Puddin' Head as Matilda Montgomery
The Trial of Mary Dugan as Dr. Saunders

1940

His Girl Friday as Mrs. Baldwin
You'll Find Out as Aunt Margo Bellacrest
Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Molly Byrd
Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Molly Byrd
Anne of Windy Poplars as Mrs. Stephen Pringle
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case as Molly Byrd, Superintendant of Nurses

1939

Made for Each Other as Sister Madeline
Calling Dr. Kildare as Molly Byrd
The Secret of Dr. Kildare as Head Nurse Molly Byrd
Balalaika as Mrs. Danchenoff

1938

The Great Waltz as Mrs. Strauss
Marie Antoinette as Maria Theresa
Tarnished Angel as Mrs. Stockton
The Toy Wife as Madame Vallaire

1937

Vogues of 1938 as Sophie Miller
Breezing Home as Mrs. Evans
The Mighty Treve as Mrs. Davis

1936

These Three as Amelia Tilford
Craig's Wife as Miss Austen
Love Letters of a Star as Veronica Todd