
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.

It Happened One Night
1934 · as Zeke's Wife

A Farewell to Arms
1932 · as Head Nurse

Mata Hari
1931 · as Sister Angelica

Love Me Tonight
1932 · as Third Aunt

Flying Down to Rio
1933 · as Elena De Rezende

39 East
1920 · as Miss McMasters

Honor of the Family
1931 · as Mme. Boris

The Office Wife
1930 · as Kate Halsey

The Woman Between
1931 · as Mrs. Weston

Man of the Forest
1933 · as Peg Forney

Ten Cents a Dance
1931 · as Mrs. Blanchard

Three on a Match
1932 · as Miss Blazer (uncredited)

Buffalo Stampede
1933 · as Jane Jett

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928 · as Miss Chapman

Lady with a Past
1932 · as Nora

Night Nurse
1931 · as Mrs. Maxwell

State's Attorney
1932 · as Night Court Judge (uncredited)

Thirteen Women
1932 · as Miss Kirsten