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Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
September 13, 1871
Died
April 5, 1960 (88 years old)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Alma Kruger
Biography
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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).
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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
Forever Amber
1947
A Scandal in Paris
1946
Mrs. Parkington
1944
3 Men in White
1944
Saboteur
1942
You'll Find Out
1940
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940
His Girl Friday
1940
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
Made for Each Other
1939
The Great Waltz
1938
Marie Antoinette
1938
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937
Vogues of 1938
1937
Craig's Wife
1936
These Three
1936