Alma Kruger
Actor
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).
Filmography
Saboteur
as Mrs. Henrietta Sutton 1942
Made for Each Other
as Sister Madeline 1939
These Three
as Amelia Tilford 1936
Marie Antoinette
as Maria Theresa 1938
A Scandal in Paris
as Marquise De Pierremont 1946
Forever Amber
as Lady Constance Redmond 1947
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Mrs. Tyler 1937
You'll Find Out
as Aunt Margo Bellacrest 1940
Mrs. Parkington
as Mrs. Jacob Livingstone (uncredited) 1944
The Great Waltz
as Mrs. Strauss 1938
Craig's Wife
as Miss Austen 1936
Vogues of 1938
as Sophie Miller 1937
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Molly Byrd, Superintendant of Nurses 1940
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Head Nurse Molly Byrd 1939
3 Men in White
as Molly Bird 1944
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Molly Byrd 1941