Alma Kruger

Acting

Born September 13, 1871, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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

• 1947Dark Delusion — Molly Byrd
• 1947Forever Amber — Lady Constance Redmond
• 1947Fun on a Weekend — Mrs. van Orsdale
• 1946A Scandal in Paris — Marquise De Pierremont
• 1945Between Two Women — Molly Byrd
• 1945The Crime Doctor's Warning — Mrs. Wellington Lake (uncredited)
• 19443 Men in White — Molly Bird
• 1944Babes on Swing Street — Martha Curtis
• 1944Mrs. Parkington — Mrs. Jacob Livingstone (uncredited)
• 1944Our Hearts Were Young and Gay — Mrs. Lamberton
• 1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case — Molly Byrd
• 1942Calling Dr. Gillespie — Molly Byrd
• 1942Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant — Molly Byrd
• 1942Dr. Kildare's Victory — Molly Byrd
• 1942Saboteur — Mrs. Henrietta Sutton
• 1942That Other Woman — Grandma Borden
• 1941Blonde Inspiration — Victoria Mason
• 1941Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day — Molly Byrd
• 1941Puddin' Head — Matilda Montgomery
• 1941The People Vs. Dr. Kildare — Molly Byrd
• 1941The Trial of Mary Dugan — Dr. Saunders
• 1940Anne of Windy Poplars — Mrs. Stephen Pringle
• 1940Dr. Kildare Goes Home — Molly Byrd
• 1940Dr. Kildare's Crisis — Molly Byrd
• 1940Dr. Kildare's Strange Case — Molly Byrd
• 1940His Girl Friday — Mrs. Baldwin
• 1940You'll Find Out — Aunt Margo Bellacrest
• 1939Balalaika — Mrs. Danchenoff
• 1939Calling Dr. Kildare — Molly Byrd
• 1939Made for Each Other — Sister Madeline
• 1939The Secret of Dr. Kildare — Molly Byrd
• 1938Marie Antoinette — Maria Theresa
• 1938Mother Carey's Chickens — Aunt Bertha
• 1938Tarnished Angel — Mrs. Stockton
• 1938The Great Waltz — Mrs. Strauss
• 1938The Toy Wife — Madame Vallaire
• 1937Breezing Home — Mrs. Evans
• 1937One Hundred Men and a Girl — Mrs. Tyler
• 1937The Man in Blue — Mrs. Dunne
• 1937The Mighty Treve — Mrs. Davis
• 1937Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 — Sophie Miller
• 1936Craig's Wife — Miss Austen
• 1936Love Letters of a Star — Veronica Todd
• 1936These Three — Amelia Tilford