Blanche Friderici
Blanche L. Friderici was an American film and stage actress, sometimes credited as Blanche Frederici.
Early years
Friderici was a native of Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were William E. Friderici and Rosetta Elizabeth Freeman Friderici.
Career
Friderici did not aspire to be an actress, but rather an acting and elocution teacher. However, her eyesight began to fail, deteriorating to the point she could no longer read, so she turned from teaching acting to actually acting. An admirer of her recitals introduced her to impresario David Belasco, who cast her in The Darling of the Gods.
Between 1914 and 1927, Friderici appeared in nine Broadway theatre productions in New York City, including a production of 39 East and as Mrs. Davidson in the play Rain.
Friderici appeared in sixty films from 1920 to 1934. Her début was as Miss McMasters in the film adaptation of 39 East. In Night Nurse, which starred Barbara Stanwyck and Clark Gable, she played a housekeeper too frightened to protect two children from a murder attempt. She portrayed a chaperone in Flying Down to Rio. Her last film role was as a motel owner's wife in It Happened One Night.
Personal life
Friderici married Donald Campbell, a stage manager, in 1925.
Death
On December 23, 1933, Friderici died in Visalia, California from a heart attack she suffered on her way to a Christmas service at General Grant National Park. She was 55.
Complete filmography
39 East as Miss McMastersNo Trespassing as DorindaSadie Thompson as Mrs. Alfred DavidsonGentlemen Prefer Blondes as Miss ChapmanFleetwing as FurjaStolen Love as Aunt EvvieWonder of Women as Stephen Trombolt's HousekeeperThe Awful Truth as Mrs. LeesonJazz Heaven as Mrs. LangleyThe Trespasser as Miss Potter, NurseThe Flattering Word as Mrs. ZukorThe Dead Line Marching On Trifles as Mrs. PetersPersonality as MaThe Girl Said No as Mrs. McAndrews A Notorious Affair as Lady Teel Soldiers and Women as MarthaThe Bad One as Madame DurandCourage as Aunt CarolineNumbered Men as Mrs. MillerThe Office Wife as Kate HalseyBilly the Kid as Mrs. McSweenKismet as NarjisThe Cat Creeps as Mam' PleasantTen Cents a Dance as Mrs. BlanchardWoman Hungry as Mrs. TempleNight Nurse as Mrs. MaxwellMurder by the Clock as Julia EndicottThe Woman Between as Mrs. WestonA Dangerous Affair as Letty RandolphFriends and Lovers as Lady AlliceWicked as Mrs. JohnsonHonor of the Family as Mme. BorisMata Hari as Sister AngelicaThe Hatchet Man as Madame Si-Si Lady with a Past as NoraYoung Bride as Miss Margaret Gordon, the LibrarianSo Big as Widow Paarlenburg State's Attorney as Night Court Judge Miss Pinkerton as MaryLove Me Tonight as Third AuntThe Night Club Lady as Mrs. CareweThirteen Women as Miss KirstenThree on a Match as Miss Blazer If I Had a Million as Mrs. Garvey Behind Jury Doors as Mrs. LanfieldA Farewell to Arms as Head NurseCynara as Concerned Mother in Courtroom The Thundering Herd as Mrs. Jane JettSecrets as Mrs. Martha MarloweAlimony Madness as Mrs. VanThe Barbarian as Mrs. HumeAdorable as The CountessHold Your Man as Mrs. WagnerMan of the Forest as Mrs. Peg ForneyAggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Aunt KatherineThe Way to Love as RosalieFlying Down to Rio as Dona Elena De RezendeAll of Me as Miss HaskellIt Happened One Night as Zeke's wife