Ferike Boros


Ferike Boros was a Hungarian-born American stage and movie actress.

Biography

Ferike Weinstock was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary, in 1873, Boros was on stage starting in 1893. She moved to London in 1903, two years later appearing at Covent Garden. In Hungary, she performed in the National Court Theatre in Budapest.
In 1909, while still with the NCT, she visited the United States and Canada as part of a trip around the world to report on how dramatic productions were staged in each country that she visited.
As she visited various theatrical managers in New York City, she regularly encountered rejection despite her official letter from the NCT. In one office she was told, "Oh, Mr. Belasco is flooded with crazy communications from freaks and fakirs and cranks..."
After being well-coached in English and the conventions of American show business, she had a long career on the Broadway stage and in theatrical touring companies, from 1909 through 1927; thereafter she was seen in character roles in motion pictures.
Boros' Broadway acting credits included Chicago, The Kreutzer Sonata, Rachel, and The Wife Decides. She also translated the Broadway play Seven Sisters.
Boros went to Hollywood in 1930, acting in character roles for several studios. A fall in 1936 injured her hip, which both ended her income and brought about expensive medical treatment. In order to pay her bills, she mortgaged her house, sold most of her possessions, got rid of her servants, and began receiving $10 per week in relief payments. She returned to acting with a one-minute appearance in Love Affair.
Although her screen roles were mostly in the supporting category, she performed and contributed to the plot in popular films such as Once Upon a Honeymoon and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Death

Boros died at her residence in Van Nuys, California, on 16 January 1951, aged 77.

Filmography

  • Her Boy as Mrs. Schultz
  • The Younger Generation as Delancey Street Woman
  • Born Reckless as Ma Beretti
  • Ladies Love Brutes as Mrs. Forziati
  • Little Caesar as Mrs. Passa
  • Gentleman's Fate as Angela
  • Svengali as Marta
  • Bought! as Minor Role
  • Private Lives as Cook at Chalet
  • World and the Flesh as Sasha
  • Huddle as Mrs. Amatto
  • No Living Witness as Nick's Mother
  • Uptown New York as Elderly Woman
  • Humanity as Mrs. Bernstein
  • Song of the Eagle as Cook
  • Rafter Romance as Rosie Eckbaum
  • Eight Girls in a Boat as Frau Kruger
  • The Fountain as Nurse
  • Symphony of Living as Mary Schultz
  • Black Fury as Wife of Hospitalized Miner
  • Hi, Gaucho! as Emelia - Inez's Dueña
  • Make Way for Tomorrow as Mrs. Sarah Rubens
  • Love Affair as Terry's Landlady
  • Bachelor Mother as Mrs. Weiss
  • Stronger Than Desire as Mrs. D'Amoro
  • Fifth Avenue Girl as Olga
  • Dust Be My Destiny as Delicatessen Proprietress
  • Rio as Maria
  • The Light That Failed as Madame Binat
  • Three Cheers for the Irish as Tenement Woman
  • Lillian Russell as Mrs. Rose
  • La Conga Nights as Mama O'Brien
  • Girl from God's Country as Mrs. Broken Thumb
  • Argentine Nights as Mama Viejos
  • Christmas in July as Mrs. Schwartz
  • Gallant Sons as Madame Wachek
  • Sleepers West as Farm Lady
  • Caught in the Draft as Yetta
  • Private Nurse as Mrs. Sarah Goldberg
  • Unfinished Business as Sarah
  • The Pied Piper as Madame
  • The Talk of the Town as Mrs. Pulaski
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon as the maid Elsa
  • Margin for Error as Mrs. Finkelstein
  • They Got Me Covered as Laughing Hotel Maid
  • Princess O'Rourke Mrs. Anna Pulaski
  • The Doughgirls as Irena
  • A Tree grows in Brooklyn as Grandma Rommely
  • This Love of Ours as Housekeeper
  • Specter of the Rose as Mamochka
  • High Conquest as Grandmother on Train
  • East Side, West Side as Rosa's Grandma Sistina