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