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Alma Kruger

Alma Kruger

The word "formidable" seems to have been especially coined for American actress Alma Kruger, who for over a decade was the quintessential immovable society dowager. Alma had been a stage actress for nearly sixty years before making her first film, These Three (1936), in which she played the easily shocked grandmother who swallowed the scandalous lies told by spiteful little Bonita Granville. She was a bit nicer but no less forceful as the mother-in-law who saw right through Rosalind Russell's shallow kindliness in Craig's Wife (1936). Alma played Empress Maria Theresa in Marie Antoinette (1938), who supervised the arranged marriage of Marie and the dullwitted Louis XVI; while in His Girl Friday (1940) she was Ralph Bellamy's domineering mother, who underwent the indignity of being first kidnapped and then arrested thanks to the machinations of newspaper editor Cary Grant. From 1938 through 1943 Alma played head nurse Molly Byrd, the friendly adversary to crusty Lionel Barrymore in the Dr. Kildare series. Alma Kruger made her last film, Forever Amber, in 1947, in which, despite the presence of a stellar supporting cast, the septugenarian actress still managed to dominate her big scenes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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Alma Kruger Trivia

When was Alma Kruger born?
Alma Kruger date of birth: September 13, 1868

Who did Alma Kruger portray in Saboteur?
Alma Kruger was Mrs. Henrietta Van Sutton in Saboteur

What role did Alma Kruger portray in Made for Each Other?
Alma Kruger played Sister Madeline in Made for Each Other

Who did Alma Kruger portray in A Scandal in Paris?
Alma Kruger was Marquise in A Scandal in Paris

Who did Alma Kruger portray in Vogues of 1938?
Alma Kruger was Sophie Miller in Vogues of 1938

Who did Alma Kruger play in Dr. Kildare's Strange Case?
Alma Kruger was Nurse Molly Byrd in Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

Who did Alma Kruger portray in The Secret of Dr. Kildare?
Alma Kruger was Molly Byrd in The Secret of Dr. Kildare

Who did Alma Kruger portray in His Girl Friday?
Alma Kruger was Mrs. Baldwin in His Girl Friday

What role did Alma Kruger portray in Marie Antoinette?
Alma Kruger played Empress Maria Theresa in Marie Antoinette

What role did Alma Kruger play in Colonel Effingham's Raid?
Alma Kruger played Mrs. Monadue in Colonel Effingham's Raid


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