Blanche Yurka
American actress and director (1887-1974) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
Blanche Yurka was an American stage and film actress and director. She was an opera singer with minor roles at the Metropolitan Opera and later became a stage actress, making her Broadway debut in 1906 and established herself as a character actor of the classical stage, also appearing in several films of the 1930s and...
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Great Ghost TalesSeries
Witchcraft: The Doll in BramblesFilm, 1961Madame Tirelou1959
Thunder in the SunFilm, Louise Dauphin1954
Climax!Series, Margaret
Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in WonderlandFilm, 1954Queen of Hearts1953
TaxiFilm, Mrs. Nielson1952
At Sword's PointFilm, Madame Michom1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Mother-in-Law
What's My Line?Series, 1950
The FuriesFilm, 1950Herrera Mother1947
The FlameFilm, Aunt Margaret1945
The SouthernerFilm, Mama Tucker1944
Cry of the WerewolfFilm, Bianca1943
Hitler's MadmanFilm, Frau Anna Hanka1942
A Night to RememberFilm, Mrs. Salter (uncredited)1941
Ellery Queen and the Murder RingFilm, Mrs. Augusta Stack1940
City for ConquestFilm, Mrs. Nash1935
A Tale of Two CitiesFilm, Madame De Farge1887Born18 June 1887Known for
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The Furies 1950
The Song of Bernadette 1943
A Tale of Two Cities 1935
The Southerner 1945
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James P. Hogan Directed Queen of the Mob (1940)
Hal B. Wallis Produced The Furies (1950)
Garry Owen Also in A Night to Remember and The Flame
James Cagney Also in 13 Rue Madeleine and City for Conquest
Jean Renoir Directed The Southerner (1945)
David O. Selznick Produced A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Beulah Bondi Also in The Southerner and The Furies
Douglas Sirk Directed Hitler's Madman (1943)
Gladys Cooper Also in At Sword's Point (1952)
Alla Nazimova Also in The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Escape
Gregory Ratoff Directed Taxi (1953)
Donald Woods Also in The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Jerome Cowan Also in City for Conquest (1940)
Charles Brackett Produced 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
Rowland V. Lee Directed The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Edith Barrett Also in Lady for a Night (1942)
Lee Patrick Also in A Night to Remember (1942)
Lewis Allen Directed At Sword's Point (1952)
Carl Esmond Also in Thunder in the Sun (1959)
David Buttolph Wrote 13 Rue Madeleine and Lady for a Night
John H. Auer Directed The Flame (1947)- Seymour Nebenzal Produced Hitler's Madman (1943)
- Russell Rouse Directed Thunder in the Sun (1959)
- Leigh Jason Directed Lady for a Night (1942)
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She was an opera singer with minor roles at the Metropolitan Opera and later became a stage actress, making her Broadway debut in 1906 and established herself as a character actor of the classical stage, also appearing in several films of the 1930s and 1940s.
