
Alma Kruger
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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His Girl Friday
as Mrs. Baldwin
1940

Blonde Inspiration
as Victoria Mason
1941

Saboteur
as Mrs. Henrietta Sutton
1942

Tarnished Angel
as Mrs. Stockton
1938

Marie Antoinette
as Maria Theresa
1938

Forever Amber
as Lady Constance Redmond
1947

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Molly Byrd
1943

Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Molly Byrd
1940

One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Mrs. Tyler
1937

Made for Each Other
as Sister Madeline
1939

These Three
as Amelia Tilford
1936

The Great Waltz
as Mrs. Strauss
1938