Alma Kruger

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"Alma Kruger" (September 13, 1868 [cite web |url=http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:39465~T1 |title=Alma Kruger Biography |publisher=allmovie.com |accessdate=2007-11-15] or 1871 [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0472557/ |title=Alma Kruger |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=2007-11-15] , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – April 5, 1960, Seattle, Washington) was an American actress.

She had a long career on the stage before appearing 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 in the popular Dr. Kildare film series, appearing in all but the first two of the sixteen movies. She also portrayed Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in "Marie Antoinette" and the would-be mother-in-law of Rosalind Russell's character in "His Girl Friday".

Filmography

* "These Three" (1936)
* "Craig's Wife" (1936)
* "Love Letters of a Star" (1936)
* "The Mighty Treve" (1937)
* "Breezing Home" (1937)
* "The Man in Blue" (1937)
* "Vogues of 1938" (1937)
* "One Hundred Men and a Girl" {1937)
* "The Toy Wife" (1938)
* "Marie Antoinette" (1938)
* "Mother Carey's Chickens" (1938)
* "Tarnished Angel" (1938)
* "The Great Waltz" (1938)
* "Made for Each Other" (1939)
* "Calling Dr. Kildare"* (1939)
* "The Secret of Dr. Kildare"* (1939)
* "Balalaika" (1939)
* "His Girl Friday" (1939)
* "Dr. Kildare's Strange Case"* (1940)
* "Anne of Windy Poplars" (1940)
* "Dr. Kildare Goes Home"* (1940)
* "You'll Find Out" {1940)
* "Dr. Kildare's Crisis"* (1940)
* "Blonde Inspiration" (1941)
* "The Trial of Mary Dugan" (1941)
* "The People vs. Dr. Kildare"* (1941)
* "Puddin' Head" (1941)
* "Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day"* (1941)
* "Dr. Kildare's Victory"* (1942)
* "Saboteur" (1942)
* "Calling Dr. Gillespie"* (1942)
* "That Other Woman" (1942)
* "Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant"* (1942)
* "Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case"* (1943)
* "Three Men in White"* (1943)
* "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" (1944)
* "Babes on Swing Street" (1944)
* "Between Two Women"* (1945)
* "Crime Doctor's Warning" (1945) (uncredited)
* "Colonel Effingham's Raid" (1946) (uncredited)
* "Do You Love Me" (1946) (uncredited)
* "A Scandal in Paris" (1946)
* "Fun on a Weekend" (1947)
* "Dark Delusion"* (1947)
* "Forever Amber" (1947)

* -films in which Kruger portrayed Molly Byrd

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