Blanche Yurka
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 19, 1887
Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Escape
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
The Furies
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
The Song of Bernadette
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
What's My Line?
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
City for Conquest
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
A Tale of Two Cities
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
Keeper of the Flame
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
A Night to Remember
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.
The Southerner
Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle disease, a flood, and a jealous neighbor. Can they make it as farmers?
Taxi
A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
Filmography
as Madame Tirelou
as Louise Dauphin
as Margaret
as Queen of Hearts
as Mrs. Nielson
as Madame Michom
as Herrera Mother
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Aunt Margaret
as Mama Tucker
as Matthews
as Bianca
as The Abbess
as Aunt Bernarde Casterot
as Frau Anna Hanka
as Widow Grelieu
as Mrs. Salter (uncredited)
as Mrs. Savarina
as Julia Anderson
as Mrs. Augusta Stack
as Nurse
as Mrs. Nash
as Ma Webster
as Madame De Farge