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 KildareDr 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 motherinlaw of Rosalind Russells lead character in His Girl Friday 1940 In 1942 she appeared as the subversive society matron Henrietta Sutton in Alfred Hitchcocks Saboteur 1942 Krugers last film appearance was in the film Forever Amber 1947
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