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Blanche Yurka (born Blanch Jurka; June 19, 1887 – June 6, 1974) 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 ...
Blanche Yurka. Actress: A Tale of Two Cities. This imposing-looking stage star of early 20th century Broadway was born Blanche Jurka to Bohemian immigrants on June 18, 1887 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Blanche Yurka. Actress: A Tale of Two Cities. This imposing-looking stage star of early 20th century Broadway was born Blanche Jurka to Bohemian immigrants on June 18, 1887 in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Jun 7, 1974 · Blanche Yurka, the Broadway star whose acting career spanned more than half a century, died yesterday of arteriolosclerosis at Mount Sinai Hospital. Miss Yurka, who was 86 years old, lived at...
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 1940s.
Blanche Yurka was born in Czechoslovakia in 1887; her parents migrated to the United States from Bohemia, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, when Blanche was an infant. They settled first in a large Czech community in Chicago before moving to St. Paul, Minnesota, where she spent her early years.
Blanche Yurka was a actress who was born in 1887 in United States and died in 1974 known for: The Southerner, A Tale of Two Cities, The Furies, Thunder in the Sun, Queen of the Mob, 13 Rue Madeleine, Cry of the Werewolf, One Body Too Many, Taxi and City for Conquest
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Blanche Yurka (1887-1974) was an actress born in St Paul, Minnesota. She was also an opera singer when she made her debut as a character actor on Broadway in 1910. Turning to the screen, she is most remembered for the role as the vicious Madame Defarge in "A Tale of Two Cities" (1935).
Play Tragedy Revival. The Wind Is Ninety (Jun 21, 1945 - Sep 22, 1945) Performer: Blanche Yurka [Nana] Play Original. The Barber Had Two Sons (Feb 01, 1943 - Feb 20, 1943)
