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  1. 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 appearing in ...

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    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. Some references claim that she was brought to the United States as an infant and then raised in St. Paul.

  3. 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...

  4. 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. Some references claim that she was brought to the United States as an infant and then raised in St. Paul.

  5. 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 appearing in ...

  6. Yurka, Blanche (1887–1974) American actress and writer. Name variations: Blanche Jurka. Born on June 19, 1887, in Czechoslovakia; died on June 6, 1974, in New York City; daughter of Anton Jurka and Karolina (Novak) Jurka; attended Wadleigh High School (1901–03), Metropolitan Opera School (1903–05), Institute of Musical Art (now Juilliard ...

  7. Aug 12, 2009 · Blanche was an opera star before she became an actress. She made her Broadway debut in 1910 and established herself as a character actor, also appearing in several films. In addition to her many stage roles, including Queen Gertrude opposite John Barrymore's Hamlet, she was an occasional director and playwright.

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  9. Blanche Yurka is known as an Actor. Some of her work includes A Tale of Two Cities, The Southerner, The Song of Bernadette, One Body Too Many, The Furies, Cry of the Werewolf, City for Conquest, and Lady for a Night.

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