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Alma Rubens (born Alma Genevieve Reubens; February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer. Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas Fairbanks in The Half-Breed.
Jul 24, 2011 · Alma Rubens was a major film star by age 19 in 1916 after co-starring in a couple of Douglas Fairbanks hits. She already had two husbands behind her by the time of her January 1926 marriage to Cortez and was by that time, by her own account, already a drug addict.
Alma Rubens was a silent film actress who starred in The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917) and The Rejected Woman (1924). She died of pneumonia in 1931 at age 33, after struggling with heroin addiction.
- January 1, 1
- San Francisco, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Today, Alma Rubens is remembered not for her films or versatility as an actress, but for the demons that plagued her and ultimately ended her life. Born in San Francisco in 1897, Rubens appeared in nearly 60 films for the Triangle, Famous Players, Cosmopolitan, and Fox studios.
American actress of the silent period. Born in San Francisco, she studied and performed from her youth, and at the age of nineteen became a star. She appeared in a score of films within the next four years, then began to work on the theatrical stage as well, in musical comedy and drama.
- February 19, 1897
- January 22, 1931
Biography of Hollywood film actor Alma Rubens, a beautiful and dynamic actress during the silent era whose career was derailed by an ultimately fatal addiction to narcotics.
Alma Rubens was a 1910s actress who struggled with poverty, abuse, addiction, and identity crisis. Learn about her rise and fall in Hollywood, her controversial marriages, and her mysterious death.
