Blanche Yurka

Blanche Yurka

Nascimento : 1887-06-18, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Morte : 1974-06-06

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Blanche Yurka

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Witchcraft
Madame Tirelou
Madame Tirelou is a witch who will not allow her daughter Marie to marry her true love Louis. The witch puts a curse on Louis should he ever set eyes on Marie again. Louis enlists the help of his old friend Fred to break the witch's spell so the young lovers may finally marry. However, Madame Tirelou proves more powerful than non-believer Fred bargained for.
Thunder in the Sun
Louise Dauphin
A band of Basque immigrants treks through the Old West toward California, where they hope to put down roots and open wineries. When the group's leader dies, his widow Gabrielle marries his brother in accordance with Basque tradition. But it's a loveless union; Gabrielle is smitten with Lon Bennett, the scout who's been hired to guide them on their journey.
Taxi
Mrs. Nielson
A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
At Sword's Point
Madame Michom
France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one! Written by Rod Crawford
Almas em Fúria
Herrera Mother
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over the man's choice for a new bride. Things get worse when the elder man has his daughter's lover hanged. With the help of an old flame, a gambler, the daughter puts into motion a plan to drive her father from his estate.
The Flame
Aunt Margaret
George McAllister (John Carroll), the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, and lives in constant jealousy, hatred and resentment of his half-brother Barry (Robert Paige), who has been supporting him. George gets his girl friend, Carlotta Duval (Vera Ralston), a job as Barry's nurse with the plan of eventually marrying him. She does, but instead of going ahead with the original plan or getting rid of Barry, inheriting his money and marrying George, she finds that she is really in love with Barry.
Amor à Terra
Mama Tucker
Sam Tucker, um colhedor de algodão, em busca de um futuro melhor para sua família, decide cultivar sua própria plantação de algodão. No primeiro ano, os Tuckers enfrentam uma doença, uma inundação e um vizinho ciumento. Será que vão conseguir se transformar em agricultores? (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
One Body Too Many
Matthews
An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire.
Cry of the Werewolf
Bianca
A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Abbess
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.
A Canção de Bernadette
Aunt Bernarde Casterot
Bernadette é uma jovem camponesa que vive na França. Quando ela conta aos vizinhos que viu uma bela senhora no caminho para casa, todos assumem que se trata da Virgem Maria. Bernadette é considerada louca por uns, e santa por outros.
O Capanga de Hitler
Frau Anna Hanka
In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.
Tonight We Raid Calais
Widow Grelieu
A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mission.
O Fogo Sagrado
Steven (Spencer Tracy) está escrevendo uma biografia sobre um herói nacional que morreu quando seu carro caiu da ponte. A viúva (Katharine Hepburn) do homem coopera com o escritor, mas ele acaba descobrindo que ela poderia ter evitado o acidente, mas escolheu não fazê-lo. Agora ele precisa descobrir os motivos da viúva.
A Night to Remember
Mrs. Salter
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.
Pacific Rendezvous
Mrs. Savarina
A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.
Dama Por Uma Noite
Julia Anderson
A operadora de barcos Jenny Blake manipula seu namorado Jack Morgan para se casar com a alta sociedade. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Mrs. Augusta Stack
Ralph Bellamy made his fourth and final appearance as literary sleuth Ellery Queen in Columbia's Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring. On this occasion, Ellery and his police-inspector father are summoned to a private hospital by its owner, philanthropist Mrs. Stack. There've been some very weird goings-on at the hospital as of late, and Mrs. Stack wants to get to the bottom of things.
Fuga
Nurse
An American goes to 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.
City for Conquest
Mrs. Nash
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?
Queen of the Mob
Ma Webster
Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.
A Tale of Two Cities
Madame De Farge
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.