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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 appearing in several films of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Born	Blanche Jurka 18 June 1887 St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died	6 June 1974 (aged 86) New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac	Gemini
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Ian Keith 1899-1960 Actor · m. 1922; div. 1926 info edit

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