Blanche Yurka

Born: 1887-06-19


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The Song of Bernadette

as Aunt Bernarde Casterot
Released: 1943-12-21

In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful...

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The Furies

as Herrera Mother
Released: 1950-08-16

A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.

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The Southerner

as Mama Tucker
Released: 1945-04-30

Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his...

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Escape

as Nurse
Released: 1940-11-01

An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration...

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A Tale of Two Cities

as Madame De Farge
Released: 1935-12-25

The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in...

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City for Conquest

as Mrs. Nash
Released: 1940-09-21

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and...

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Cry of the Werewolf

as Bianca
Released: 1944-08-17

A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies.

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Keeper of the Flame

as uncredited
Released: 1943-04-01

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

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Thunder in the Sun

as Louise Dauphin
Released: 1959-04-08

A band of Basque immigrants treks through the Old West toward California, where they hope to put...

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One Body Too Many

as Matthews
Released: 1944-11-24

An insurance salesman, Albert Tuttle, is hired as a body guard for a millionaire.

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The Flame

as Aunt Margaret
Released: 1947-11-24

George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the...

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A Night to Remember

as Mrs. Salter (uncredited)
Released: 1942-12-10

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the...

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Taxi

as Mrs. Nielson
Released: 1953-01-21

A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.

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Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

as Madame Tirelou
Released: 1961-01-01

Madame Tirelou is a witch who will not allow her daughter Marie to marry her one true love...

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At Sword's Point

as Madame Michom
Released: 1952-04-22

France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle...

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Queen of the Mob

as Ma Webster
Released: 1940-06-28

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...

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Pacific Rendezvous

as Mrs. Savarina
Released: 1942-05-21

A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his...

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Hitler's Madman

as Frau Anna Hanka
Released: 1943-06-10

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow...

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Lady for a Night

as Julia Anderson
Released: 1942-01-05

Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry...

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Tonight We Raid Calais

as Widow Grelieu
Released: 1943-04-30

A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He...

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as The Abbess
Released: 1944-02-11

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their...

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Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

as Mrs. Augusta Stack
Released: 1941-11-18

The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates...

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Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in Wonderland

as Queen of Hearts
Released: 1954-05-05

Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy, join Alice on her adventure in Wonderland.

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Climax!

as Margaret
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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