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Alma Rubens

Alma Rubens

Actor

Born February 17, 1897 in San Francisco, California, USA

Died January 22, 1931

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Alma Rubens (February 19, 1897 – January 22, 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. For the remainder of the decade, she appeared in supporting roles in comedies and drama. In the 1920s. Her first stage opportunity came when a chorus girl in a musical comedy theater troupe became ill. Rubens was chosen to take her place and joined the troupe as a regular performer. There she met Franklyn Farnum who was also a member. He later convinced Rubens to leave the troupe and try her hand at film acting. Her breakthrough performance was in 1916 in the movie Reggie Mixes In. She made six more films in that same year. In 1917 she starred in The Firefly of Tough Luck, which was a big success. She gained fame when she became Douglas Fairbanks's leading lady in The Half Breed (1916), and supported Fairbanks and Bessie Love in the cocaine comedy The Mystery of the Leaping Fish later that same year. In 1918, Alma announced that she was changing the spelling of her last name of Rueben to "Rubens" because it caused too much confusion in the movie industry and in publications. She later told Photoplay magazine, "As a matter of fact my name is not the same [spelling] as the painter's. It's either Reubens or Ruebens-I forget which. I never could spell it. Couldn't remember where the 'e' came. So I let it go Rubens." In 1920, she completed The World and His Wife, opposite Montague Love which further solidified her popularity. In 1924, she starred in The Price She Paid and Cytherea. Rubens developed a drug addiction which eventually ended her career. She died of pneumonia shortly after being arrested on narcotics charge in January 1931. A funeral service was held on January 24 at the Little Church of the Flowers at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Her body was then shipped to Fresno where a second service was held at the Christian Science Church on January 26. She was interred in Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery in Fresno. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Alma Rubens has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6409 Hollywood Blvd.

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Filmography

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Death Scenes Poster

Death Scenes Documentary1989Self

Movie Memories #2 Poster

Movie Memories #2 Documentary1934Self

She Goes to War Poster

She Goes to War Feature Film1929Rosie

Show Boat Poster

Show Boat Feature Film1929Julie Dozier

The Masks of the Devil Poster

The Masks of the Devil Feature Film1928Countess Zellner

The Heart of Salome Poster

The Heart of Salome Feature Film1927Hélène

Marriage License? Poster

Marriage License? Feature Film1926Wanda Heriot

Siberia Feature Film1926Sonia Vronsky

The Gilded Butterfly Poster

The Gilded Butterfly Feature Film1926Linda Haverhill

A Woman's Faith Poster

A Woman's Faith Feature Film1925Nerée Caron

East Lynne Poster

East Lynne Feature Film1925Lady Isabel

Fine Clothes Poster

Fine Clothes Feature Film1925Paula

She Wolves Poster

She Wolves Feature Film1925Germaine D'Artois

The Dancers Poster

The Dancers Feature Film1925Maxine

The Winding Stair Poster

The Winding Stair Feature Film1925Marguerite

Cytherea Poster

Cytherea Feature Film1924Savina Grove

Gerald Cranston's Lady Poster

Gerald Cranston's Lady Feature Film1924Hermione, Lady Gerald Cranston

Is Love Everything? Poster

Is Love Everything? Feature Film1924Virginia Carter

The Price She Paid Poster

The Price She Paid Feature Film1924Mildred Gower

The Rejected Woman Poster

The Rejected Woman Feature Film1924Diane Du Prez

Week End Husbands Feature Film1924Barbara Belden

Enemies of Women Poster

Enemies of Women Feature Film1923Alicia - the Duchess de Lille

Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 9 Short Film1923Self

Under the Red Robe Poster

Under the Red Robe Feature Film1923Renee de Cocheforet

Find the Woman Poster

Find the Woman Feature Film1922Sophie Carey

The Valley of Silent Men Poster

The Valley of Silent Men Feature Film1922Marette Radison

Humoresque Poster

Humoresque Feature Film1920Gina Berg

The World and His Wife Poster

The World and His Wife Feature Film1920Teodora

Thoughtless Women Poster

Thoughtless Women Feature Film1920Annie Marnet

A Man's Country Poster

A Man's Country Feature Film1919Kate Carewe

Diane of the Green Van Poster

Diane of the Green Van Feature Film1919Diane Westfall

Restless Souls Poster

Restless Souls Feature Film1919Marion Gregory

The Fall of Babylon Poster

The Fall of Babylon Feature Film1919Girl in Marriage Market

False Ambition Feature Film1918Judith

I Love You Poster

I Love You Feature Film1918Felice

Madame Sphinx Feature Film1918Celeste

The Answer Poster

The Answer Feature Film1918Lorraine Van Allen

The Ghost Flower Poster

The Ghost Flower Feature Film1918Giulia

The Love Brokers Feature Film1918Charlotte Carter

The Painted Lily Feature Film1918Mary Fanjoy

A Woman's Awakening Poster

A Woman's Awakening Feature Film1917Cousin Kate

An Old Fashioned Young Man Feature Film1917

Master of His Home Poster

Master of His Home Feature Film1917Millicent Drake

The Cold Deck Poster

The Cold Deck Feature Film1917Coralie

The Firefly of Tough Luck Poster

The Firefly of Tough Luck Feature Film1917Firefly

The Gown of Destiny Poster

The Gown of Destiny Feature Film1917Natalie Drew

The Regenerates Poster

The Regenerates Feature Film1917Catherine Ten Eyck

Truthful Tulliver Poster

Truthful Tulliver Feature Film1917Grace Burton

Intolerance Poster

Intolerance Feature Film1916Girl at the Marriage Market

Judith of the Cumberlands Poster

Judith of the Cumberlands Feature Film1916Minor Role

Reggie Mixes In Poster

Reggie Mixes In Feature Film1916Lemona Reighley

The Americano Poster

The Americano Feature Film1916Juana de Valdez

The Children Pay Poster

The Children Pay Feature Film1916Editha - The Girls' Stepmother

The Half-Breed Poster

The Half-Breed Feature Film1916Teresa

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish Poster

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish Short Film1916Wealthy Gent's Female Confederate

A Woman's Wiles Poster

A Woman's Wiles Short Film1915Lucile Bergere - a Parisian Model

Peer Gynt Poster

Peer Gynt Feature Film1915Minor Role

The Birth of a Nation Poster

The Birth of a Nation Feature Film1915Belle of 1861

The Lorelei Madonna Poster

The Lorelei Madonna Short Film1915Alma - the Lorelei Madonna

The Gangsters and the Girl Poster

The Gangsters and the Girl Short Film1914Undetermined Secondary Role

The Narcotic Spectre Poster

The Narcotic Spectre Short Film1914

Banzai Short Film1913Mirami - Daughter of a Samurai

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