Alma Rubens

Alma Rubens

From Wikipedia 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.

  • Tiotal: Alma Rubens
  • Popularity: 1.459
  • Aithnichte airson: Acting
  • Co-là-breith: 1897-02-17
  • Àite breith: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Duilleag-dhachaigh:
  • Cuideachd aithnichte mar: Alma Genevieve Reubens
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  • 1925
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    The Winding Stair

    The Winding Stair

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1917
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    Master of His Home

    Master of His Home

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1919
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    A Man's Country

    A Man's Country

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1924
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    Is Love Everything?

    Is Love Everything?

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1926
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    Siberia

    Siberia

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1914
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    The Gangsters and the Girl

    The Gangsters and the Girl

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Cold Deck

    The Cold Deck

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Masks of the Devil

    The Masks of the Devil

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Half-Breed

    The Half-Breed

    5.8 1916 HD

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  • 1924
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    Cytherea

    Cytherea

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1929
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    She Goes to War

    She Goes to War

    6 1929 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Americano

    The Americano

    5.8 1916 HD

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  • 1929
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    Show Boat

    Show Boat

    5 1929 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Gilded Butterfly

    The Gilded Butterfly

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

    The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

    5.8 1916 HD

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  • 1920
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    Humoresque

    Humoresque

    5.6 1920 HD

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  • 1916
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    The Children Pay

    The Children Pay

    1 1916 HD

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  • 1924
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    The Rejected Woman

    The Rejected Woman

    5 1924 HD

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  • 1916
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    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    7.1 1916 HD

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  • 1919
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    Diane of the Green Van

    Diane of the Green Van

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1916
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    Reggie Mixes In

    Reggie Mixes In

    5.8 1916 HD

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  • 1917
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    A Woman's Awakening

    A Woman's Awakening

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    An Old Fashioned Young Man

    An Old Fashioned Young Man

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Dancers

    The Dancers

    5 1925 HD

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  • 1923
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    Under the Red Robe

    Under the Red Robe

    5 1923 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

    6 1915 HD

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  • 1923
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    Enemies of Women

    Enemies of Women

    5.2 1923 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Valley of Silent Men

    The Valley of Silent Men

    6 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    Find the Woman

    Find the Woman

    1 1922 HD

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  • 1918
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    The Ghost Flower

    The Ghost Flower

    1 1918 HD

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  • 1925
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    East Lynne

    East Lynne

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1917
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    The Gown Of Destiny

    The Gown Of Destiny

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1917
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    Truthful Tulliver

    Truthful Tulliver

    1 1917 HD

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  • 1926
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    Marriage License?

    Marriage License?

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Heart of Salome

    The Heart of Salome

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1925
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    Fine Clothes

    Fine Clothes

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1920
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    The World and His Wife

    The World and His Wife

    1 1920 HD

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